Salon/Spa
$25 Gift Certificate to Momentum Streetwear & Barbershop
- Item Number
- 15246
- Estimated Value
- 25 USD
- Sold
- 15 USD to Mom2Two
- Number of Bids
- 4 - Bid History
Item Description
$25 Gift Certificate to Momentum Streetwear & Barbershop located at 54 Middle St., Portland.
Recent press about Jason Dodge and Momentum: "His hair neatly trimmed, the 29-year-old owner of casual-cool clothing boutique and barbershop Momentum leans back in a barber’s chair. “I thought that there had to be other guys here just like me, who want to get a good cut and to find good apparel,” he says. “Why not do it all at once?”
It’s a business model that’s clearly working. Since opening its doors a year and a half ago, Momentum has seen business grow 900 percent. “The barbers bring in so much foot traffic to the retail side of the business,” says Dodge. “You can’t spread word of mouth quicker than having a service like that.” The shop, where hip-hop beats punctuate the room and graffiti art rests below shelves of baseball hats, is now open seven days a week, up from five, and employs eight barbers, who give anywhere between 300 to 400 haircuts a week.
While standard trims are the bulk of the business, Dodge and his crew like to invoke the barbershop of yesteryear. They offer old-fashioned shaves, which involve a foamy lather, a hot towel, and a straightedge razor, as well as retro-inspired hairstyles such as pompadours and slick-backs. They tend to favor the techniques of scissors and comb, rather than a clipper. “It’s an art form,” says Dodge. “There’s no machine that can automatically do that for you. Our cuts are very handmade, very hands-on, very custom.” Read more here.
Item Special Note
Must be redeemed by 6/1/2016. Shipping of item, if needed, not included in the bid price. A $1.00 handling fee will be added to the winning bid to help cover costs associated with running the auction, so more of your donation goes to funding the Center's programs and services.
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