Barbers...Why do people pay £50 for a trim?

Words + Photograph by Luke Alland

If you are one of those people that splashes the cash on a haircut, please tell me what it is you're actually getting? Is it the service, the chat or is it that you have commitment issues...?

I've got a theory, if you've got shorter hair and you're going to get a haircut, find a barbers that is next to an estate and has been open for over three years. There is no way on earth a bad barbershop can make it that long in those surroundings if they dished out dead trims. We all know within the week, word would've gotten around and the place would be shut down faster than an illegal rave.

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