Inside the Chinatown hair salon, This is Salon, that feels more like a downtown artist's loft.
There’s its prewar edifice above New Wong Restaurant on a sliver of East Broadway that’s magically stuck in another era. There’s the old-fashioned birdcage elevator operated by a brusque elderly man. And then there are the sprawling loft spaces with prewar molding, swathes of whitewashed exposed brick, and light-permeating glass-block windows, which face out toward the iconic archway of the Manhattan Bridge.
Taking an appointment at This Is Salon, which offers cuts and styling, is a far cry from the modern Manhattan salon experience—and that’s the point.
, a monthly reading night Jones cohosts with writer LaTonya Yvette to discuss curated essays and articles. Last month’s session included an essay from Jones’s book,which dives into her journey with vitiligo. In the next iteration of the series, Frida Kahlo’s paintingjournal, which is a hand-bound zine that launches with a new theme every month.
For New Yorkers engrossed in the nonstop marathon that is modern life, another draw of This Is Salon is that Jones doesn’t employ the regimented calendar you’ll find with a traditional stylist.
Once you do get that coveted appointment, rest assured: It just adds to This Is Salon’s charm, and the sense that you’re becoming part of something bigger. Whether it’s a sleek bob or shaggy, curly cut you seek, it’s your hair’s ongoing, more nuanced evolution—and the connections you make as part of the salon’s community—that make it a place of revelatory respite. As Jones says: “It’s about more than hair.”Product recommendations, celebrity beauty secrets, and how-tos, delivered to your inbox.
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