They are spending their own money to fly to Anchorage because, according to Sam, "it'll be crazy and something we'll remember forever." There were facial hair contests with the winners getting $15 toward their bar tabs.Ĭollins, a 26-year-old graphic designer, wants to start a statewide facial hair competition and eventually send some members to competitions across the country.ĭevon and Sam Holcombe, 26-year-old twins, will represent the club at the national championships in May. Some women in attendance wore fluffy fake mustaches or drew a colorful beard on a paper mask. Scruffy friends clapped and raised their beers. 26, founder Sean Collins stood on a booth and gave an impassioned speech about the merits of facial hair. While on job interviews, he said potential employers shoot him daggers if his long red beard is scraggly and unruly at the time.Īt the first meeting of the Jacksonville Beardsmith Society on Jan. Some clean-shaven people can also judge you harshly because of your facial hair.ĭoug Henning, 26, just graduated from the University of North Florida. Bibbee said ordering eggs over easy is a no-no. Dansart said he experiences "soggy beard" when he orders soup. And of course, there's the itching.Įating can be another problem. Girlfriends can suffer from razor burn after nuzzling. Jack Twatchman, 26, just got out of the Navy, so he immediately grew a beard because he was finally allowed. "That's how I'm able to keep this burly beard here," he said as he unravels his beard to at least 6 inches long. His first few jobs had the same strict rules, so when he started working as a guitar salesman, he leaped at the opportunity to grow it out. It can be a life-altering decision.įor some, like Edmund Dansart, it's a sign of rebellion.ĭansart, 31, said he grew up "kind of repressed," attending private schools that forbade facial hair. The bearded path is not to be traveled lightly. Some Biblical scholars even think Leviticus forbids shaving: "Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard." William Shakespeare said, "He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man." The Bard digs beards.
(To be fair, on the other side, you have The Unabomber and Spencer Pratt of "The Hills.") These facial hair activists point to "great men" like Chuck Norris, Tom Selleck and Teddy Roosevelt. Others balk at the suggestion that facial hair is just a trend. "The metro thing kind of bothered me a little bit, but what are you going to do?" "I like to see guys be guys," said Jesse Bibbee, a 30-year-old sales rep. One humorous Web site, the American Mustache Institute, claims that, "2008 was a banner year for celebrities growing mustaches, including Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Betty White."Īnother theory is that it's backlash from the years of "prettying up" men during the metrosexual trend. Some think the trend is celebrity-driven. Now you can look around most bars in Jacksonville, and you'll find plenty of people under 30 stroking their beards. They're traveling to Alaska to compete in the World Beard and Mustache Competition.Ī few years ago, a fluffy beard was only for freaks and outcasts: terrorists, bikers and college professors. There's even a pair of twins with long upturned waxed mustaches like painter Salvador Dali. Men with handlebar mustaches, long Santa Claus beards, cop 'staches and Vandykes mingled, complimenting one another. Last month, about 40 people attended the club's second meeting. The Jacksonville Beardsmith Society, a casual club for facial hair fans meets the last Tuesday of every month, about 8 p.m., at Steamworks, a pub in Five Points. Now these beard aficionados have a place to meet. "There was one girlfriend who had a problem with my beard," said Nick Fresh, a local DJ sporting some short scruff. Some have even picked follicles over females. They buy special conditioners, use hot combs and enter local competitions. These 'stachenistas have made a commitment to their facial hair. But for a select few, a big fluffy beard isn't a passing fad. Others see celebrities with little hairs scattered on their visages and follow like sheep.
Some men let their scratchy whiskers grow because they are too lazy to shave.
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