A Portsmouth barber school owner is expanding his business and training the next generation of barbers and cosmetologists, even as the industry navigates new state licensing requirements and wage challenges.
Da’Mond Law grew up in Portsmouth, graduating from Churchland High School before opening Stylez and Kutz, a unisex salon, in 2016. Two years later, in 2018, he opened Stylez and Kutz School of Barbering and Cosmetology in the suite next door. The school has since moved to a larger space at 3328 Victory Blvd. in Portsmouth, where it has been operating for about a month and a half.
Law said the idea to open a school came from a mentor…