You guys. Can we talk about mustaches? Let's. Based on a "survey" (read: walking around Minneapolis's hippest neighborhood/trolling the interwebz constantly) we seem to be on the tail end of a full-blown mustache obsession. A few weeks ago I even went on a date with competition-level hipster who sported a mustache.
I did not inquire as to whether it was ironic or not.
I suspect I could write a Master's thesis on the revival of the mustache. The mustache has the ability to seem both hilarious/over-the-top (I'm looking at you, 70s porn. And I'm also looking at you, slightly creepy neighbor) and also oddly sexy and sneaky (like a comic book spy? or maybe a tiny French man who buys you absinthe and is the best kisser you've ever met?).
These lip-brows are everywhere these days! They're like the Chinese-symbol-tattoos of our time. Look!
I did not inquire as to whether it was ironic or not.
I suspect I could write a Master's thesis on the revival of the mustache. The mustache has the ability to seem both hilarious/over-the-top (I'm looking at you, 70s porn. And I'm also looking at you, slightly creepy neighbor) and also oddly sexy and sneaky (like a comic book spy? or maybe a tiny French man who buys you absinthe and is the best kisser you've ever met?).
These lip-brows are everywhere these days! They're like the Chinese-symbol-tattoos of our time. Look!
Is it weird that I find this kind of sexy?!(don't answer that.)
Again with the oddly sexy.
Adorable or annoying?
This is for when you want to punch people andleave them with mustache-shaped imprint on their
foreheads. A common occurrence for me.
Yes. please.Seriously. Mustaches: what's the deal?
Are you pro or con?
Funny and tongue-in-cheek or painfully over-played?
50 comments:
yes, just what is it about this resurgence of what my teenager calls "the 'stache?" I say it is scary, to say the least. Something to leave in the past. The very distant past. Has this recent excitement over the mustache style popular in the 70s been spurred on by the resurgence, in the early 2000s, of the "soul patch" of the 1960s? What's next? The mangy, patchy facial hair look made popular in the 80s by garage bands and dogs from the pound? Yikes! (Thanks for a VERY amusing read this am! I needed that!)
I adore mustaches. Literally, I wish I could grow one. Oh, the things we would do! They've been popping up in my poems for years.
Though I do wish they weren't the current worldwide hipster obsession. I loved them before they were cool and I'll love them after.
I'm going to say...I'm over the mustache train everyone has taken a ride on.
Sorry :(
I think it depends on the man. Although I think chocolate mustache pops is taking it too far! I've actually noticed beards more often than mustaches in my area.
When you asked "adorable or annoying?" I definitely say annoying. For one, I hate mustaches in general. I think they usually make a guy look creepy, and I definitely wouldn't want to kiss someone fuzzy. Secondly, I hate the whole ironic-cool-'cause-it's-not love hipsters have with them-- especially hipster girls. I think it's lame and played out.
Yes - exactly what Vanessa said. Times 10.
100 percent agreed with Vanessa. And Catherine. Perfect way to say it.
con.
I have friends that play March*Mustache*Maddness and instead of betting on basketball they wager on who can grow the worst mustache in a month. I should clarify that these are male friends. Although I do have Italian in me, I could probably win if I skip a waxing or two.
I love a good mustache. I know, I know, it's 'hipster'. But I think hipster guys are cute, so that probably doesn't help anything. I also like wearing mustaches for special occasions. On St. Patty's day this year I sported a green handlebar mustache for the entire day, though it made it a little hard to drink Guinness!
Love those pencils!
I got mail today! Perfect timing for my birthday tomorrow...and so utterly amazing. Thank you!
i don't get it either
i literally just asked a few of my high school students the other day what the heck is up with mustaches
seeing as here in the mts of va we have a quite small population of hipsters i wasn't very surprised they didn't know
i still don't get it and can't decide yay or nay cause I JUST DON'T GET IT
I like them! I think they're so cute and I love the mugs and cups with mustaches on them so ladies can have staches too! But I do agree with the rest of the comments that the ironic hipster wearing of staches is a bit annoying. I walked into a local coffee shop the other day and no joke, three dudes, all sitting near each other but obviously not together, all had little staches, combed over hair, and hipster clothes. It was so funny looking, not to mention unoriginal. But as a design motif, I love the stache.
