Author Archives: Open Barbers

Our Crowdfunder launches TODAY!

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Please help us to make Day 1 a big success!! Open Barbers have found an accessible venue to lease for the next 5 years. It’s almost a dream come true, but we do need to fundraise at least £25,000, 75% of the renovation costs to get it off the ground. Be one of the FIRST

Open Barbers are delighted to welcome new stylist, Solomon!

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Hey everyone I’m Solomon and I’m excited to announce I’ll be working with Open Barbers from December 2015. I have been hairdressing for around 8 years and have been in London salons for the past 5. I identify as a queer male of colour, who is very talkative and loves meeting all different types of

Haircut Gallery, Solomon

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Haircut Gallery, Solomon Solomon has been cutting hair since 2007, and in 2010 began an apprenticeship at Daniel Galvin Jr where he gained his primary qualifications. His experience over the past 5 years has included session styling across various west end salons including a blowdry/styling bar where he perfected high end styling skills, primarily with

***Happy Newsflash*** Open Barbers have found a new, long-term venue!

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We are delighted to announce that after 3 challenging and exhausting months of searching, Open Barbers have found a new, long-term venue which will be fully operational by Spring 2016. It’s spacious, it’s accessible, it’s affordable and it will be ours for at least 5 years! We are not yet able to disclose the specific

Open Barbers feature in the Independent Rainbow List 2015.

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Open Barbers and our clients have had some great recognition this year with the Independent Rainbow List, with Felix Lane invited as one of the 10 judges, Greygory Vass being awarded a new entry position (number 95) on the list, and several of our clients: Sabah, MJ, Juliet, Scottee, CJ, Krishna, Finn, Yas gaining recognition

***WE ARE MOVING!***

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Open Barbers are delighted to announce that we are moving to a new location from 1st November 2015 for up to 3 months. Our new temporary venue will be the former 40 year old barbershop Finishing Touch, located at 147 Kennington Lane, London, SE11 4HQ. Our salon will operate some new opening hours listed below,

temporary website problems

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Our website is temporarily having bandwidth problems, lots of traffic to it! Pleas use the link below for bookings: https://uk.bookingbug.com/home/39254-Open-Barbers

Independent Rainbow List 2015

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Felix is going to be a judge for this year’s Independent Rainbow List, celebrating LGBTQI folks who are doing awesome and inspirational things in the UK. He wants to foreground trans people and make sure the list is as diverse as possible. Email your nominations to rainbow list@independent.co.uk before 20th October, and let Felix know

Moving soon!

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We just wanted to remind everyone that we are moving to a new space at the end of October, and to keep a look out here, on Facbeook, and on our website, for all the details of the new place. We will be closed from Monday 26th October until Thursday 5th November so that we