When it comes to ‘stache styles, we break it down into three categories-natural mustache styles, handlebar mustache styles, and hybrid mustache styles. The point is, naming mustaches isn’t a science, but we think we’ve gotten pretty close.

Hell, the other day, we spent thirty minutes at the Beardbrand office debating whether or not Kansas City Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid has a chevron or a walrus mustache-he’s had both at one point or another. We get it, there’s a lot of overlap between them. We believe the mustache deserves more than just lip service, so after countless hours of research, and a little help from Grooming Heroes Wikipedia, we’ve narrowed it down to what we believe are 17 unique mustache styles. There are a lot of mislabeled mustaches on the internet, and that doesn’t cut it for us. When it comes to identifying mustache styles, it’s pretty much the wild west out there-there’s no law, no order. Now, let’s get you squared away with finding a mustache style that works for you. It’s a long story, for another blog.īut, time heals all wounds, and the roaring 2020s are bringing the mustache renaissance. The truth is, the mustache’s fall from grace is a little deeper than that. Add to that a couple of creeps and a few pornstars, and well, you know the rest. Then your dad grew one, and suddenly the mustache was nothing more than Old Milwaukee and cheese curds. Teddy Roosevelt took a bullet while delivering a speech, dusted himself off, and finished the speech-while wearing one hell of a mustache!

Colonel Joshua Chamberlain wore a walrus mustache that was so long it flapped in the wind as he yelled, “ bayonet! ” and held the Union flank at Gettysburg. There’s always been a spirit of rebellion behind it-the exception being its peak popularity in the 1980s when the mustache was as commonplace as iPhones are today. Look, we love beards at Beardbrand, but the mustache is damn cool. The much-maligned mustache has found itself relevant again thanks in part to Movember and the cyclical nature of facial hair trends.

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