Belgrave Gate, Leicester.
Vin.
Barber. Educator. Mentor. The teacher one student drove three hours every week to learn from.
Vin has spent nearly two decades behind the chair and at the front of the classroom. He cut his way up on busy shop floors, taught barbering at Leicester College, then built two businesses of his own on the same Leicester street: Trim Trimma barbershop and Leicester Barbering Academy.
He started the academy for one reason. Too many new barbers leave training with a certificate and no confidence. At LBA the barbershop is the classroom, so you learn on real clients, to real standards, with Vin beside the chair.
He slows down until you get it.
Clear, patient, step-by-step. Nobody moves on until the technique is in their hands, not just their notes.
He pushes you further than you planned.
Expectations are high because he knows what the shop floor demands. Students leave cutting things they didn’t think they could.
He builds the person, not just the cut.
Consultation, confidence, how to talk to a client. Students say they walked in shy and walked out ready.
“It’s not just about cutting hair. It’s about transforming lives. This craft gave me purpose, and now I get to pass that on.”
Vin, founder
Real clients, real scenarios and real standards, so when you leave you’re ready for the floor, not just holding a certificate.
When HuffPost needed a barber to explain how to grow and shape a lockdown beard, they asked Vin. He has also featured on BBC Radio Leicester and the BBC Asian Network.
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