The Groom's Grooming: A Wedding-Day Guide

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The groom's grooming: a wedding-day guide

The bride has a trial, a schedule and a team. The groom usually has a haircut the week before and hope. Here is how to do it properly.

BY STAVROS SISMANIDIS5 MIN READNOVEMBER 2026
A groom being groomed by a private barber at a villa in Mykonos

The groom's room, Mykonos

Every wedding photograph includes the groom, yet grooming is the part of his day most often left to chance. A private barber on the wedding morning changes that: the cut is fresh, the beard is precise, and the groomsmen are ready at the same time.

The timeline

Three to four weeks beforeThe structural cut. Any change in shape happens now, so it has time to settle.

One week beforeA refinement: length,

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