01
Forty-five minutes
// Every cut is booked at forty-five. Never thirty. The slot exists because the cut takes that long. We do not double-book.
// 04/52 SYDENHAM ROAD · MARRICKVILLE · EST. 2018
Cuts that hold their shape.
// A two-chair barbershop in a Sydenham Road tile factory. Fades, scissor cuts, hand-clip beard work. Forty-five-minute appointments. Twenty-eight cuts a week, max. No appointment slot under thirty.
// THE ROOM · SYDENHAM RD
// CHAIR 01
// CHAIR 02
45-min slots ·
walk-in pending ·
$65 cuts ·
$95 cut + beard ·
Mon–Sat ·
Marrickville ·
STUDIO VEX ·
45-min slots ·
walk-in pending ·
$65 cuts ·
$95 cut + beard ·
Mon–Sat ·
Marrickville ·
STUDIO VEX ·
// THE FIVE
The rules. Pinned to the wall.
// Since 2018
// Unchanged through three rents
// Will not change again
02
One cutter, one chair
// You see the same cutter every visit. Choose at first appointment. Switch any time, in writing, no awkwardness.
03
Walk-ins by chance
// We hold one chair every weekday afternoon for the walk-in. First come, first cut. No queue past four.
04
Cash preferred
// Cards are accepted; the tip jar is cash only. We do not charge surcharges. We will not.
05
No products on shelf
// We do not sell you anything. You leave with a cut and a head. If you need wax we will tell you which brand from the chair.
// 03 · ON THE FLOOR
Three figures. From the room.
// Photographed on Sydenham Road
// Tile factory unit · 2024
// Same camera since opening
// FIG. 01 · THE FLOOR
Concrete + steel
// The original tile factory floor. Polished once in 2018, never sealed. The walls left as they were found.
// FIG. 02 · THE CUT
Scissor over comb
// The forty-five-minute cut. Hand-clip fade, scissor top, neckline cut with the cut-throat — never the trimmer.
// FIG. 03 · THE BENCH
Tools, on the bench
// One set of clippers per chair, sharpened weekly at a workshop on Enmore Road. No spares. No second set.
// FIG. 04 · THE WALK-OUT
The finished cut
// Three-quarter cut, neckline cut-throat, hot towel finish. The cut as it leaves the chair — no product, no styling.
// 02 · THE LEDGER
What is cut here.
01
SCISSOR CUTStandard 45-min booking · wash · finish
$6502
FADE + SCISSORHand-clipper fade · scissor top · 45 min
$7503
BEARD SHAPEHand-clip · oil · 30-min add-on or standalone
$4504
CUT + BEARDThe combination · 60-minute booking · saves $15
$9505
FATHER + SONTwo adjacent chairs · same hour · same cutter
$11506
FIRST CUT (CHILD)Under-7 first cut · 30 min · certificate included
$4507
SHAVE (HOT TOWEL)Cut-throat · hot towel · 45 min · weekly card option
$7508
MEMBERSHIP (MONTHLY)Cut every fortnight · same cutter · same hour · same day
$115/mo"A cut is a small contract. A handshake. A piece of work."— Tom Vex · 2018
// 04 · THE CHAIRS
Two chairs. Two cutters.
// CHAIR 01 · SINCE 2018
TOM VEX
Founder · Senior cutter · sole proprietor
// Trained at a London barber academy (Master Barber Diploma, 2012). Six years at Brick Lane before moving to Sydney in 2017. Opened STUDIO VEX in March 2018. Cuts Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat.
// CHAIR 02 · SINCE 2022
SAM OYELARAN
Senior cutter · joined 2022
// Trained at Lagos State Barber School (2016) and at George the Barber, Brisbane (2018–22). Specialist in textured hair, fades, and scissor over comb. Cuts Wed, Fri, Sat.
// ADDRESS
04 / 52 Sydenham Road
Marrickville · 2204
// HOURS
Mon · Tue · Thu — 11:00–19:00
Wed · Fri — 10:00–18:00
Sat — 09:00–15:00
// REACH
+61 2 9559 0418
chair@studiovex.co