Stubble!
There are probably as many ways to wear the hair on your face as on your head, and men have, over time, explored every possible sequence of scruff. Mustaches (your high-school math teacher), goatees (Brad Pitt), sideburns (Luke Perry back when Luke Perry had enough clout to popularize a look), and soul patches (Eddie Vedder and a host of tortured Seattleites-turned-musicians) have all been employed by males eager to alter their appearance for the better. But of all these facial hair formations, a little designer stubble stands alone.
Forget about Fashion
Many trend watchers would contend that the stubble craze that captured the hearts
and minds of grooming-conscious men a few years back, has come and gone like
acid wash jeans and Doc Martin footwear.
Dylan McDermott of ABC's The Practice no longer practices law with a permanent
5 o'clock shadow and it's been a couple of years since George Clooney inspired
male moviegoers to dawn a face full of fuzz by showing them just how great well-cultivated
stubble could look in Three Kings.
But who cares about trends? Since when do we, as men, succumb to the will of
here today, gone tomorrow fads and the fashion houses and poodle-stroking designers
who birth them? The answer is we don't. Trying to keep up with fashion is an
impossible feat anyhow, since even when you think you're on the cusp, you're
almost certainly one collection behind.
So abandon conformity for the bliss of individuality and embrace the self-replenishing
follicles on your face this and every season as it suits you. Think of it as
an exercise in democracy -- facial hair is your right.
What stubble can do for youGlad you asked. Stubble can give you the appearance
of angular jaw structure like the kind you see on B-movie actors on Cinemax.
They might not have a prayer of ever making a movie sans Shannon Tweed, but
their facial contours garner a lot more female attention than the ill-famed
double chin -- something that stubble can reduce the appearance of.
Tiny locks of hair on your mug can also dress down a dressy look when you feel
like fighting the power. Think dark suit, sharp tie and a face full of whiskers.
The workplace and the world is inching ever closer to a permanent state of casual,
so don't be afraid of professional consequences. Your new look won't offend
your uptight contemporaries so much as it will transmit a vibe of self-assurance.
But those aren't the only ways that a few days of growth can enhance your appearance.
If you suffer from baby face syndrome or just generally fall short of your own
standards of masculinity, you can up the rugged factor by letting nature takes
its uninterrupted course around your jowls instead of stifling it with a blade.
Actors do it, women love it, but do you really want to do it? - more page 2
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