I am vehemently pro mustache! I was lucky enough to see a girl at my favorite diner who was sporting a marker mustache. She looked like Clark Gable. I asked her if she frankly gave a damn.
Unfortunately, while it's easy to find adorable mustache merch, it's harder to find an actual 'stache! Except on molesters.
Do you know what I love, love, love? Mutton Chops!
I am pro all of those cute works or art, candies and accessories, but I am definitely con the growing of mustaches on guys. Even the ones who can pull it off, look way better without one.
http://lesadventuresdulorax.blogspot.com
Mustaches remind me of Tom Selleck, my very old man crush, so 'm going to go with "pro".
I'm generally anti-hipster, but I do wonder: Do hipsters know thet are hipsters? Do they self-identify as such? That would be an interesting thesis topic. :)
-Alex
http://www.justbeawesomeinstead.blogspot.com/
Only on Eugene Hutz.
Sigh...that man. He's sexy in a strange way, but sexy none the less.
On pencils and mugs? Yes.
On men? Not really a fan.
(and certainly not on women - though it's creepy how often you see that)
I'm coming out a qualified "pro" --my dad has a bushy mustache and has my whole life. As he's my favorite man, thumbs up. My next two favorite men, my cats, have furry upper lips, thumbs up. On other men... they must be well groomed. A shapely musketeer look can be quite intriguing for those of us with a Shakespeare fetish, and I do have a bit of a crush on Jamie from Mythbusters. Guys that just don't shave, and have rampant untamed lip hair -- ewwww.
P.S. For those who are pro-'stache, here's a pattern for knitting one's own:
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter09/PATTincognito.php
I'm pro IF you do it well. No creepy pencil-thin molester mustaches, please.
In reality it's a bit of a hassle - my boyfriend just got rid of his big glorious handlebar and sometimes I just wanted to rip it off because we couldn't eat certain places (don't want to get sloppy joes or ice cream in your stache or anything), I couldn't kiss him more than just a peck if we were in public or else it would mess it up, etc. So I like the look if it's done well, but I don't like the baggage it comes with!
I totally dig the mustache thing, but I didn't realize it was such a trend!
I love them. My friend and i had a "Mustache Mayhem" birthday party in which we cut out black cardstock mustaches and hot glued them to wood dowells, masquerade style. It was so much fun and everyone loved it.
I own this:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/38839552/mustache-ring
My single friend Andrew was out at a bar with some of his friends and he started talking to this girl. And one of his friends kept pulling Andrew aside and away from the girl, telling him "Dude, she has a mustache! Get away!" So Andrew kept looking at her face, expecting some sort of horrible facial hair that he hadn't noticed but didn't see any. And the friend kept whispering "She has a mustache!"
Turns out the girl had a mustache tattoo on her finger and Andrew's friend decided that meant she was an insufferable hipster (and not the girl for Andrew.)
definitely funny and tongue-in-cheek!! I bought my boyfriend a mustache salt and pepper shaker on etsy for christmas and there are SOO MANYY cute and hilarious mustache items! even knitted ones you can elastic-band to your face :P
I think it depends on the mustache's intent. Personally I'm firmly entrenched in the pro-stache camp. Two words: TOM. SELLECK.
Just a mustache? No thanks, for me.
However, a full-on goatee or beard? Yes. Please.
wull i don't know, but i want that coffee mug. i have this thing for coffee mugs.
i do know that if MY husband ever grows a mustache, i'm going to grow one too until he shaves his off. there will be no mustache-wearing in this household.
but someone else's husband can have a mustache, if he wants.
I like them on any guy except the one I'm kissing!
