“First of all, I think chino pants should be outlawed in every restaurant in New York. Striped shirts and checked shirts. They should throw you out of a restaurant.” Once Wayne Diamond is off on his theory about the decline and clothes and the rise of porn—his own hemline index, if you will—it’s basically impossible to stop him. Everything moves but his hair. (Wayne Diamond says he generally does his own hair—“I get the right gel, I get the right thing, the hairspray, I hold it up, it's a whole trip to watch me do it"—though he sometimes goes to “1400 Broadway,” a place, I later find on google, called “Made Man Barber.”)

With most salons and barbershops closed for the time being, many men are looking for ways to keep their hair under control until their next appointment. However, most people don't have the tools available to get a salon-worthy cut at home, so we reached out to a few professionals for their best advice.

Read on for a few tools and tricks from the experts that might make cutting men's hair at home less of a daunting task.

Actor Luke Hemsworth joins Old Spice to show guys how to achieve a "Hair" of confidence with the grooming brand’s line-up of hair styling products and shampoos, including new Swagger Gel, at Made Man Barbershop in New York, Thursday, May 11, 2017. (Photo by Diane Bondareff/Invision for Old Spice/AP Images)

Luke Hemsworth and celebrity groomer Benjamin Thigpen joined Old Spice to teach guys how to achieve a “Hair” of confidence with the grooming brand’s lineup of hair styling
products and shampoos, including new Swagger Gel, at Made Man Barbershop in New York.

Listen up, fellas: If you think grooming is just another errand, then you’ve never experienced a cut from one of these dude-friendly salons for men’s haircuts. For trendy styling, close shaves, color treatments and fresh trims, we’ve mapped out the best hair salons for men in New York. So sit back, relax and get pampered at great spas in NYC—without sacrificing your masculinity. And if you’re lucky, you’ll get to sit in a leather chair, sip one of the best whiskeys or New York's best beers while a stylist buzzes and coifs your mop into that perfect, seemingly effortless style.

Simkho Chulpayev, 36, had just left his office in New York City's Chelsea neighborhood thirty minutes before a powerful explosion rocked the area on Saturday night.

"It was shocking that it happened here, and so close to us. I couldn't believe it," said Chulpayev, the founder and CEO of Made Man Barber Shop. With two locations in the affected area, none of his employees were among the 29 injured people. On Monday morning, one of the two shops was able to reopen. "We can't allow things like that to scare us," he said.

Made Man Barber Shop was featured in Clutch Magazine's "Barber Style" special, among other top class barbershops of the US, UK and Japan.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Owner of Made Man Barbershop Sam Chulpayev's family has been in the barbering business for over 100 years and the barbers there can pull off both classic and trendy looks. The shop is decorated with many antique finds highlighting the golden age of barbering—the five barbering chairs are from 1901. There's also a 1950's black-and-white phone, an 1880's brass cash register and a 1930's soap machine. 

Sam Chulpayev, 35, began cutting hair 18-years ago as an unpaid trainee. Eventually, he got his own chair in a large NYC barber shop, building a clientele and formulating a plan. After six years of what he describes as "planning, saving, and dreaming," Chulpayev opened Made Man Barbershop in the New York City neighborhood of Chelsea on April 21, 2013.

At Made Man Barbershop, they aren’t bluffing. This shop is a living period-piece that stays heavy on the style, light on chatter and is filled with working antiques from the 20s and 30s.

Every detail from the crisp, custom Belmont chairs to reclaimed wood paneling accented by soft recess lighting, is tailored to give their customers a unique experience.

In the heart of Chelsea, New York City, surrounded by apartments, restaurants and the famous Gotham Comedy Club, is Made Man Barbershop. Attracting everyone from “office workers to construction workers, from the super stylish to the conservative,” Made Man Barbershop, as owner and regular barber Sam Chulpayev explains, aims to meet the needs of all clients, offering standard services as well as specials like eyebrows and neck clean-ups, and deep-tissue and close shaves. 

Sam Chulpayev, 35, began cutting hair 18-years ago as an unpaid trainee. Eventually, he got his own chair in a large NYC barber shop, building a clientele and formulating a plan. After six years of what he describes as "planning, saving, and dreaming," Chulpayev opened Made Man Barbershop in the New York City neighborhood of Chelsea on April 21, 2013.

"I used to spend way more than I'd like to admit on haircuts at one of those uber-trendy salons. Then I took a chance on my neighborhood barber shop after a co-worker recommended it, and I haven't looked back since."

If Fran Lebowitz' words are true, that "you're only as good as your last haircut," then we suggest heading to Made Man Barbershop in NYC. Thirty-three-year-old owner Sam Chulpayev doesn't cut any corners (his family has been in the barbering biz for over 100 years), even when it comes to replicating the authentic barbershop experience.

You don't need to be an international male model to get runway-worthy hair (though it helps). We asked Sam Chulpayev, creator of Made Man Barber Shop in New York City, how to get the haircuts seen at Paris and Milan Fashion Week without walking a catwalk-or breaking the bank.