When did beards become cool?
I am loathe to admit that whenever I see a man with a mo, I get slightly weak at the knees (Movember was a good month for me.) But do you remember the days where men that took serious time on their facial hair looked like this?:
The pained precision that went into looking like a complete and utter tool was baffling. So baffling that it has been immortalised forever in the form of Sacha Baron Cohen's Ali G. Hot.
Just slightly off tangent, did you know that Staines officially changed its name to Staines-upon-Thames? Apparently the connotations with the river is equal to less connotations with tracksuit sporting, Corsa driving lads.
Anyway, nowadays, it seems wherever I look, stubble, taches and other facial hair are making a huge comeback. Have you seen that Gillette advert? The one with Andre 3000? If you have - you can take that wistful look off your face now. Precision grooming has fast become the big thing for men around the world. On a recent trip to Scandinavia, for example, it was rare to see a man with no facial hair whatsoever, though perhaps this is simply a necessity, it being so fucking cold.
Let's take a moment now to think of the men around the world who, alas, cannot grow facial hair. Hard to believe but no matter how hard they try, a feeble line of fluff is all that they can manage. I imagine it is rather like having a pen that doesn't work: you have the tools, but something, somewhere has gone wrong.
| A delightful trio. |
At a time where beards are the height of cool, men who cannot grow them must focus their efforts elsewhere, on, for example, body fitness, dressing well, or volunteer work. Because apparently these days, if you don't have an artful crop of groomed hair on that gorgeous face of yours, you have to have something to set you apart from the rest.
