Bill again. How to choose? Most facial hair arrangements are pretty standard:
As a historian, I feel obligated to consider famous historical facial hair:
Ambrose Burnside: The original “sideburns” are a stereotype for over-the-top facial hair. He was a disaster of a general, but I’m still thinking of trying this one out.
Salvador Dali: Only an artist who drew melting timepieces could get away with this.
Tom Selleck: Uber-macho 80s ‘stache. My wife thinks he’s hot.
John Brown: Patriarchal!
Usama bin Laden: Ummm . . . no. Associations aside, it’s too much like steel wool.
Karl Marx: Jeesh, you could lose a hoagie in there . . .
George Custer—nice tight composition (and interesting ringlets). Old timey men were allowed to wear pretty girly hairstyles by our standards. I’ll try not to think about what happened to him.
Wyatt Earp: Gunfighter chic
Rollie Fingers: Trippy!
ZZ Top: Oh yeah!
I came across a blog that covers more . . . interesting . . . facial hair options (http://interestingfacialhair.blogspot.com). There’s some good stuff there:
I wish I could grow facial arabesques like this guy:
But that’s just not in the cards.
Changing the Locks 