Friday, February 27, 2009

Mustaches of the Civil War



A younger image than usual of the of the man who lent his name to the sideburn, Ambrose Burnside. Darker and shorter than the classic face-shelf he supports in the popular imagination, this is an intimate look at the origins of a classic American mustache style.

Friday, February 13, 2009

The Friday the 13th Mustache



What horrors those blank eyes have seen. And with Valentine's Day right 'round the corner!

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

The Streamlined Mustache



His jaunty bouffant and rapscallion tie reveal him to be a man of a terpsichorean bent. The streamlined mustache supports this conclusion wonderfully.