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Why did men stop wearing moustaches and beards?
Kapellmeister
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Men had them for centuries and then, suddenly, in the 20th century (apart from a few years in the 1970s) it just stopped and the clean-shaved look became popular.
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1/2 the men in my office have some kind of facial hair and so do a 1/6 of the women
Yes, an interesting point. I agree about the re-emergence of beards to some extent but it's usually done with an air of postmodern irony (moustaches on younger guys especially).
Advancements in razor technology, simple really.
Plus the Gay tache thing, as usual they have ruined it for everyone
We didn't. I'm currently rocking a great beard.
Cleanshaven...apart from anything it helped prevent a range of parasite problems
(The German gasmask types allowed moustaches...but very abbreviated ones, known colloquially as "the toothbrush"...and THAT style became popular In Germany and to a lesser extent elsewhere for two decades...until one rather famous personality destroyed IT'S reputation for all time!!!
I got kicked off grindr because of it and had to sign up to growlr instead
and now you're the most popular
Yes, that would be a good sociological reason behind it.
i thought it was compulsory for officers to have a tache in the army up to circa 1916
the rules were relaxed because the high attrition rate of officers meant that they started having officers who hadn't started shaving
As usual Phylo can find a way of shoe horning irrelevant Wartime piffle into any randomly themed thread.
Phylo you are a true genius and ever so slightly deranged.
"Sir, do you know you look like a 70s porn star?"
Answer "Who do you think taught them!"
"Sir why is you hair white and your muzzie brown?"
Answer "Its actually 20 years younger than my head hair."
It wasn't the grass that tickled your ass...
No, I'm pretty sure it was much later than that. I had a 'tache' up until the late 80s and so did a lot of people as I recall. Football is a good marker for this when you see matches from that period.
It was strange, as it suddenly became very unfashionable and it seemed that most people got rid of them. I've noticed designer stubble is popular now alongside the goatee beard with young men - and some women actually!
The mustache on the other hand is a very bold statement. I would love for it to make a genuine comeback and be widely worn with pride. Just look at some of the 'taches sported in the sixties, especially by The Beatles. I wonder how many men are influenced by the negative reaction of women to the mustache?
When the court martial papers for an officer who refused to grow a moustache because it would affect his career as an actor came to the Adjutant General, General Macready, he took the opportunity to change the rules because he hated his own:
"On 8th October, 1916, the order allowing all ranks to grow or not to grow, moustaches according to their fancy was signed... I dropped into a barber's shop and set the example that evening, as I was only too glad to be rid of the unsightly bristles to which I had for many years been condemned by obedience to regulations."
A fashion statement.
Some say ......
A personal taste
Some say.......
What the hell has it got to do with anyone else
Me......
I'm saving money on razors
There was a bloke on Deal Or No Deal today that had a moustache. But he was from Iraq.