Live in Levis – Farren Greening

 As the second installation in my Live In Levis series I’ve chosen Farren Greening from Barnet Fair Barbers.

See, I cut my own hair for about 7 years. Yep. True story. Look, I didn’t really know what I was doing when I started, but I did know I was pretty sick of paying someone else to mess up my hair, so I kinda thought if anyone was gonna mess it up it was gonna be me. After about 6 years and 8 months, I had got it right (kinda) and then I met Farren.

Farren was cutting hair in high school for his friends, why, well because he was the only one brave enough to do so, it’s also when he remembers getting his first pair of Levi’s, he called them fluffy Levis, but I have no idea what he’s talking about. Like most of us, Farren’s destiny was taken over by something more practical, and so he found himself in the hospitality industry, that was until about 5 years ago when he decided to become a barber.

Farren kinda married into the ‘hair industry’ (weird, sounds like a secret society or mafia family) with his then wife being one of South Africa’s top hair stylists. He had spotted the resurgence of barbers and mens grooming in the UK and decided to bring it back to South Africa, they now have two branches, one on Bree St in Cape Town CBD and one in the Woodstock Exchange, in Woodstock…obviously. The shops are a mess of working antiques, girly mags and products emblazoned with skulls, they also have “What happens at the barbershop, stays at the barbershop” chalked up across the wall, look it aint Vegas but it’s pretty damn cool!

I walked in with a mess of hair (see below), told Farren I wanted something a little more bad ass, and he delivered (see bellower)

 Farren wears a blue Levis Trucker Jacket and Levis 550 Jeans in black.

Okay. Stay Fancy