Colonial Hairstyling, located in Elgin since 1967, will close Saturday upon co-owner Dan Gilmore’s retirement after 55 years in the hair-cutting business. His partner, Kathleen Peve Nussbaum, is opening her own shop in West Dundee.
He attributes his spryness to the fact the shop has wooden floors, which are easier on the legs than the concrete found at other places.Colonial Hairstyling in Elgin will close Saturday after 57 years. Dan Gilmore is retiring and fellow co-owner Kathleen Peve Nussbaum is opening her own shop in West Dundee.
Gilmore’s known by some for his love of the Chicago Cubs, which garnered some attention years back when Ron White, his then-fellow barber and former Colonial co-owner, was a big White Sox fan. Both men fitted out their respective stations, located across from each other at Colonial, with memorabilia promoting their respective teams and enjoyed exchanging good-natured barbs.
Nussbaum moved to Elgin from southern Illinois in the 1980s. Already a stylist, she met the Gilmores through their mutual involvement with Elgin’s YMCA.