I adore facial hair of any kind. I'm the girl who talks her boyfriends into growing a beard or mustache, instead of into shaving. Luckily, the current boy already had both in place. :)
Over here on BYU campus, we currently have a flaming mustache art installation. See for yourself: http://www.saltlakemagazine.com/Blogs/Lounge-Act/October-2009/BYU-Delves-into-Contemporary-Art/
I think they're kind of funny things!
Oh yeah, it's cool, especially when paired with a beard! Like...Jude Law and his Sherlock Holmes mustache! Not bad. And my boyfriend looks really cute with his beard+mustache combo.
I like seeing all the old-style facial hair too, like in old pictures of army men or cowboys or whatever. Sometimes they are pretty funny.
I also think all the mustache products are cute.
I don't mind when people have a real-live 'stache.
But for the love of f-u-c-k, can the silly motif version just die already. I think Cool Hunting reported on it about a year or TWO after it started (nice job!) and I don't think I've ever been more sick of something that has been beaten to death. (More sick of it than I was of robots, pirates, deer motifs and dear god OWLS.)
I agree with the sentiment in KatiK's post - if I met someone and they had a mustache necklace I wouldn't think it was cute and would probably assume they were a stupid hipster. (But we all know what happens when you assume.)
Sorry, not Cool Hunting, this site:
http://www.casasugar.com/Trend-Alert-Mustache-Motifs-6483556#read-more
I like them. But only on Cinco de Mustachio (May 5). So yeah, bring em on for the next week or so and then they need to be gone.
The Tash is for sure awesomesauce. If your dad does not have a tash then you have two mums as simple as that :)
For me, it's still funny - even though I don't get it. I am married to a full bearded and moustachioed man, and I love it on him.
Don't care for mustaches. I like the one my dad has because I've never known him without one, and that's it. Every once in a while my guy will kind of let it grow out a bit more than normal, and it's very annoying to kiss someone with a mustache.
But guys, what's with the hipster hate? I find that a hell of a lot more insufferable than the trend wearers themselves. I make my share of 'hipster douchebag' jokes, mostly in reference to my own hair (shaved sides, textbook hipster, apparently) but a lot of people these days seem to be assuming anyone with an inclination towards the life style is obnoxious, which is so obnoxious in itself.
Hate the mustache revival, hate the mustache accessories, hate all of it. I just don't get it, but I am not a hipster so perhaps it is lost on me. Thankfully.
I don't like them as a serious fashion statement, but as a quirky accessory I do. And as an independent teenager, I do not think the appeal is in the fact others (aka "hipsters") like them. Mustaches are just overall ridiculous and silly, and for that it brings a smile to my face when I see them adorn an baby face or inanimate object. That is all there is to it for me :)
P.S. Just as I finished reading this post, I went over to the blog Pugly Pixel and saw this post, "Les Moustaches Club" : http://www.puglypixel.com/2010/04/28/les-moustache-club/
http://www.moodypet.com/humungastache.html
Mustache ball for dogs! Which I think its kinda funny, if it weren't overplayed. I think it WAS kinda cute, but finger tattoos of it? No thanks. I think its hipster and annoying now.
I am only pro mustache when it is accompanied by a beard. I enjoy mustache merchandise. Con when it comes to actually seeing one on someone's face.
I carry a stick on one on my phone at all times for emergencies. There was a time when EVERYONE in the room had some kind of facial hair and they were stroking it and I HAD NO MOUSTACHE ON HAND. Thus, emergency moustache. they sell them in vending machines now.
Overplayed? Yes, but most good things are. I still think 'stauches where they don't usually belong (girls, babies, inanimate objects) is generally adorable. Also re: ever girl ever, it can be great on gentlemen if done properly (read: doesn't make him look like a paedophile).
Don't be hatin', ladies; now that it's "mainstream", it'll probably be over soon.
I love mustaches and facial hair in general, both actually on men AND women or on items. I find them genuinely charming and have since puberty.
I'm not getting a mustache tattooed on my finger though, cause I am saving that spot for tears. I often wear mustaches for my fashion blog, including a pink one!
Also, I love our blog title and description.
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