“King Kong has been a huge influence”
The Berlin-based photographer Joachim Baldauf on beards, imagery, and the gentle power of going grey.
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„A Hairstyle Is a Made-to-Measure Creation“
New York–based hairstylist Panos Papandrianos on bald-care, wigs, and why people tell their hairdresser almost everything.
Help, what’s this man bun about!
From samurai warriors to Tinder swipes: our author Ulf Lippitz on the eternal comeback of the man bun.
Going Blonde
Inspired by Sick Boy, baffled by the world – our author Moritz Herrmann dared to go blonde and collided with the last certainties of masculinity.
Osman, my barber!
First visit to the barber, and then in Istanbul: Our author Lenz Koppelstätter overcomes his fear of haircuts thanks to a true craftsman.
Locken for Freedom – a tribute to my curls and to David Hasselhoff
“Dressing up is a conversation starter”
New York street fashion photographer Johnny Cirillo has captivated a massive audience with his Instagram account @watchingnewyork.A conversation with him about beauty, masculinity, and beards.
H as in hair tips
A good hairstyle and a proper shave have something in common: the quality of the tips of the hair is important. For a long time, the plucked hairs of a silver badger were considered best quality for a shaving brush. The hair of a badger is naturally tapered, which means that the tips are fine and smooth while the hairline is firmer.
L for Let it Grow!
They began to sprout about 15 years ago, and ten years ago they were already omnipresent: beards, beards, and more beards. Even Hollywood stars such as George Clooney and Brad Pitt temporarily took to hiding their handsome faces behind a lavish thatch of hair.
N for Natural Hair
For a long time, badger hair was thought to be the very best fibre for shaving brushes. It has a high level of resilience and flexibility and is about the only natural hair that doesn’t become matted when wet. So badger hair was the number-one choice for high-quality shaving brushes for a long time.
Greasy Italy
Lenz Koppelstätter confesses his love for greasy hair – and attributes this to his Italian origins.
“TikTok was the first platform that made sense to me”
Elliot Forbes worked at the MÜHLE Store in Carnaby before he became a TikTok star with a video about hair trends in 2019.