Thursday the 18th is No Beard Day
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How did today become No Beard Day? Even Wikipedia doesn't have an answer, although dozens of sites list this bizarre holiday on the 18th of October. So what happens when they come back? Cuz you know they will.
Many of history's great men had beards, and frankly, they're one of the most natural things on earth. But like hairy armpits on gals, they've gone the way of the dinosaur - for now.
Apparently shaving came into fashion around 300 BC, and the Romans who shaved at the time did so to differentiate themselves from the Greeks. But then, around 200 AD beards came back, and were common once more.
In the 16th century, clergymen indicated their celibacy by shaving...but after the Protestant Reformation they grew beards again. By the turn of the century they were out again, and in the 18th century, almost unheard of.
Come the 19th Century they were back, and flourished in popularity like never before (and never again).
And by the mid-20th Century they were banished, only to reappear in the 1960s and disappear again. (So how do we explain the phenomenon that is ZZ Top?)
If you need to appear wiser or more virile, consider a beard. Here's a list of styles, provided by Wikipedia (the authority on everything else):
And if you have a beard, visit the Affordable Art Fair today. Mention No Beard Day and you'll get in free!
Apparently shaving came into fashion around 300 BC, and the Romans who shaved at the time did so to differentiate themselves from the Greeks. But then, around 200 AD beards came back, and were common once more.
In the 16th century, clergymen indicated their celibacy by shaving...but after the Protestant Reformation they grew beards again. By the turn of the century they were out again, and in the 18th century, almost unheard of.
Come the 19th Century they were back, and flourished in popularity like never before (and never again).
And by the mid-20th Century they were banished, only to reappear in the 1960s and disappear again. (So how do we explain the phenomenon that is ZZ Top?)
If you need to appear wiser or more virile, consider a beard. Here's a list of styles, provided by Wikipedia (the authority on everything else):
- Full - downward flowing beard with either styled or integrated moustache
- Sideburns - a full beard with a shaved chin
- Chinstrap - a beard with long sideburns then comes forward and end under the chin, resembling a chinstrap, hence the name.
- Garibaldi - wide, full beard with rounded bottom and integrated moustache
- Goatee - A tuft of hair grown on the chin, sometimes resembling a billy goat's.
- Royale - is a narrow pointed beard extending from the chin. The style was popular in France during the period of the Second Empire, from which it gets its alternative name, the imperial or impériale.
- Stubble - a very short beard of only one to a few days growth. This became fashionable during the heyday of Miami Vice. During this time, a modified electric razor called the Miami Device became popular, which would trim stubble to a preset length.
- Van Dyck - A goatee accompanied by a moustache
- Verdi - short beard with rounded bottom and slightly shaven cheeks with prominent moustache
- Neck Beard - Similar to the Chinstrap, but with the chin and jawline shaven, leaving hair to grow only on the neck. While never as popular as other beard styles, a few noted historical figures have worn this type of beard, such as Henry Thoreau, LaDainian Tomlinson and Horace Greeley.
- Soul patch - a small beard just below the lower lip and above the chin
And if you have a beard, visit the Affordable Art Fair today. Mention No Beard Day and you'll get in free!
