Because they considered regular hairsalons to be an assault on their manhood – losing their cool in covered up in pink plastic capes, surrounded by women with huge amounts of tin foil in their hair, nagging mothers and girlfriends on their side – the men from Schorem (‘scum’) decided to open a traditional barbershop in Rotterdam; men only – no women allowed. 

Written by Anneloes Bakker

Schorem offers the modern man a retreat from a world ‘overflowing with women’s hairsalons, sauna’s, beauticians, shoe stores, nailsalons’. In the Art Deco interior, dressed in sharp uniforms, the barbers create ditto hairstyles by combining modern and traditional hairdressing- and grooming techniques. 

Although wet shaving with an open razor has become a disappearing art due to the immense popularity of the shaving articles that are easy to use at home, Schorem and several other traditional barbers claim it actually gives better results – the skin is smoother, cleaner and will irritate less. Until you learn how to use such a razor at home – saving thousands of euro’s worth of disposable razors – the boys from Schorem will be happy to help you in their shop.

www.schorembarbier.nl

Traditional barbers elsewhere:
Antwerp: Danny Devriendt
Berlin: Garret’s Barber Shop
Dublin: The Waldorf
London: F Flitner, Geo F Trumper, Murdock, Pall Mall Barbers, Truefitt & Hill, The Valet
New York: F.S.C. Barber, Frank’s Chop Shop, Igor’s Clean Cuts, John Allan’s, Midtown Barbers, Neighorhood Barber, Paul Mole Barber Shop, Premium Barber Shop, Reamir Barber Shop, The Art of Shaving, The New York Shaving Company, Tomcats Barber Shop.