In the 70’s, beards represented rebellion, free thinking, spirituality and they were indeed a sexy addition to a man’s face. Then came the 80’s when men wearing makeup made ladies hot under the collar and a beard would have only detracted from the immaculate eye makeup. And of course let’s not forget the 90’s when clean shaved, smooth as a babies bum boy band faces were the only thing to wet anybody’s whistle. The noughties were quite the same, although the odd bit of rebellious stubble was certainly becoming sexier in advertising and films and edgier for men was becoming more and more appealing.
Within the last couple of years, since the birth of the yak’s milk drinking, knitted laptop yielding, unknown electro opera rapper supporting hipster was born, the beard has experienced a mammoth rebirth and over 50% of males across the world have some kind of facial hair now according to recent studies.
This trend shows no sign of going away with the world celebrating its 5th annual beard day last year, beard accessories now being a legitimate business, and a gradual and satisfying to look at steady growth on Google Trends in the amount of people searching the word ‘beard’ in Google over the last five years or so.
So we know they are cool, and they seem to be here to stay, but are they the right accessory for your face? Are they the right accessory for your life? Just because it’s fashionable does not mean it’s right for you. Remember the hairband fashion David Beckham started in the
I’ve never been a fan of beards. Back in the 80’s I liked mustaches but that ended in the late 90’s for me. I’ve always liked the clean cut look.
My husband has a full beard and I love it. When I met him he had a Go-Tee and that was really cute on him too. I don’t care for a plain mustache but that is probably because I grew up during the 70’s/80’s with all the crazy huge mustaches. I do think you have to be willing to do more grooming, but I am not sure how guys shave their faces. It stresses me out just watching.