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Article: A short Beckham sides!; Take a barber shop 'quintet'.(Life)
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- Birmingham Evening Mail (England)
- Article date:
- October 9, 2001
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WHEN Kevin Keegan started sporting a poodle-style perm in the late-70s, it appeared to sound the death knell for the traditional barber shop.
Swish unisex salons were in and the no-frills, men-only approach looked to be on the way out.
But times change and when David Beckham swopped his floppy blond highlights for the close-cropped 'buzz cut', style-conscious males were scouring the high street for a hairdresser with the traditional touch.
Girl Power and New Laddism collided in the 90s to send men scurrying for whatever all-male retreats they ...