ISSUE 01 — THE FADE EDITION NOTTINGHAM, UK FREE FOREVER

DIBB

Cuts. Fades. Nothing else. By Campbell Dibb — Barber
A client in the chair mid-cut under warm barbershop light In the chair — Nottingham
Cover story

The fade, taken seriously

A cut isn't finished when it looks good in the chair. It's finished when it still looks good in a fortnight. Campbell Dibb on why the grow-out is the whole job.

Clippers running a fade at the back of the head
Technique

Zero to hero: building a skin fade from the bottom up

Guard by guard, why the blend line matters more than the length.

Green clippers and a pink comb working behind the ear
Detail

Around the ear: the two centimetres everyone notices

Where cheap cuts fall apart and good ones quietly win.

A red leather Belmont barber chair in a dim shop
Culture

The chair is the office

Find Campbell at Known Salons, Nottingham. Consultation before clippers, every time.

"Tell me a guard number or show me a photo. Either works."
— Campbell Dibb, pre-cut consultation
Portrait of Campbell Dibb, barber, in a white t-shirt against a grey studio background C. Dibb — Editor & barber
The editor

The man behind the masthead

Campbell Dibb cuts hair at Known Salons, Nottingham. Fades, crops and long restyles, with a consultation before the clippers come out and a finish built to grow out properly. This page is his running record of the work.

Campbell Dibb — In the chair, Nottingham

Next issue

Client cuts, before and afters, and the week's best fade. Issue 02 drops when the work does, new material posted weekly on Instagram first.