The rise of ‘mirrorless’ hair salons

17 Aug

Unless your job revolves around Zoom calls that are much longer than needed, for most of us, the hairdresser is where we spend the longest time staring back at ourselves in one sitting. Salon and barbershop mirrors are a part of the experience that has become normalised, but we rarely question it – and why would we? Hairdressing is a practice that is physically out of our hands and concerns our appearance, so surely we’d want to keep an eye on how someone is altering our hair, for better or for worse. However, for some people the constant presence of the mirror can be daunting, even distressing, which is leading to a growing number of salons removing them from the...

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12 Apr

How hair salons are adapting to the needs of

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How hair salons are adapting to the needs of

For a lot of Muslim women who wear the hijab, hair salons have traditionally been a no-go zone. But slowly, spaces are being created for them “I remember travelling what then gave the look of a seven-hour journey, simply to get to the hairdressers. We lived in just a little town just outside of London, and so for each occasion from Eid to weddings, my sisters, my mum and I might take the train into Marylebone to go to the one hair salon my whole family went to,” Sarah Jamal tells Dazed. “At seven years old, I assumed it was special. At 15, I assumed it was simply annoying to travel over two...

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11 Jun

Briogeo Is Going Into Hair Salons – Details, Where to

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Briogeo Is Going Into Hair Salons – Details, Where to

The Wella Co. is taking its most recently acquired brand to familiar territory. Briogeo, which Wella acquired last yr for an undisclosed sum, goes to the skilled channel in a 600-door partnership with Salon Centric, the distribution platform for licensed salon professionals, launching Aug. 1. Though the skilled side of the business is familiar to Wella, where it also sells Nioxin, Sebastian Skilled and the remaining of its Wella Professionals portfolio, it marks an inflection point for Briogeo, said founder and chief executive officer Nancy Twine. “We had been an exclusive partner with Sephora for about eight years before going into Ulta in 2021, after which since we’ve had our acquisition,” Twine said. “Wella had this core competency in salon, which was something...

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21 Apr

Armani/Casa Unveils First Outdoor Collection, Opens Up Couture

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Armani/Casa Unveils First Outdoor Collection, Opens Up Couture

MILAN — Giorgio Armani for the primary time opened his Milan Palazzo Orsini headquarters to the general public to display his latest Casa collection — and the road of individuals wanting to make the most of the chance was hard to miss on Via Borgonuovo. In one other novelty, the designer presented his first outdoor collection in the gorgeous garden, one among the hidden gems of Milan’s stately buildings and accessed from the Seventeenth-century courtyard. “My work, each in fashion and in design, is a relentless pursuit for balance that comes from the alternative of materials and the expert skill of the hands that create it,” said Armani. Opening the doors of the villa to indicate the Casa collection “in such an intimate...

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