Faux facial hair fashion
September 23rd, 2009
The humble moustache has been around since Neolithic times, when Ugg began shaving with stone razors and Mrs Ugg grunted approvingly. It heralds the change from boy heard to man, because it is a symbol of masculinity and it has a host of variations from handlebar the oddity that is the ‘Dali’ to the Fu Manchu.
Fashion designer Cindy Liu shows her love of moustaches with her range of designer scarves featuring moustaches ‘Cowboy and Gangsta creations’. LeMoustache has also went for ‘hairy scarf chic’ with their deluxe curly creations on Etsy.
Of course if you aren’t quite ready for Gangsta style women’s scarfs, you could always play safe and try the new Hermes scarf collection with the stylish Libris logo for £150.
American Apparel went one step further with their facial hair fashion accessory and created the moustache mask or tache balaclava. Shown below In a Mini Tache or Major Tache style both £15 from American Apparel.
Not to be out done beardHead.com created these snowboarder masks called ‘the lumberjack look’ the masks cost of around $25. They also do a ladies version called ‘bunny’.
Of course it doesn’t just have to be men’s and ladies scarfs and hats, how about something functional like a purse. Caroline Ballhorn’s prosthetic beard bags have hidden pouches to keep credit cards or cash in. As Caroline puts it “its somewhere to put your change if your on a naked cycle race”.
Of course you might simply want to be proud to display your love of Facial hair faux, with no other purpose other than it being beautiful. If that’s the case then i made you a beard is your destination, Erin Dollar featured here sporting a rather snazzy ‘Villain Beard’ priced at $40, will make you a wonderful beard of any colour or texture.
So where does this leave the humble tache? Well facial hair and fashion have coexisted for centuries, I’m sure that this will continue to be a tache made in heaven






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