Our love for the beard is reviving the lost art of barber shops

Leonardo Da Vinci had a beard, and so did some of the other of smartest men in history.
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Our love for the beard is reviving the lost art of barber shops
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Bleached and dyed, or perhaps even coiffed and blow-dried – beards of all shapes and sizes are vying for attention in Rome.

In recent years, beards have made a bristling comeback and that means barbers have too.

The old profession once appeared to be fading away, but it's experienced a rebirth in the past few years. Barbers are saying that our newfound love for the beard is actually a return to the olden days, when having a beard was a sign of importance and value.

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Nikolay Nikolov

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