La Marca Salon & Barber is the long awaited sequel to a beautiful story that started in 1972, when Charlie La Marca created his first salon in the Durham region.
Raised in the shop, his son Gino La Marca along with his passionate team of stylists & barbers is carrying on his fathers legacy; while re-inventing the perception of what a hair salon/barber shop is.
Harkening back to a time of true beauty parlours & barber shops LS&B sets the standard for todays modern vision of this experience.more...See more text
When Charlie La Marca came to Canada in 1958 from Italy, he wanted to make a better life for himself. Always interested in hairstyling, he decided to enrol in barber school at the age of 16. By 18, he had also studied hairstyling for women. He quickly discovered that the hair industry allowed him to be creative and interact with people every day, something he loved about the work.
In 1972, armed with his experience and his love of hairdressing, Charlie relocated to Oshawa and opened his salon, La Femme Coiffure. "With a strong work ethic to rise to the top, he succeeded in building a better life for his family and created a staple for the community,” says Charlie’s son Gino, a hairstylist himself and the salon’s current co-owner
