Atlanta Strip Clubs: With bobs — and bananas — stylist cuts his way up

Posted on July 31st, 2010 in Atlanta strip clubs

But he’d always done hair on the side, from the manes of his dad’s horses to the nylon strands of his sister’s dolls. So he went to cosmetology school in Alabama, where half the students were African-American. Griggers found he could do things with black hair that seemed to defy gravity.
“Hair was the medium I found to express myself,” Griggers said.
At first, customers at Morrow’s salon were skeptical. “They would say, ‘No, not him,’ ” Morrow said.
He got used to hearing it. It didn’t stop him. Every opportunity to shampoo, set — or, he admits, steal — a client of an overbooked colleague was a chance to show what he could do. To show he understood that what these women wanted — whether they were judges or strippers — was a look that gave them confidence, that helped them navigate in a world where hair, particularly black hair, can send signals. Are you a team player? A non-conformist? With each conservative, layered cut, weave and bob he did, Griggers showed he got it.

See the full article from “Atlanta Journal Constitution”



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