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<\/p>\nThe career of a barber has been revolutionized. Men are just as particular about their haircuts as women, and long, tangled, surfer locks are a thing of the past. Barbershops are popping up all over Vancouver, and men are taking their hair more and more seriously.<\/p>\n
With barbershops come barbers themselves, and Marvin Soriano is one to chase after. Soriano saw the demand for fresh fades from an early age when he started cutting his friends\u2019 hair in the schoolyard and he\u2019s been sought after ever since. Now operating the WSDMCLUB Barbershop, he\u2019s had topline clients roll through (Idriss Elba, Ghostface Killah & members of Bruno Mars\u2019 band, to name a few) and is committed to sharing the love of his craft through the Vancouver Barbering Collective that he co-founded.<\/p>\n
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I saw how many people needed me at school. They just kept asking me every 2 or 3 weeks, and it just didn\u2019t stop from there. I didn\u2019t want to become a barber at first, but seeing\u00a0how many people needed me every day was fulfilling, and I knew I wanted to\u00a0pursue it further.<\/p>\n
That I am able to make somebody\u2019s day by just cutting their hair. I am able to talk to them for 30-40 min and just share conversation with them.\u00a0My inspiration is making people happy \u2013 I really see that through my haircuts.<\/p>\n
The tools are really important for all barbers because it\u2019s a craft that\u2019s about\u00a0<\/strong>millimeters<\/b>, you want to have the right tool for how you want to cut hair. Every barber\u2019s tools feel different in everybody else\u2019s hands and being specific on how you want your clippers definitely shows in the haircuts that you do. My style is a lot shorter, so I go with a lot of shorter and sharper clippers. You have to have a few of them because every clipper has its own little measurement; I have to find a specific clipper for each job.<\/p>\n By\u00a0collaborating with\u00a0my client. They have an idea in their head and will communicate it with me so we can\u00a0figure it out together. Everybody has their own style so I learn everyday by learning what they want.<\/p>\n I would say the fade. it\u2019s very classic and will never go out of style. It represents me: short, clean, very sharp, timeless<\/p>\n I think it\u2019s about being different \u2013 nothing is sticking anymore, it\u2019s about people taking the risk to try something brand new is what\u2019s in.<\/p>\n I was working [from home] a lot and every time I went into a barber shop it was only for 2-3 months and I realized it wasn\u2019t for me. I felt like coming back home because it was my rules, and I could have the environment that I wanted. Everything I needed from my dad, just to fix anything in the house, he would do any renovation, he would knock down a wall if I needed him to, put in a sink if I needed him to, and I wouldn\u2019t have been able to do it without him because he allowed my dreams to become a physical thing. Now I can\u00a0entertain people the way that I want, whether it’s the PlayStation, computer, sports on tv, or the music that I want to play.<\/p>\n My friends and I started a brand in grade 10, and the barbershop is a part of it.\u00a0We wanted our brand to represent\u00a0figuring out who you are as a person and how to \u2018be yourself\u2019.\u00a0We went to a private school and had a uniform, and wanted this to be our uniform every day after high school.<\/p>\n The brand\u00a0was originally the acronym ‘w.is.d.o.m’, which means \u201cwhat is done open minded\u201d. When we graduated we wanted to mature the brand, and decided to take the vowels out of the word to rename it as\u00a0WSDMCLUB. Wisdom is something we strive for, and we know we\u00a0need knowledge and experience to find true wisdom.<\/p>\n My first experience cutting a celebrity was when I cut Ghostface Killah from the Wu-Tang Clan. When I got nervous I would just remind myself that I was just there to cut his hair and if a conversation grew, it was a bonus. I ended up partying with the crew after the show and had breakfast with them in the morning.<\/p>\n I also cut Flo Rida, Dave from Chromeo, Cabbie from TSN, Mackwop (Schoolboy Q’s DJ), Bruno Mars’ Band, YG’s crew. My first a-list celebrity was Idris Elba.<\/p>\n A\u00a0friend of mine just passed, and he was a barber who picked up barbering because of me. I learned a lot from him through his short life because I didn\u2019t realize that being myself and doing that for others could mean a lot of somebody. He was like a little brother to me, I could push this guy to limits that he probably wouldn\u2019t have done if I wasn\u2019t there for him, so right now he\u2019s my biggest inspiration. Getting the shop, he was going to be the first employee that I hired and I\u2019m going to do this for him.<\/p>\n Follow\u00a0Marvin’s WSDMCLUB Barber Shop @barbermarv<\/p>\n![\"marvin-soriano-wsdmclub-barber-shop-fade-cuts\"](\"http:\/\/www.clearly.ca\/thelook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/marvin-soriano-wsdmclub-barber-shop-fade-cuts.jpg\")
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\nHow do you come up with new, cutting-edge styles?<\/h4>\n
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\nWhat\u2019s your favourite style to cut?<\/h4>\n
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\nWhat\u2019s the next trend?<\/h4>\n
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\nWhat was the turning point to bring you where you are today?<\/h4>\n
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\nHow did you come up your name?<\/h4>\n
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\nYou\u2019ve cut some well-known names. How did it come about, and how was the experience?<\/h4>\n
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\nWhat acts as your inspiration?<\/h4>\n
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