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Seagull friend of the week Part II

Introducing longtime friend of Seagull and custom letterpress company, Publicide, Tim Schumacher.

Aside from scuba diving, ice hockey, getting his hairs cut and existing in alternate universes, Tim also enjoys ringing the bell for the trading floor on Wall Street.

XO, Shaun, Seagull.

Hair Salon, West Village, NYC, 10014

Seagull Friend of the week Nick Hosea

Longtime friend Nick Hosea got his picture up in Martha Stewart's blog! According to Nick, Martha was kind, inquisitive and generally a very warm person. She was snacking on the hand forged goodies made by Nick and his partner Scott Skey at BITE for a pre-opening celebration of the new High-Line park in NYC. The dinner was hosted by internationally acclaimed fashion designer, muse and style icon Diane Von Furstenberg and her husband Barry. You can see Nick's picture in Martha's photo gallery. He's the chef at the bottom of the page.

Shaun and Nick have been friends for a long (well, probably too long, but it all worked out for the best) time, and Seagull is thrilled to have him as our celebrity chef client! That's him up there on the right just as cute as a button.

Love you Nick.

XO, Shaun, Seagull

Hair Salon, West Village, NYC, 10014

Seagull Friend of the week Nicole Phelps

As we click-clack our way through the pages of Style.com on at least a weekly basis, we savor the seconds before we get to Nicole Phelps' musings, knowing that once we read her, we will have wished we had saved it for one moment longer.

 

Executive Editor at Style.com and long time Seagull friend, Nicole's writings on the fashion scene are smart, expository and always precise. There is no mincing of words when she sees something not so fresh and no lack of applause and praise when she loves a thing. There is a warmth in her writing, and her words seem for the people by the people. Here are a couple of recent quotes for fall 2009 runway shows. 

Mark Jacobs Fall 2009:

Maybe it was the recent Stephen Sprouse project he completed at Louis Vuitton, or perhaps it's the fact that he now lives in Paris full time, but his Fall show was a big, juicy nostalgic kiss to a city that doesn't really exist anymore.

Missoni Fall 2009:

The multilayered hippie-meets-hip-hop look will be tricky to pull off anywhere south of the polar ice cap (photo shoots excepted), but taken in smaller doses, these are the kind of cozy, feel-good clothes that actually have a chance of selling in the new economy.

We think she is dead on with Missoni... We would rock that shit ANY day. We always love a visit from Nicole and look forward to hearing her thoughts on the rest of the goings on in the world. Her eye is sharp and our common denominator is an ability to put on our punk rock filter, receive and transmit information with a scholar's penmanship. 

XO, Shaun, Seagull

Hair Salon, West Village NYC, 10014

Revolution Grrrl Style Now part part II

Here are some links to some blogs, articles, rants and whatever. We are DYING over the coverage this shit is getting. I MEAN so what? The most bestest, all girl band around collaborates with the pops biggest princess? What's the big deal?!

And why the face off with Gaga and XTina? Go Media... Way to start a problem were there is none. 

But seriously read up:

The kids are going wild... And I'm loving every minute of it.

Pitchfork Media

Entertainment Weekly

Beatcrave

Guardian U.K

Citipages Blog

Pitchfork media August 08

XO, Shaun, Seagull

The best hair salon in the west village NYC, 10014

Happy Pride Month Everybody!!

Seagull will be closed on Sunday, June 28th for the Pride parade. We just have too many parties to attend and the neighborhood gets a little, well actually, A LOT too crazy for us to keep the beauty parlor open. Sorry for any inconvenience. See you soon! xoxoxo Johanna

Time Out New York loves us.

Three mentions in 2 months! Now we are in "Best five historical salons" in the city. We need give them an updated picture... Here's a new one we like.

XO, Shaun, Seagull

Hair Salon, West Village, NYC, 10014

Perez may have blogged first...

But  here at Seagull, we've  known about this marriage of the minds for weeks now. Perez may have Twittered about it first but it's no news to us that the feminist punk rock girl band Le Tigre, has joined forces with Christina Aguilara. They've been in cahoots for the last couple of weeks in NYC and L.A. writing mixing singing and having SUPER-GRRRL-FUN times. Perez leaked the info after a run in with J.D. Samson who's hair we will be running our fingers through... Well, sometime very soon... We can't tell secrets.

The short Spinsider article about Le Tigre an Christina Aguilera is officially up. 

+ More news from Le Tigre  LeTigreWolrld and Pitchfork. Pitchfork August 08

XO, Shaun, Seagull

Hair Salon, West VIllage, NYC, 10014

Mondays off.

Seagull will be closed Monday's through August. Check back in the fall for any more schedule changes. Seagull's hours of operation can be found here.

XO, Shaun,Seagull.

Hair Salon, West Village, NYC, 100014

P.S.

Shaun Got a soft mention in Time Out New York this week. Trying to find him is sort of like playing Where's Waldo.

Who are the people in yer neighborhood?

We've been meaning to blog about our Seagull's BFF Castor & Pollux for some time now. The women's boutique located just down the street from us is owned and operated by Kerrilynn Pamer. Like many of the Seagulls, Kerrilynn is also originally from the Pacific Northwest. Portland to be exact. Originally located in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, Castor & Pollux re-opened their doors on West 10th Street in March of 2006 (Within a month of Seagull's current incarnation). The space it's self is open and airy making it conducive to shopability and makes you never want to leave. Kerrilynn has a keen eye when it comes to choosing her designs(Johanna loves the dresses), very good taste in accessories (Shaun has a drawer full), and the store's atmosphere has been described as "luxe Boheme" in the New York Times Style Magazine

On June 13th from 1-5pm, Castor & Pollux is hosting a dog adoption in the store, with pet advocacy group Found My animal, which you can read more about on her blog.

Stop in and have a look. There's been some great sale items lately. And if you come in on June 13, you may very well leave with a new furry friend. 

X0, Shaun.

Seagull Hair Salon, West Village, NYC

Accessories collection Spring/Summer 2009

You won't read about this in W magazine, Vogue or WWD... It's top secret info that we are willing (barely) to share with our readers. 

The sun is shining and as of last week Walter, of Walter's Clock and Watch repair, (Conveniently located next door to Seagull Hair Salon) put the first glimpse of this seasons must have accessories out for viewing. The first weekend Shaun got three broaches/pins, 5 single, un-matching earrings and one ring (re-sized) black enamel ring starring swarofksi crystals all for 40 bucks. 

Though his real talent lies in antique clock and watch repair, he has a keen eye for wearable junk. 

Now if the word "Junk" sounded rude or dismissive, step inside... Along side antique clocks and watches you will find a veritable treasure trove of hand selected objects d'art, REALLY cool rings, cufflinks, necklaces, pill-boxes and pretty much every thing else a lady could need. There is also a very, VERY good selection of Russian enamel and crystal little eggs. 

This shit does not exist downtown anymore. Walter is one of (if not the) last ones around... These shops were run buy the go-to  guys, from back in the day when Bleecker Street was "Antique row" Bleecker street shop owners would snag estate and garage sale clocks, watches, chandeliers;  all kinds of antiques, bring 'em to these guys on the uns-sightly side streets to have them fixed, then sell them like new. 

At least 2/3rd's of Shaun's bling comes from here and everyone from Seagull has found bits and pieces to top off snazzy outfits. 

Walter is great. He's a wheeler and a dealer, old school  New York style. 

Don't miss out. 

My favorite thing is the above photo is the heart shaped solid silver ring that stands straight up on your finger like brass knuckles.

XO, Shaun, Seagull

Hair Salon, West Village, NYC, 10014

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