City of Fades nominated for Best Hairdresser or Barber award

The Telegraph & Argus recently launched a competition to find the city's ‘Best Hairdresser or Barber 2024’.

Readers nominated their favourite via an online voting platform from June 10-16 and we aim to profile all of them. 

City of Fades, on Leeds Road, has gained enough nominations to earn a spot in the final.

The inside of City of Fades on Leeds Road (Image: UGC)

“It means a lot to be nominated,” said Warris Iqbal, owner and founder of City of Fades. “It’s a feeling of achievement for our team.

“For us to be recognised in the way shows who we are and where we want to be in the future.

“It also shows we’re on the right track. It’s onwards and upwards from here.”

Bradford barber Warris Iqbal (Dr Fadez) gives a haircut at City of Fades (Image: UGC)

Warris, who is known as Dr Fadez to his customers, said: “I’ve been pretty active on TikTok over the last two years, however, I’ve always had good clientele.

He is celebrating officially being opened in a shop setting for the last two to three months.

“It’s gone amazingly well,” he said. “Over two months ago we relocated and invested in the new location on Leeds Road.

“Before that, I cut with the shutters down and we weren’t open to the general public.

“Our new location has been really well received and we’ve prospered here.

“We have some new services in addition to haircuts.

“We offer a mix of old school hairstyles and skin fades.

“I’ve been barbering for five years. Before that, I was a teacher at Keighley College, teaching the barbering curriculum.

“But I’ve always had a passion for barbering, so I’ve built my way up from there.

“I wanted to concentrate on opening a shop. Initially it was just myself, but now I have three full-time positions.

“We’re really busy at weekends and for Eid. It’s a festive period, so we have to be open longer hours than usual.

“The reason why we’re where we are now is our very repeat and strong clientele.

“Our barber shop likes to cater to the community and get to know who our customers are.

“We get to know the community and as a whole and we grow together.

Warris also explained why he likes to go by the name Dr Fadez.

“It’s my online name and everyone calls me by it,” he said. “Our barber shop name City of Fades is quite close to myself and it’s a name that rings a bell for youngsters.”