Best of Boston

Best Haircut, Kids

2003 Best Haircut, Women's

Dean Boudreau, Beaucage Salon

Boston
Balancing flattery with innovation isn't easy in the hair world: Too many stylists lean toward either ho-hum cuts that bring out a client's best features [...] read more»
2003 Best Haircut, Men's

Melanie Rokes, Liquid Hair Studios

Boston
There are men who prefer to have their locks styled while breathing purified air at a Newbury Street day spa, and there are men willing [...] read more»
2003 Best Haircut, Women's, West

Nicholas Penna Jr., Salon Capri

Newton
Nicholas Penna's cuts are like Zac Posen's best dresses: sharp but with great movement, clasically shaped, flattering, and tinged with modern touches. And like Posen, [...] read more»
2002 Best Haircut, West

Leon & Co.

Belmont
You'd expect to find a kindly gardener and art collector holed up in Belmont. But a jet-setting hair- and fashion-industry giant? In Leon de Magistris, [...] read more»
1999 Best Haircut, Long

Giuliana Ruotolo, Gina Salon

Cambridge
Giuliana, the daughter of salon owner Gino Ruotolo, is their heir to hair. Growing up in her father's salon, Giuliana absorbed the techniques that maker [...] read more»
1999 Best Haircut, Affordable

Agostino Lombardi, Antonio Agostino Studio for Hair

Boston
Hair guru Frederic Fekkai sends clients to him when they're in town, but instead of leaving the salon two bills poorer, they get a great [...] read more»
1999 Best Haircut

Martyn Duff, Vidal Sassoon

Boston
Heads will be turning now that Duff, Sassoon's North American creative director, has relocated to Boston. Masterful cut aside, we loved his approach—assessing your lifestyle, [...] read more»
1998 Best Haircut, Women's Short

Billy Drummond

Boston
Short but not scary, his flattering haircuts make you feel like Winona Ryder or Isabella Rossellini (depending on your age and role model). Billy excels [...] read more»
1998 Best Haircut, Women's Curly

Maria Madrid

Cambridge
First she stares, then she brushes, then she cuts. Maria is an aesthetic genius who spends time studying the planes of your face and the [...] read more»
1998 Best Haircut, Women's Affordable

Charles Maksou

Boston
This man is an artist, sans the temperament problem. But first-timers take note: your hair will be washed and dried before Maksou takes scissors to [...] read more»