I've been consistently sporting a mustache for the past several years.
Frankly, it's a look that I would have never considered cultivating until
recently. Truthfully, I was never able to grow anything that didn't look like a malnourished caterpiler until I hit my 40's. Nowadays, thick, scary, barbwire-like hair is sprouting up everywhere. I've turned into a freaking silverback gorilla! After years of scaping the stuff off every morning, I figured it would just be easier to give up and let it grow.
What I've found is that I really like the way I look with hair on my face. I think it adds a certain amount of...pure menace to my otherwise unremarkable appearance. Seriously, I look like a Sunday school teacher when I'm clean-shaven, but add that thick layer of manly facial hair and I'm instantly transformed into Dangerous Dan.
While perusing the Internets tonight, I ran across a photo of Tom Selleck without his famous mustache. That got me thinking about other celebs who clearly look much better with facial hair than without it.
Selleck's mustache was the envy of all men in the 1970's. Women swooned when they saw that studly brush under the lip of TV's Magnum P.I. They were even willing to overlook Tom's somewhat high-pitched, squeaky voice. Thousands of men tried to emulate Tom's massive 'stache and achieved mostly pathetic results. Yeah, he still looks damn manly without the mustache, but he just doesn't look like Tom Selleck.
What I've found is that I really like the way I look with hair on my face. I think it adds a certain amount of...pure menace to my otherwise unremarkable appearance. Seriously, I look like a Sunday school teacher when I'm clean-shaven, but add that thick layer of manly facial hair and I'm instantly transformed into Dangerous Dan.
While perusing the Internets tonight, I ran across a photo of Tom Selleck without his famous mustache. That got me thinking about other celebs who clearly look much better with facial hair than without it.
Selleck's mustache was the envy of all men in the 1970's. Women swooned when they saw that studly brush under the lip of TV's Magnum P.I. They were even willing to overlook Tom's somewhat high-pitched, squeaky voice. Thousands of men tried to emulate Tom's massive 'stache and achieved mostly pathetic results. Yeah, he still looks damn manly without the mustache, but he just doesn't look like Tom Selleck.Jeopardy host Alex Trebek shocked his fans (mostly little old ladies) by shaving off his trademark mustache. Trebek had been wearing that familiar lip-warmer for decades. Frankly, he looked much better with it than without. Also, I think the 'stache gave Trebek an air of authority that worked well for the show. Now, he just seems like a cranky, bitchy, old smartass.
I must admit that football legend Jim Brown looked manly as hell with or without his mustache, but I think his true "slap the sh*t out of you" character is best represented by a mustachioed mug. There's just something missing in the eyes of the clean-shaven Jim Brown.
I must admit that football legend Jim Brown looked manly as hell with or without his mustache, but I think his true "slap the sh*t out of you" character is best represented by a mustachioed mug. There's just something missing in the eyes of the clean-shaven Jim Brown.Daniel Day Lewis can grow one badass 'stache! Look at how thick that sucker is! He must have to shave with a weedwhacker and a machete. He also looks completely different without the facial hair.
Try as I might, I could not find a photo of MMA veteran Don Frye without a mustache. Perhaps his mom has a picture of a four year old Don with zero facial hair, but somehow I doubt it. Frye's mustache is the stuff of legend. Some say he derives his power from the 'stache, much like the biblical he-man Samson. Thus Frye's upper lip will never be bare, lest he lose his fighting mojo.
Try as I might, I could not find a photo of MMA veteran Don Frye without a mustache. Perhaps his mom has a picture of a four year old Don with zero facial hair, but somehow I doubt it. Frye's mustache is the stuff of legend. Some say he derives his power from the 'stache, much like the biblical he-man Samson. Thus Frye's upper lip will never be bare, lest he lose his fighting mojo.Finally, here's the ultimate proof that the mustache can make the man. Yup, that's pretty boy Justin Timberlake sporting a killer power 'stache for a movie role. He looks postively non-boy bandish with that handlebar under his nose. Okay, the hockey mask helps a lot, too.
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