Mode For Men

Mode For Men is a great little men’s salon on Clifton Street and its reputation certainly precedes it. You’ll find people from across the city coming here for a simple back-​and-​sides cut that they could get for the same price in the area they live. When living with my parents, before university, I, myself, used to take the 30 minute bus ride to Mode For Men for a cut, passing five hairdressers on the way and severely annoying the hairdressing friend of my mother’s who lived next door.
The reason being is this place has personality; it bubbles with Manly Bantering that seems out of place coming from the mouths of a hairdresser. There are caricatures of all the guys hanging from the walls, and you can really see that the three guys have their own unique styles. Happily, they don’t seem to mind you having your own preferences, either. There seems to be very little ego in this place; it’s just a great barbers to get a cut and dry done quickly and done well.

Mode For Men is a great men’s salon on Clifton Street. A couple of my fiends use this place and tell me how good it is. I called in not so long ago as I thought that one of them was due to have his hair cut, and I was intending to catch him before he left. Somewhat typically it seems as though I got the wrong day! Instead of going for coffee with Simon I ended up chatting to Peter Philippo, the owner of the salon, and so had a very pleasant time nevertheless. I listened with interest as he told me how much the new one way system that the council implemented about a year ago has negatively impacted the business. Sadly they have just had to let one stylist go as they are not receiving sufficient trade these days to warrant running the salon on the basis that they did prior to the new road layout. He also explained that the shop runs on a different basis to conventional barber shops. Everyone is self employed at Mode For Men instead of having employee status. Philippo explained that there were some real benefits to running things in this way. Not only does it mean that the stylists take more of a responsible approach to what they do, but it also means that they are their own boss, and can work in a way that suits them.
I really enjoyed meeting Philippo, and can understand why this is such a popular little barbers shop. It’s really well kitted out and the pricing is really reasonable. A cut and blow dry is £12.00, and a dry cut is £8.00. (Sometimes I wish I was a man! You would have to look pretty hard to find a women’s salon offering the same for double the price!) They also offer significant discounts to school children and OAP’s.