Barber Hats

Barbershops have always run on conversation as much as clippers. A Straight Dope thread on barbers and therapists has one regular saying the local shop is where he gets his news, and another listening to men complain about their marriages while their hair comes off. The Confess Project, founded by Lorenzo Lewis in Conway, Arkansas, took that seriously: it trains barbers in mental health in about 25 cities, and reports that 90% of barbers and clients would rather get that support in a barbershop than a clinic. The trade has its own vocabulary and its own worries. A lineup and a shape-up are the same job of outlining the hairline, while a taper and a fade are not the same cut. Booksy reports clients drifting from high fades toward low tapers, textured crops and the modern mullet, and stretching visits out to four or five weeks, which is why one barber on Reddit has done only two fades in two weeks. These Barber Hats are for the person behind the chair. Two badges name the trade, and the sentence designs carry the confessional chair, the clippers that stay charged, the Say No More barber meme that dates to 2006, GET FADED, and the God, family and fades creed that shop names have used. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat, a good gift for a barber or for a shop owner outfitting the team.