Got a Tip?
tips at gothamist
About Gothamist

Gothamist is a website about New York. More

Editor: Jen Chung Publisher: Jake Dobkin

About Us & Advertising | Archives | Contact | Mobile | RSS | Staff

Favorites
Newsmap
Contribute

Latest tip:

<a href="http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=62495&catid=13" rel="nofollow [more]

 

Latest link:

 

Latest Photo:

 

Subscribe
Use an RSS reader to stay up to date with the latest news and posts from Gothamist.

All Our RSS

July 2, 2006

Caveat Emptor When It Comes to Hair

2006_06_johnb.jpgA woman is suing the posh John Barrett salon for $150,000 over "considerable hair damage." But ladies who lunch, don't worry - it wasn't John Barrett or any of his regular hairstylists who gave the woman a "fright wig" style hairdo. The customer, Maria Torres, who works for the Department of Housing, had a hair treatment with a training program three years ago. And three years later, it's still giving her a bad hair day! The John Barrett Salon says Torres signed a release and "knew it was a training program." While Gothamist can sympathize with someone who has a traumatizing hair cut (it does take about 24-48 hours to adjust), you are totally playing with fire when you go to those training nights.

And for John Barrett himself to cut your hair, it'll cost you $400. If anyone has had him cut your hair, we imagine that is some fine 'do.

583

Email This Entry







Advertisement: Gothamist Continues Below!

Comments (4)

Dear Sir,
Will you please shave Jessica
Simpson's hair bald and donate hair to
sick sick children whom they lost their
hair twice to Cancer disease and Chemo-
tharpy disease and Luckmia d i s e ase
at St. Judes hospital Okay Sir thankyou
sign a friend.

 

Whether it was the John Barrett Salon's fault or not, everyone has a "bad hair day", and if she signed a release, knowing it was a "training program", I hope the ruling isn't in her favor. The release is a legal document signed by the Plaintiff and should be treated as such.

 

What a rediculous woman, bad hair days can be blamed on anything, hormones, weather static as wel as products etc, I hope this silly woman is laughed out of the court and fines for wasting court time

 

hi everyone Im writeing you to find some thing out my brother died 21/2 years ago from this cancer and I fownd out that you cane take the one that you loves ashes and put them in to a tatoo and I would like to do that butbecause of it being a blood cancer I don't know if that is posabul. If any one can help me find this ? out I would greatly apreasheat it! thank you so much for your time April Gibson

 
Post a comment (Comment Policy)

2003-2008 Gothamist LLC. All rights reserved. Terms of Use & Privacy Policy. We use MovableType.

Site Meter