Classic Cuts stylists to go separate ways

By Phil Cobb | November 28, 2016 |

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The five independent hairstylists who have long worked together at the Classic Cuts salon at 805 S. Main Street in Maryville pose recently inside the business, which will cease to exist in its current form on Friday. With the Classic Cuts building scheduled to be sold to new owners at the end of this week, three of the five stylists are moving to new shops, and a fourth, Mary Clements, center, is retiring. Only Sherry Gaarder, second from right, will remain at the current location. Also pictured are Tina Dawson (far left), Ken Shulte (second from left), and Amber Hanna (far right).

The Classic Cuts styling salon and barbershop, long located at 805 S. Main St., will soon be no more.

The building that has housed the salon for years is in the process of being sold, and the five independent stylists who together operated under the Classic Cuts brand are going their separate ways.

“We looked for a location where we could all move together,” said barber Ken Shulte, “but it just wasn’t there for us.”

So while Classic Cuts patrons will be able to keep on using their favorite stylists — with one exception — they will now have to do so at different locations.

Shulte, who will keep the Classic Cuts name, is moving his shop a block south to a commercial space in the 900 block of South Main Street just to the west of Rexius Nutrition.

Two of the other stylists, Amber Hanna and Tina Dawson, will journey about a block in the opposite direction, relocating in the existing Total Image Tanning & Hair Salon, which is housed in a small strip mall on the corner of South Main and East Torrance just south of the City Star convenience store.

A fourth Classic Cuts stylist, Sherry Gaarder, will remain at the current location, which, assuming the building’s intended owners close on the property Friday as scheduled, will become home to a couple of other businesses as well.

The fifth stylist, Mary Clements, is retiring after 50 years in the business. Customers and friends are invited to stop by Classic Cuts to offer farewells and congratulations during a come-and-go reception from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. this Thursday.