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Throughout the history of Antica Barbieria Colla it has often happened that the fathers have passed on the custom of serving themselves in our shop to…

Some time ago in this blog we published an article on the history of shaving and the straight razor; today we would like to continue where…

No more than a few weeks ago the Venice Biennale, the institution that organizes the famous Venice International Film Festival, has decided to award the 2021…

Among the relics kept within the walls of our shop there are different types of strop, a fundamental tool for the maintenance of straight razors. Let’s…

In our shop, the ancient craft of shaving has been handed down since 1904; faithful to the Italian tradition, our barbers have always used the classic…

Around the mid-1980s, while Milan was establishing itself internationally as one of the capitals of creativity and fashion, Antica Barbieria Colla counted among its customers Franco…

The custom of shaving goes back thousands of years: it seems that already in prehistoric times the first men removed the hair of the beard one…

It was back in 1966 when Guido Mantovanini, second owner of the barber shop, received an unexpected call. There were many famous people who were daily…

For decades, the male hair styling scene has been dominated by grease, a product based on water, beeswax and mineral oils (that is to say petroleum…

Dandruff is a major problem affecting adult males’ hair:  the little white flakes we see in the hair and on clothes are remains of dry and…

In the previous blog post we talked about how to grow a beard and those who read it, or tried to, know that it’s no easy…

Over the last years, an increasing number of customers, particularly the young, has come to our salon asking for tips on how to grow a beard.…