Second Avenue’s Industrial Hair specialized in “ultrashort, severe, androgynous styles” reported an August 1984 New York magazine piece on where to shop in the East Village.
“Local residents consider Industrial Hair one of the best of these salons,” the writer states in an item about creative and avant-garde hair cutting spots.
“It’s high-tech, with rubber-tile floors and Pirelli garbage cans. A whip (for clients who fidget?) hangs ominously from an iron bar near the ceiling.”
This Industrial Hair ad comes from the October 1983 East Village Eye.
Tags: 1980s androgynous look, 1980s St. Marks Place, East Village Eye, East Village in the 1980s, Hair Salons New York City, Industrial Hair East Village
September 28, 2010 at 4:30 am |
I just wanted to make a comment because I love these old ads so much Keep ‘em coming!!
September 28, 2010 at 4:38 am |
Thanks…there are plenty more where this one came from!
September 28, 2010 at 1:40 pm |
The woman in the ad reminds me of a character in the (1980s) sci fi movie “Liquid Sky”!
October 4, 2010 at 7:22 pm |
Yellin?
September 28, 2010 at 2:33 pm |
She looks like Angela Bowie to me.
September 30, 2010 at 9:48 pm |
I got one heck of a mohawk at Industrial once, but Carlo Manfredi’s “Hairpower” on St. Marks was the greatest place for a haircut for decades. Carlo was a talented, eccentric, east village stalwart who passed away in 2004. RIP Carlo!
January 25, 2011 at 11:23 pm |
Thanks for posting this old ad.
December 12, 2011 at 4:02 pm |
Jeep, the proprietor, was a tough lady. If you were late more than once, she’d refuse to ever cut you again.