It’s a bit weathered, but comfortable-kind of like your favorite pair of shoes. ![]() Styles Ville Barber Shop and Beauty Salon on Van Nuys Boulevard is the oldest black-owned barbershop in the San Fernando Valley, said Carter, 68. That’s when you’ll hear the clamor of loud talk and quiet whispers, of dominoes slapped down by men playing in the back, and the slice and whir of clippers. That’s when you’ll breathe in the musky spice of peppery oils, hair tonic, after-shave and an incense called Black Love. That’s when you’ll find a row of eight barbers, buzzing, snipping and shaping heads. ![]() ![]() Come on a Saturday, says Freddie Carter, the man who has owned Styles Ville for four decades.
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