Then in the mid 70's "uni-sex" hair cutters became popular.
Now I hear radio ads that basically promote a Chucky Cheese experience for kids to get a haircut.
$20-$30 haircuts!
I’m 71. Nothing’s changed as far as I can see. Barber shops are just like they were when I was a kid, except they have flat screen TV’s now. And the clientele is the same too.
There may be chains trying to broaden it to men and women, but I tried a hair salon a bit and it was a waste of money.
There are still plenty of barrier shops out there
Not many barbers anymore honestly
I visit two asian women that cut my hair they fight over who gets me i leave a 100 percent tip
Comically, one of the reasons I know the housing bubble was going to burst back in 2007 was when my barber, who went to my church and I had a good feel for his “savings” level, bought an absolutely palatial McMansion. He wasn’t there long.
Still exists. You’re not going to get ads for them, they’re small. Sure the franchise places exist, and they’re cheaper, and most of the barbers there are hoping to get good enough to go someplace better.
It’s just like Jiffylube vs real mechanics. Both options exist but you need to go mechanics to know that.
My son in law is deployed. I take my grandson to the barbershop in his town. It has to be the most “bro” experience I have had in decades. It has a very “young” vibe. There are six or seven chairs going on, nice coffee, a card game playing, big screen TV with ESPN on, and the barbers all look like the guys from the old Luden Cough Drop box.
At first I thought, “This place must be a mob front.” But I was very wrong.
They are the nicest guys to my four year old grandson. I can imagine him going to this place for the rest of his life.
I wish it was closer to my house…I would go.
I’ve seen two or three places like this open in surrounding towns in the past year or so. I think the “white barbershop” is looking to become the same kind of social center that black barbershops have been since the beginning of time.
Barbershops died out when Fantastic Sam’s and Supercut chains popped everywhere. Like the poster above, I remember the booster seat and all the Barbers yakking about sports or anything. It had kinda of an inviting gentlemanly feel to it, especially for us male kids.
Started when the mens shop I was going to required appointments during the plandemic.
Checked with them a few months back and they still do require appointments.
Nope, turned around and left.
I just cut it all off now…stylin!
There’s a million of them where I live. I guess cities where these liberals live don’t have them.
My wife has cut my hair for over 30 years. No one else touches my hair but that woman.
We have several local small independent barbershops in my area. I have my favorite, but all the other shops have enough local support to keep them going also.
I miss the barber shops like in the movie “Grand Torino”.
And while I’m at it, how many barbers these days know how to use scissors? They ask ME what clipper setting I use then go at my hair like it’s a garden hedge.
I haven’t been in a barber shop in many years. I find it cheaper and more convenient to cut my own.
In my town, there are old school barbershops a plenty. Some are really “old school”, some are new with the old school feel/look. Still a place to get good conversation and a good haircut, shave, with hot lather, hot towel, etc. Not quite as inexpensive as it used to be, but still a good experience.
Super Cuts isn’t my idea of a barber shop, same goes for a uni-sex shop. There are still plenty of old fashioned barber shops around that cater to men.
When I was younger, I had a favorite barber. He was quite a character. He had sheets of off color jokes and politically incorrect racial jokes. It was definitely, a male zone, although mothers did come in with their boys, and he eventually married and his wife would hang out there too. He ran a strictly cash business, which led him to seek tax write-offs. When he renovated the second floor of the building into an apartment, the township workers started showing up to harass him. He litigated with the township to the point they were court ordered to stay off his property. The cops would need to call out to him from the street if they wanted to talk to him. Around the time of Covid he retired. Today, there are few like him, and have been replaced by larger hair stylists. While some still focus on males, it is not the same experience.
I used to get my hair cut at the barbershop in Cam ̣Đức but about 15-16 years ago the hớt tóc- barbershops- all became uớn tóc- hair stylists and the prices went way up. No difference in service. Now I cut my hair very short before I go to Việt Nam and let it grow out for one or three months while I am there.
I visit the barbershop every 6-7 weeks, to cut what’s left of the headtop hair, get the beard trimmed, and all the hair-where-it-shouldn’t-be removed. It’s an all-male, every-racial shop, with a rotating crew of six Hispanics who make for an enjoyable atmosphere, and who know everything from how to handle the off-the-wall-weird cuts of a particular ethnicity to what an old white guy needs. $20+tip for my cut, I’m extravagant and usually tip $10.