The Western Avenue and Vicinity Art Gallery: Beauty

Despite inroads by national chains, beauty salons remain bastions of personal initiative, including their often strikingly personal signs. Styles range from ultra-glamorous to barely trying, but either way they provide a frequent respite from the uniformity of franchise-dominated roadsides.

Juan's is on 18th Street. Mary's Unisex and its precision art work is on Clark near Lawrence.
Blanca's Unisex, including folky portraiture, is on Irving Park Road. "We've Got The Look" was on south Western Avenue.
Jan Dee is on Montrose. Ramona's Unisex and its odd blankness is on Pulaski.
Luis y Raul, now Luis & Marcos, is in Pilsen, on 18th Street between Ashland and Western Avenues.
First Lady Beauty Salon is on Western Avenue near 63rd Street.
Dee's Blessed to Dress (and Barber Shop) is on Halsted Street in Chicago Heights.
Salon Complete was formerly on Western Avenue north of Devon.
Leolar's House of Beauty was formerly on Western Avenue near 63rd Street.
Letty's Unisex is on the Southwest Side. Norma's Unisex is on 18th Street in Pilsen.
Ken's BS is a bonus, located in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.
Heroic beauty at La Dre's on Torrence in Sauk Village.
Charm Cleaners, 162nd near Cottage Grove.
Looking Good, Kedzie near 63rd Street.
Sisters African Hair Braiding, 51st Street.