Outliving greased back quiffs and bowl cuts: French barber still trimming at 90


By AGENCY

Hairdresser Roger Amilhastre (left), 90, cuts the hair of Yves Desdoit at his hair salon in the town of Saint-Girons, southwestern France. Photo: AFP

French barber Roger Amilhastre, 90, could have hung up his clippers decades ago but he said his passion for hair gives him a reason to get up in the morning.

"I love this job, it's in my bones," he said, leaning on one of his cast-iron barber's chairs from the 1940s.

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