The LA Barbershop
Your grandpa's favorite place for a shave and haircut has been reinvented for a new generation. LA hipsters flock to the city's barber shops for cheap cuts and color, more often than not offered with a beer and free internet. And many of them cater to low-maintenance girls as well as their male counterparts. After the cut, a few of the city's best.
Old Glory Barbershop
1716 Main St
Los Angeles, CA 90291
(310) 821-1103
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 décor 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 $40 for girls, $25 for guys, and tattoos are priced depending on what you're after. [link]
The Shave
230 S Beverly Dr
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
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. [link]
Floyd's 99
11431 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90025
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? [link]
