Growing up just outside Belding, Mitchell would sit on an old cracker tin in his grandma’s kitchen for the haircuts she would give him. After stepping into a Turkish barber shop for the first time while living in Scotland, he could envision himself a barber.
Pairing his lifelong interest in antiques and design with a recent interest in barbering led him to open Sailor & Sipper—a space for great hair, community building and personal connection.
Mitchell is the third generation in his family to work with hair—his grandmother & great grandmother owned a salon in Smyrna. He graduated from Lansing Barber School in the spring of 2021, and opened Sailor & Sipper in October 2021.