The Lighthouse Trailer: See Robert Pattinson's Handlebar Mustache In Action © Eric Chakeen/A24 *The Lighthouse* Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe put on their best old timey mustaches for The Lighthouse, a film which follows the descent into madness from two late 19th century lighthouse keepers on a remote island in New England. If Timothée Chalamet's medieval bowl cut didn't satiate your need for young leading men in outdated hairstyles, this should do the trick. While Pattinson is gearing up to play Batman, he hasn't let his affection for artsier and more challenging cinema wain, as this trailer proves. The Lighthouse is the second feature film from director Robert Eggers, who...
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We might laugh at Hitler’s mustache now, but many German men copied his style. Wikimedia Commons. 9. Adolf Hitler was so loved by many German people that men styled their mustaches to look like their crazed leader Adolf Hitler’s mustache has long been a source of ridicule – and fascination. For a few short years in Germany, however, it was regarded by many as a stylish form of facial hair. What’s more, in a bid to emulate their charismatic leader, many German men in the 1930s and 40s shaved their mustaches in a similar style. So, why did Hitler have such strange facial hair? The thing is, the ‘toothbrush mustache’ was not born with Hitler, even though it...
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To the Victorian gentleman, a hairy upper lip was an essential accessory. The mustache was an affectation the most flattering to the vanity of the young. With it, the boy feels himself a man. It helps him to look old and the look of age is useful in business and inspires confidence. The youth of twenty one looks thirty with a mustache and without it he would look sixteen. However, the mustache was, in this socially-conscious society, the prerogative of the gentleman. Menservants were required to be clean-shaven, and in contrast to the ornate beards and mustaches worn by the officers of the day, which complemented their rank and age, subalterns and lesser ranks made do with much simpler...
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Beard lovers and owners alike, piled into the Mohawk on a recent Saturday for the Austin Facial Hair Club’s seventh annual beard and mustache competition. Starting with pre-judging and running late into the night, this manly beauty contest boasted 160 contestants sporting everything from the classic curly mustache usually seen on silent movie villains to full out beards. Judges included the Daily Show’s Wyatt Cenac from Comedy Central and big time Austin musicians Jeff Pinkus from the Butthole Surfers and Tim Kerr from Big Boys and Poison 13. From classic biker chic to the retro body builder, and even a Luigi look-alike, styles and beards and mustaches of all kinds were represented during...
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For many Americans, the idea of an early retirement is pure fantasy — many surveys suggest that a good portion of us are convinced we’ll never be able to retire at all. But what if retirement saving isn’t quite as insurmountable an obstacle as you think? The idea that retirement — even early retirement — is within anyone’s grasp is a big part of the appeal of a popular personal-finance blog called “Mr. Money Mustache,” written by a 39-year-old man named Pete, who lives with his wife and 8-year-old son in Longmont, Colo. (The blog recently had 417,000 monthly unique visitors, and has had a total of 4 million unique visitors since it launched in April 2011.) Pete, who prefers not to divulge...
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