August Salon

August is the Gladstone walk-up for people who want a cut, not a scene: 42 Gladstone Avenue, 2nd floor, founded by Aliza Esmail after Vidal Sassoon years in London and Los Angeles. salonaugust.com is a photography site more than a brochure : the work is structural, education-forward, Davines on the shelf, angular bobs and precision shapes across textures. Phone (416) 876-4744. Daily hours are not posted on the official site; book through the site. First-timers: go in for a cut, not a trend colour. This is a quiet second-floor studio. Appointments only : do not buzz up hoping for a walk-in. Dundas West, not Queen. If you want Sassoon geometry without the downtown volume, this is the room.