{"id":389,"date":"2011-06-14T03:09:27","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T03:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/notechmagazine.com\/2011\/06\/le-retour-des-barbiers.html"},"modified":"2011-06-14T03:09:27","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T03:09:27","slug":"le-retour-des-barbiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/2011\/06\/le-retour-des-barbiers.html","title":{"rendered":"Barbers are Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Barber\"<\/a> In France, a profession that until recently seemed a sure victim of disposable razors, is suddenly on the comeback trail. New barbers are opening up shop every day, and the shaving ritual is again being adapted to current tastes. In the French capital, people have started emulating the classic Alain Ma\u00eetre Barbier<\/em> (Alain, the Master Barber), a shop situated in the Marais district. Two new Les Mauvais Gar\u00e7ons<\/em> (The Bad Boys) barbershops have recently started greeting customers, on rue Oberkampf and in the BHV department store for men.<\/p>\n

The only major obstacle standing in the way of rapid expansion is the difficulty in finding qualified staff. The art of being a true barber is not as straightforward as it might seem. First, aspiring barbers must learn how to properly use a straight razor, by practicing on rubber balloons. But mastering the blade is not enough for becoming a true \u201csaloner,\u201d says Michel Dervyn. \u201cThese are professionals who, having made their career in the barber trade, have acquired the art of conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Barber<\/a> Is all of this just a passing fad? Maybe, but apart from the quality of the result \u2013 which is far superior to a bathroom shave at home \u2013 going to the barbershop also expresses men’s desire to \u201cget together and pass down the ritual to the next generation,\u201d says Michel Dervyn. \u201cMen are often accompanied by their sons or grandsons,\u201d he notes. After years of forced integration of the sexes, the barbershop is once again a place where \u201cmen come to socialize. It is like English clubs or tailor shop,\u201d says H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Capgras, a consultant at Brain for Beauty<\/em>. \u201cIt is a place where men go without their wives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source: “In France, barbers are back<\/a>“. Original article “Le Retour des barbiers<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

Related: “Exercices for barber apprentices<\/a>“, Arthur Mole, 1917<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In France, a profession that until recently seemed a sure victim of disposable razors, is suddenly on the comeback trail. New barbers are opening up shop every day, and the shaving ritual is again being adapted to current tastes. In the French capital, people have started emulating the classic Alain Ma\u00eetre Barbier (Alain, the Master Barber), a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[194,195],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notechmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}