A barber shop with its own tattoo parlor (only on Abbot Kinney), Old Glory serves men and women alike from the surrounding Venice area. The atmosphere is appropriately … alternative for the area, with rockabilly decor and hipster magazines to read while you wait, and if you're nice the odds are good they'll hook you up with a free beer or two. Cuts are $45 for girls, $30 for guys, and tattoos are priced depending on what you're after.
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Another boys-only barber shop, Fred's has been around since time immemorial -- okay, since the 1960s -- and still has all the same fixtures, including a barber pole and … chairs with ashtrays built in. For $15 you can get a haircut touched up the old-fashioned way (with a straight razor), and you can sip complimentary cold beer while you're at it. Heaven really is a place on earth.
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This West Hollywood favorite gives its loyal patrons celebrity treatment in a garage atmosphere. In keeping with barber shop tradition, no appointment is required for a … cut, but Shorty's does girls' hair as well as guys' and stays open late. You can take advantage of the free wifi (oh how we love free wifi) while you wait, and the stylists are almost as eye-catching as the walls. [link]

As the name suggests, here's one LA barber shop that adheres to convention by remaining a boys' club. (Women aren't even allowed past the front of the store.) You can get … a hot towel shave, a haircut, a massage, a manicure, and probably anything else short of a handjob -- it is Beverly Hills, after all -- while watching sports on their flatscreen TVs and drinking whiskey. High five.
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Like Rudy's, Floyd's is a chain of avant barbes (get it?), doing cuts and color for both genders. No appointment is needed or permitted for an ordinary cut, but if you're … adding dye into the mix you'll have to call in advance. The best part about Floyd's is the free wifi, so you can read celebrity gossip while your highlights set. What could be more LA?
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The punkish décor at Rudy's is complemented by the surly staff, who might not even speak to you while they're giving you the best haircut of your life. No … appointment is required, meaning it's hard to get the same stylist twice, but then again, no appointment is required, so who really cares? Prices are cheap, and you can get in and out in a half hour. Girls get the same great styles as guys, but blow-drying is extra.
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