Watch A 2-Minute History Of Facial Hair In America

Watch A History Of Facial Hair, In Under 2 Minutes

From the “Abraham Lincoln-esque chin curtains” of the 1860s to the goatees of the 1950s, facial hair trends in America have evolved through the ages.

In this new BuzzFeed Blue video, a group of men model some of the facial hair fads from the 1800s to the present-day. The video is also chockfull of facial hair-related facts.

Did you know, for instance, that the most recent U.S. president to sport facial hair was William Howard Taft (1909-1913)? Taft had a handlebar mustache.

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Vlad the Impaler, circa 1450

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