Outdoor Barber, Hanoi. <br />
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During the time of economic recession, legions of self-taught hairdressers from various corners of the city ventured downtown, transforming an entire Hanoian boulevard into a “barber-street”. Many ex-soldiers were encouraged to be creative in those harsh years, thus to sustain their livelihood. Despite being citywide popular, the arising modernisation (cars/ shops) of the capital in the late 90’s abolished the barber-streets forever, forcing the figaros to scatter elsewhere. Some of them opened their own salons, many applied for other jobs, and a handful still remains in the business until now to keep up the Hanoian hair-cult.