The Fade Shop was a materialized dream of Ozell Graham in 1996. While serving in the US Army in Operation Joint Endeavor, (his picture there) Ozell had a vision to help soldiers boost morale and cope with being away from their families, so he started to cut hair in his tent and a fellow soldier even hand crafted a sign to place outside his tent. Even then, The Fade Shop went beyond the call of duty giving free haircuts to kids at a local orphanage in Taszar, Hungary.