Hair Style

I came across this facade in Vienna and was immediately drawn to it for a number of reasons. The salon was closed and faded, but had the marks of nostalgia and one-time modernity. The chic, very moderne,1920s lettering is particularly exciting. The two doors would once have opened to two very different worlds –the women's salon and the men's salon, but there is perfect symmetry in their arrangment. The displays case now boasts an odd assembly of lace, a vase of flowers and one forlorn wig, but it is easy to imagine displays of previous decades, of all manner of styles. There is something theatrical about the picture, as if we are looking at a stage- or film-set; but one that has been abandoned, finished with. I am intrigued by such places; I want to know their story, their ghosts and step through the doors and into that fading past...Location: Vienna, Austria