For over twenty years now, since the end of the 80s/beginning of the 90s, the goatee has enjoyed continued popularity as the facial hair styling of choice for men of the Baby Boom and Gen X generations. They started as an underground facial hair style, with the Seattle grungers and those like them, and in artistic circles. For years prior to the '80s, the goatee was, in pop culture, the sign of either a Bad guy (see evil Spock and many other goateed villains), a sleazo, a loser (see Shaggy from Scooby Doo and Maynard G. Krebs), or a militant (see Malcolm X and the like). But in the early 90s they emerged from the underground due to the influence of movie stars like Brad Pitt and Keanu Reeves and musicians like Kurt Cobain and many others. By the mid 90s they had became mainstream and by the late 90s they were the de facto, hot style of choice.

But with the 2011s, do you think we'll finally see the goatee declining in popularity?

Consider that the full beard exploded in popularity in the 1850s-1860s but after the 1890s or so until the 1960s, having a full beard was considered weird, eccentric,  or the mark of an older man--Not many young or even middle aged men wore full beards by the 1920s. Now beards in almost every sort of style are considered acceptable and worn by bums and professionals alike and in some cases are manicured just so--See Steve Jobs, for example.

Or consider the solo mustache--Largely popular in many widely varied styles with men of all ages from the 1860s-early 1990s; Has hit a dive in popularity since, but in the last few years has been becoming popular again.

The beard is really popular again.

For over twenty years now, since the end of the 80s/beginning of the 90s, the goatee has enjoyed continued popularity as the facial hair styling of choice for men of the Baby Boom and Gen X generations. They started as an underground facial hair style, with the Seattle grungers and those like them, and in artistic circles. For years prior to the '80s, the goatee was, in pop culture, the sign of either a Bad guy (see evil Spock and many other goateed villains), a sleazo, a loser (see Shaggy from Scooby Doo and Maynard G. Krebs), or a militant (see Malcolm X and the like). But in the early 90s they emerged from the underground due to the influence of movie stars like Brad Pitt and Keanu Reeves and musicians like Kurt Cobain and many others. By the mid 90s they had became mainstream and by the late 90s they were the de facto, hot style of choice.

But with the 2011s, do you think we'll finally see the goatee declining in popularity?

Consider that the full beard exploded in popularity in the 1850s-1860s but after the 1890s or so until the 1960s, having a full beard was considered weird, eccentric,  or the mark of an older man--Not many young or even middle aged men wore full beards by the 1920s. Now beards in almost every sort of style are considered acceptable and worn by bums and professionals alike and in some cases are manicured just so--See Steve Jobs, for example.

Or consider the solo mustache--Largely popular in many widely varied styles with men of all ages from the 1860s-early 1990s; Has hit a dive in popularity since, but in the last few years has been becoming popular again.


Hey, don't you call Shaggy and Maynard losers!  They were cool dudes!
8)

Or consider the solo mustache--Largely popular in many widely varied styles with men of all ages from the 1860s-early 1990s; Has hit a dive in popularity since, but in the last few years has been becoming popular again.


I've had my pornstache since 1979.  ;D

As for me,my goatee came to an end 7 years ago,I do not want anymore facial hair.

I've had my pornstache since 1979.   ;D


32 years?  :o

32 years?  :o


Yep.  8)

I had a few beards over the years.  Last one was in 2003 but it was so grey it made me look like an old man.  :o

Yep.   8)

I had a few beards over the years.  Last one was in 2003 but it was so grey it made me look like an old man.  :o


Do you ever want to shave it all off?  ???

Do you ever want to shave it all off?  ???


Nope.  I just wish I could grow one as thick as that dude in The Village People.  ;D

I like my goatee, I don't want to shave it off.

Full beards are really popular again, mustaches not so much. Goatees aren't really that popular with younger people but a lot of people in their 30s-50s still have them.

