T Jones
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Facial Hair.....And Hats
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A little artistic work added. VS in Navy blue 10X.
StoryPNW
One Too Many
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My facial hair has migrated from my lip to my jaw, for winter at least but it could be permanent.
M Hatman
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Historical Beard and hat.....(clean shaven myself...could not grow a beard if my life depended on it, so, I live vicariously through others).
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Just about a yr ago…
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I had, apparently, voted in the poll at the beginning of this thread when it was new. Since then, The Lounge had their software upgraded, members (including myself) lost everything they had posted before that date, and had to pick a new username and start over. That being the case, since all of my previous posts are long gone I guess I'll start over with the Readers Digest somewhat condensed version.
I have no idea about the motives of others. I first grew out my mustache and beard with intent when I was about 18 years old because my girlfriend and I were planning a "secret" trip to San Francisco with friends and I wanted to look older. For me, "older" was a moving target because I've usually looked younger than I actually was; facial hair didn't help much. So I grew my mustache and beard, starting too late for them both to grow in properly before we left for San Francisco, but I did look older by maybe an hour or two. Since then (1980-1981) I've been clean shaven, mustache and goatee, or mustache and full beard, usually trimmed short but occasionally grown out a few inches. I learned early on, and had verification from my aforementioned girlfriend (who became my wife) and other female friends that a mustache alone didn't look "right" on me; I needed more so that I wouldn't look like a child molester or porn star (this was before the term "pornstache" was created), so I've had various configurations of beards over the last 43+ years, and likely will until I stop drawing breath.
Hats came along in 2008 for me. I mean, I liked them and they were always around, but I felt they never looked quite right on me. Finally I went to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, decided I wanted a Fedora, discovered The Lounge, learned that a company called Akubra in Australia made good hats for a reasonable price, and that started my next fascination. Fedoras, Trilbys, Pork Pies, Flat Caps, and so on. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I have no idea about the motives of others. I first grew out my mustache and beard with intent when I was about 18 years old because my girlfriend and I were planning a "secret" trip to San Francisco with friends and I wanted to look older. For me, "older" was a moving target because I've usually looked younger than I actually was; facial hair didn't help much. So I grew my mustache and beard, starting too late for them both to grow in properly before we left for San Francisco, but I did look older by maybe an hour or two. Since then (1980-1981) I've been clean shaven, mustache and goatee, or mustache and full beard, usually trimmed short but occasionally grown out a few inches. I learned early on, and had verification from my aforementioned girlfriend (who became my wife) and other female friends that a mustache alone didn't look "right" on me; I needed more so that I wouldn't look like a child molester or porn star (this was before the term "pornstache" was created), so I've had various configurations of beards over the last 43+ years, and likely will until I stop drawing breath.
Hats came along in 2008 for me. I mean, I liked them and they were always around, but I felt they never looked quite right on me. Finally I went to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, decided I wanted a Fedora, discovered The Lounge, learned that a company called Akubra in Australia made good hats for a reasonable price, and that started my next fascination. Fedoras, Trilbys, Pork Pies, Flat Caps, and so on. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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