2 months ago Share After COVID-19 cost him his job at V’s Barbershop in Windermere, local Jay Johnson started his own business Barber Luxe Mobile Barbershop.
When Jay Johnson opens the door to his van and unfurls the red carpet for a VIP client, it’s an invitation into his world of barbering and hospitality.
The gold-and-black barber’s chair sits as a throne in the back of the high-end vehicle, and the tools Johnson uses to perfect a client’s hair matches with a gold sheen. It’s a royal color combination that invokes the exact feeling Jay Johnson wants his clients to experience when they step aboard.
West Orange County barber adapts during pandemic to mobile barbershop
Barber Luxe Mobile Barbershop is decked out with TV, refrigerator and COVID-19 safety precautions
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News 6 met with Johnson along a quiet cul-de-sac where one of his clients lived.
Johnson gained prominence for a client list that includes PGA golfer Ricky Fowler and Tiger Woods at the Bay Hill Invitational.
He says he provided cuts for 400 golfers in three years.
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Now, he’ll make nearly a dozen stops on a given day to anywhere within Windermere, Hamlin Summer Lake and Bay Hill.
“People want to have high-quality service,” he explained. “People don’t want the in-and-out fast cut.”