megapanalo Need a Date? Maybe Your Barber Can Help.

I’d argue that the finest a man can look is after he has received a fresh hairstyle at a barbershop or salon.

Many would agree, including Julian Saluta, the founder of TheGallery DTLA, a barbershop in Los Angeles. His clients come to him not only for shape-ups, braids and trims, but also in hopes of being featured on the shop’s Instagram and TikTok pages, where Mr. Saluta posts his version of personal ads.

“What if I just post my clients and it’s like hitting two birds with one stone?” Mr. Saluta said he found himself wondering. “I get to show off their haircut, and also I get to show a diversified roster to the public and, half the time, they are available and they are looking to date.”

Mr. Saluta, 30, founded TheGallery about two and a half years ago and began posting the videos on TikTok last spring. Eventually he started to include a short bio, “yearbook-style,phpgames online” as he described it, along with their age and height. It quickly took off on TikTok, and earlier this year he began sharing the videos on the shop’s Instagram page as well.

He posts his clients around three times a week, and while the page features mostly men, his clips also include people of different genders, and feature various ethnicities and sexual orientations.

Each video showcases a variety of freshly coifed singles, including one who’s listed as looking for “someone to make pizza for” and another who’s in search of a “coffee shop romance.” In one video, Mr. Saluta posted about clients who were specifically looking to date people who are Muslim. He also has videos for people who are part of L.G.B.T.Q. communities and posts themed videos for holidays like Valentine’s Day.

“I welcome the chance to open a new chapter,” Mr. Biden said in the Oval Office. “The U.A.E. is a nation of trailblazers always looking, always looking to the future, always making big bets, and that’s something our countries have in common and our people have in common.”

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