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Michael Christopher Designs
Categories: Massage, Makeup Artists, Skin Care, Hair Salons [Edit]
2006 Pennsylvania AveWilmington, DE 19806
(302) 658-0842
- Price Range:
-
$$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
- Accepts Insurance:
- No
- By Appointment Only:
- Yes
1 review for Michael Christopher Designs
Step though the doors and you're transported back to the mid 1990s and all the campy style and class a hair salon can muster.... you know, for the 1990s.
The customer, eh, I mean "client" walks though gigantic draped blood red curtains onto a plush red runner rug, the very best Kohl's has to offer. A gaggle of 'staff' waits at the counter just to the left, all of them in a variety of black-and-white outfits... So salon chic, no? A large red chandelier hovers above for more flair of the camptastic dramatic. THIS my friends is no ordinary salon.. No, it is... MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER... the monogram and name plastering everything tells you so. And judging from the clientele on my initial visit, it serves as the local cougar den for all the highbrow Wilmington cougars.
Yes, someone put a lot of money into this place sometime in the 90s. It's nice, but a bit over the top. It's obvious to the first time client that the owner's effort was/is to make it a chic, glamorous salon for all the local high class glitterotti who see themselves as, well, the local high class glitterotti. *eye roll*
The lobby area is a mix of stainless cabinets and counters holding the treasures of a convenience store 'espresso' machine (Hit the green button for a "latte") and the not-so glam-glam styrophome cups which somehow escapes being emblazoned with the Michael Christopher monogram. The lobby is cluttered with display cases holding dozens of purses and bags and dangley jewelry, the type you might find in one of those QVC catalogues. These are point-of-sale items for the cougar clientele, and I bet they gobble them up with wreckless abandon. Lots of stainless beaded canopies above the work stations and more heavy curtains dramatically draped to the sides of certain rooms.
While the staff seem to take themselves quite seriously, they're friendly. I wanted a little something different for a hair cut, but walked away with identical hair to what I would get from a Super Cuts. Not a bad cut, but I was hoping the $40 investment would yield a little style, considering I'd talked to the stylist for 5 minutes before he cut my hair. And especially considering the stylist seemed to have endless questions about who I was, where I was from, do I go out, etc. etc. etc. Yes yes, I'm adorable and you think I'm single, gay and available.. but please, cut my hair sexy, that's all I want.
It was a haircut, that's it. I can't say they did it badly, they just didn't do a $30-$40 job. Then again, I'm no cougar and maybe that's what you get for stumbling carelessly into their den. ;-)