'The gender binary too often limits what people imagine possible for themselves or their clients,' says one Vogue writer.
were exceptional; in fact, they were the best I’d ever had. “Now you’re ready to go eat up some boys,” my barber Wil said after he finished my cut just in time for Friday night.
“Anyone can rock a queer haircut. It’s hair,” adds Sara Olivia Granberger, co-owner of Hairrari’s shop in Los Angeles. In fact, to use a term like queer hair is to somewhat miss the point, say Ryczko and Granberger. At Hairrari, haircuts are just cuts, or creative cuts. It’s about personalization rather than hair defining someone’s gender or sexual orientation.
That enforcement of the binary leaves out a lot of people who identify somewhere on the spectrum, as well as those looking for something different than conventionally feminine or masculine cuts. At Hairrari, all haircuts are priced according to the creativity of the cut and length of hair. Ryczko officially added the label of gender neutral about four or so years ago, when a client suggested it. “I never really thought it's a good idea to label Hairrari gender neutral,” says Ryczko. “But then after thinking about it, I [realized]... That's what it is, it's gender neutral. We're catering to everyone, and also we want people to be comfortable asking for any type of haircut, whether it's feminine, masculine, or androgynous.
Who was I to interject? I figured the barbers knew best. Besides, the more bad cuts I got, the more risk averse I became.
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