Consider the Mustache Crumb duster, lip tickler, ‘mo – call it what you will, mustaches are an ever-present sight throughout human history. Since November is also Movember (a movement to promote awareness of Prostate and Testicular cancer), we decided to get in the mustachioed spirit and post an image a day of some of our favorite mustaches (with and without accompanying beards) found in our museum. The mustache, or moustache, has many cultural and societal implications over the course of time. Indians view the ‘stach as a sign of manliness and virility (at least, until recently ), whereas in China it has also been connected with age and wisdom. For many years in Europe, a full...
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Facial hair has been a potent topic throughout Russian history. To Ivan the Terrible, a man without a beard was a heretic; under Peter the Great, a bearded man was considered an uncultured boor. The stand-alone mustache, on the other hand, took a while to work its way into Russian men’s and reached peak popularity at some point in time between the full-bearded Tsar Nicholas II and the clean-shaven President Vladimir Putin. It’s Movember, so what better time to focus on the male upper lip? Through these seven figures, see how the Russian ‘stache has developed over time. You might be inspired. Peter the Great (1672-1725) icon in his modernized Russian society, the spent most...
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Considered by many to be one of the most famous mustaches in Hollywood, the Tom Selleck‘stache has truly has gone down in the facial hair hall of fame. Selleck is a celebrated actor and film producer who you may remember as the Hawaiian shirt-wearing Tomas Magnum from the 80’s hit TV series Magnum P.I. In more recent years, Selleck and his thick ‘stache can still be seen a center frame in the world of TV crime drama, where he plays Frank Reagan, the NYPD commissioner in the CBS hit series Blue Blood. His steadfast ‘stache has cemented itself as a staple of Selleck’s personal style as well as shaped how we think of the classic manly-man. In some ways, Selleck’s mustache seems to have gained...
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