Sideburns, Mustaches, Mutton Chops? Facial Hair Of The '60s & '70s

Groovy History ^ | 12/8/17 | Rebeka Knott

[DallasBiff]

In the 1960s and '70s, facial hair -- including mustaches, sideburns, goatees, Van Dykes, soul patches, mutton or lamb chops and other creative topiary -- was a means of free expression and identity. The 1950s had been an era of extreme clean-shavenness; in movies of the time, a 5 o'clock shadow was a visual shorthand for intoxication or derangement. As young men threw off the shackles of conformity, they began experimenting with facial hair. From the beatniks' goatees and Van Dykes to full hippie beards, and then into the '70s with massive sideburns and pimp-ish mustaches. If you could grow it on your face, you had free rein to do so.

[M_Continuum]

Dude, I had a great Fu Manchu, but I also had a full head of hair. The good ol’ days.

[Salamander]

Wow.

I wish I could contact him about my dog with cancer.

:(

[Secret Agent Man]

[Salamander]

Nah, that’s my mom’s fetish.

She has a bad thing for him but I never got it.

;D

[Salamander]

A good time to mention that Zardoz was set in the year 2023

[GaltAdonis]

"...60 years in crew cuts..."

.

My dad got a crew cut when he joined the Marines at age 18.
When World War 2 was over he kept the crew cut - until he turned 80.
He let his hair grow then - beard & mustache too.
All his hair was snow white at that point.

Then one day it dawned on me: "I am the son of Santa Claus!".

/sarc

He really did look just like Santa!

[gundog]

[Secret Agent Man]

You must have liked BlackAdder

[Secret Agent Man]

Not why I posted it. It was more of an affirming “bingo/dead on” kind of thing...

[Salamander]

/reaches out and smacks gundog upside the head

;D

[Salamander]

Talk about synchronicity.

I’m watching Black Adder on ROKU right now.

LOL

[Night Hides Not]

I shave every 3-4 days, that’s not going to change.

[Secret Agent Man]

Alas poor Sean didn’t make it to the real 2023.

[billorites]

"Only Toshiro Mifune can rock a Man Bun."

[Salamander]

Ah, okay.

But she’s still hot for him.

;D

[Salamander]

I know.

He had nearly the perfect amount of furriness.

/Rory McCann is my dream fur

;D

[GaltAdonis]

"I love bearded hairy guys."

.

Okay - but be forwarned - I'm following in my dad's footsteps -
my beard is now mostly white. A little gray, a little brown.
The whole 'salt & pepper' scenario. Mostly salt at this point.
LOL!

[SpaceBar]

[HartleyMBaldwin]

I haven’t shaved since March 1975, that’s not going to change either. Each to his own.

To me, shaving only every few days is not at all the same thing as spending time every day keeping stubble at a particular length.

[nascarnation]