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Manly Facial Hair: 11 Different Types Of Mustaches (PHOTOS)

Posted: 05/04/11 09:38 AM ET

I've had my mustache for thirty-three years and I'm now used to street urchins flinging orange peel and contumely in my direction. But, as we say, if you can't take the abuse, don't grow the mustache. On the positive side, I'm often stopped by ladies who want to compliment me on it, and I always offer them the chance to give it a stroke. It is a wonderful way to make new friends. When they ask why I grew it I always tell them that you don't grow a mustache - a mustache grows you. It truly is an outcrop of a gentleman's personality. There are as many different mustaches as there are chaps, but there is also a clear system of mustache classification, which includes such wonderful names as the "handlebar," "toothbrush," "pencil," and imperial. One of the 1001 subjects I've covered in my latest book, The Gentleman's Bedside Companion, is mustaches, and how to grow them (stop shaving, basically), so I thought a whistle-stop tour of the available styles might be of interest.

The Natural Mustache
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If asked who was the more stylish, Hitler or Stalin, you would have to go for Stalin, because of the mustache. That's not to say you'd want him round for dinner, though. Stalin sported a very nice so-called "natural" mustache, which is a handlebar mustache curled without the aid of wax - or anything else except a comb. Thomas Hardy also wore one of these smashers.
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I've had my mustache for thirty-three years and I'm now used to street urchins flinging orange peel and contumely in my direction. But, as we say, if you can't take the abuse, don't grow the mustache.
I've had my mustache for thirty-three years and I'm now used to street urchins flinging orange peel and contumely in my direction. But, as we say, if you can't take the abuse, don't grow the mustache.
 
 
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KenValpojd
06:10 PM on 05/19/2011
Well, if you're not going to wear a ten-gallon with the Hungarian mustache, you can always wear a hussar uniform and eat lots of goulash.
03:03 PM on 05/13/2011
Odd that they failed to mention one of the most famous pencil 'stache-bearer, John Waters. The impossibly thin line just above his lip is legendary!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Waters_(filmmaker)
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emmeaki
01:03 AM on 05/07/2011
They forgot to add the pedo-stache!
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Anonymous17
Thank You Fox News For Keeping us Infromed - T.P.
01:00 AM on 05/09/2011
Never seen one of them... Got pics?
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Anonymous17
Thank You Fox News For Keeping us Infromed - T.P.
12:36 AM on 05/11/2011
looks more like a vato_stache to me. Or someone who just can't grow facial_hair period.
10:43 AM on 05/06/2011
Where's the Fu Manchu?
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nmaddog7
08:05 PM on 05/05/2011
'Staches are for men who are a bit sweet, am I right?
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M A Ross
Fear is the main source of superstition & cruelty.
12:26 PM on 05/05/2011
A lady gets a lotta things
She gets a 20 carat ring
She gets the alimony too
She gets to look good in the nude
But there's one place where they've been whipped
Between the nose and upper lip

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One hundred hairs make a man

~ Moustache by Sparks
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LivelyLexie
Don't panic.
02:45 PM on 05/04/2011
In my opinion, VERY few men look good with mustaches. Especially since there's always some that grow a patchy one and then think they look fantastic. Ew.
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M A Ross
Fear is the main source of superstition & cruelty.
12:27 PM on 05/05/2011
My auntie had a sign in her bedroom that read:

"Kiss a man without a mustache is like eating an egg without salt."

~ Too true!!
01:31 PM on 05/04/2011
You missed the number one name for a "stash" ---- The Fu Man Chew -- made famous by Broadway Joe in the 60's