Roadside Cut and Shave Karachi, Pakistan.

Images of Barber Faiyyaz cutting customers hair sitting in the open air barber shop under a bridge in Karachi, Pakistan. 11/03/2010.

Karachi barber-shop is a bit of a confused hybrid between the traditional desi neighbourhood joint and the flashier salons. This is the poor little go-getter who couldn’t quite make it.
Back in the day, a cut and a shave was the most people expected out of a barber-shop. But today, in this age of vanity, there are creams, moisturizers, mud-masks and a huge number of other options at barber-shops. I see more and more regular chaps opting for facials, waxing and threading nowadays, as if they were as conscious about the softness of their skin as a bride to be.
naai’s shop (hajjam, khalifa or the barber) was such a cool place to go to, especially on the weekends. People would sit there and chat about topics that were both stimulating and at the same time mundane.

Images of Barber Faiyyaz cutting customers hair sitting in the open air barber shop under a bridge in Karachi, Pakistan. 11/03/2010.

Karachi barber-shop is a bit of a confused hybrid between the traditional desi neighbourhood joint and the flashier salons. This is the poor little go-getter who couldn’t quite make it.
Back in the day, a cut and a shave was the most people expected out of a barber-shop. But today, in this age of vanity, there are creams, moisturizers, mud-masks and a huge number of other options at barber-shops. I see more and more regular chaps opting for facials, waxing and threading nowadays, as if they were as conscious about the softness of their skin as a bride to be.
naai’s shop (hajjam, khalifa or the barber) was such a cool place to go to, especially on the weekends. People would sit there and chat about topics that were both stimulating and at the same time mundane.

Images of Barber Faiyyaz cutting customers hair sitting in the open air barber shop under a bridge in Karachi, Pakistan. 11/03/2010.

Karachi barber-shop is a bit of a confused hybrid between the traditional desi neighbourhood joint and the flashier salons. This is the poor little go-getter who couldn’t quite make it.
Back in the day, a cut and a shave was the most people expected out of a barber-shop. But today, in this age of vanity, there are creams, moisturizers, mud-masks and a huge number of other options at barber-shops. I see more and more regular chaps opting for facials, waxing and threading nowadays, as if they were as conscious about the softness of their skin as a bride to be.
naai’s shop (hajjam, khalifa or the barber) was such a cool place to go to, especially on the weekends. People would sit there and chat about topics that were both stimulating and at the same time mundane.