HOW TO ASK FOR WHAT YOU ACTUALLY WANT
Skip the haircut vocabulary test. Bring references, describe the problem, and let the consultation do its job.
01 / JOURNAL
NOTES FROMBEHINDTHE CHAIR.
Useful answers, observations from the floor, interviews and visual studies. Less content machine. More independent house publication.
ISSUE
06AUG / 26
06AUG / 26
02 / FEATURE / 06 MIN
THE 3-WEEK RULE
The point where a cut stops looking intentional — and what to do before it gets there.
FIELD NOTES / BARBER ANSWERS / GUIDES / HOUSE STORIES / PHOTO ESSAYS / FIELD NOTES / BARBER ANSWERS / GUIDES / HOUSE STORIES / PHOTO ESSAYS /
GROWING IT OUT WITHOUT THE AWKWARD PART
You are not waiting for long hair. You are shaping every phase between here and there.
WHY THE QUIET CHAIR MATTERS
A good appointment does not need to perform. Sometimes the luxury is simply having your time protected.
“SHORTER
EVERYWHERE.”
Usually they mean the shape feels too heavy in one area. Taking length off everywhere solves the sentence, not the problem.
MEET JACK07 / GUIDETHE REFERENCE
THE REFERENCE
PHOTO TEST.
If you bring a haircut photo, identify these four things before the appointment.
- 01WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT THE SHAPE?
- 02HOW CLEAN DO YOU WANT THE EDGE?
- 03DO YOU LIKE THE TEXTURE OR JUST THE PERSON?
- 04WHAT PART WOULD NOT WORK IN YOUR ROUTINE?
AN AFTERNOON
BETWEEN CHAIRS.
“YOUR HAIR DOESN'T
KNOW THE NAME OF
THE HAIRCUT.”
HOUSE NOTE / ISSUE 06
11 / HOUSE LETTERONE EMAIL.