I like facial hair on a man.  I hope it never goes away. :)

For over twenty years now, since the end of the 80s/beginning of the 90s, the goatee has enjoyed continued popularity as the facial hair styling of choice for men of the Baby Boom and Gen X generations. They started as an underground facial hair style, with the Seattle grungers and those like them, and in artistic circles. For years prior to the '80s, the goatee was, in pop culture, the sign of either a Bad guy (see evil Spock and many other goateed villains), a sleazo, a loser (see Shaggy from Scooby Doo and Maynard G. Krebs), or a militant (see Malcolm X and the like). But in the early 90s they emerged from the underground due to the influence of movie stars like Brad Pitt and Keanu Reeves and musicians like Kurt Cobain and many others. By the mid 90s they had became mainstream and by the late 90s they were the de facto, hot style of choice.

But with the 2011s, do you think we'll finally see the goatee declining in popularity?

Consider that the full beard exploded in popularity in the 1850s-1860s but after the 1890s or so until the 1960s, having a full beard was considered weird, eccentric,  or the mark of an older man--Not many young or even middle aged men wore full beards by the 1920s. Now beards in almost every sort of style are considered acceptable and worn by bums and professionals alike and in some cases are manicured just so--See Steve Jobs, for example.

Or consider the solo mustache--Largely popular in many widely varied styles with men of all ages from the 1860s-early 1990s; Has hit a dive in popularity since, but in the last few years has been becoming popular again.


You turned facial hair into a decadeology discussion?  Really?

You turned facial hair into a decadeology discussion?  Really?


How is it decadeology?
All I did was use the popularity of other facial hair styles to illustrate how these trends seem to work out. I'm not saying 2011 = 1860, or "how is 2011 like 1860". The question is in the thread title. And I have a little history--Is it not true that the goatee first began popped in the mainstream in the 90s?

How is it decadeology?
All I did was use the popularity of other facial hair styles to illustrate how these trends seem to work out. I'm not saying 2011 = 1860, or "how is 2011 like 1860". The question is in the thread title. And I have a little history--Is it not true that the goatee first began popped in the mainstream in the 90s?


It's not really, but somehow you managed to compare 1990 to 1860 through facial hair.  It's a bit puzzling

My wife likes the goatee, so frankly Rhett...


:D

It's not really, but somehow you managed to compare 1990 to 1860 through facial hair.  It's a bit puzzling


But I wasn't comparing them. I was simply saying, facial hair (along with hair in general) seems to run in cyclic trends. It's just a fact. I've read books on this stuff. I mean look at the 1700s--All wigs, no facial hair, etc. In fact, I read a story of one guy who lived in mid-late 1700s America who was shunned, assaulted and even arrested for wearing a beard--that's how badly they were thought of. And by the time he died in the 1850s, most men were wearing beards. It's not a comparison if you're just stating history.

I wasn't saying 1860 = 1990.

Nope.  I just wish I could grow one as thick as that dude in The Village People.  ;D


http://therollerblog.com/wp-content/uploads/pictures/migration/GlennHughes_VillagePeople.jpg


Glenn Hughes had a big moustache.

Full beards are really popular again, mustaches not so much. Goatees aren't really that popular with younger people but a lot of people in their 30s-50s still have them.


I don't,I want to shave every day and continue to have a babyface look.

http://therollerblog.com/wp-content/uploads/pictures/migration/GlennHughes_VillagePeople.jpg

Glenn Hughes had a big moustache.

Yeah, that's the look I wish I could grow.

It would be so cool to be able to have a thick 'stache like that and cruise around town on a Harley.  8)

Yeah, that's the look I wish I could grow.

It would be so cool to be able to have a thick 'stache like that and cruise around town on a Harley.  8)


But won't it get in the way of eating or drinking? ???

But won't it get in the way of eating or drinking? ???


A small price to pay for coolness.  ;)

http://therollerblog.com/wp-content/uploads/pictures/migration/GlennHughes_VillagePeople.jpg


Glenn Hughes had a big moustache.


What's ironic too is that he was actually straight.
Believe it or not, only two members of the Village People were gay--the Indian and Construction worker.

What's ironic too is that he was actually straight

I knew it. ;D

A small price to pay for coolness.   ;)


The last time I had a moustache was 2003 but I shaved it all off and never want facial hair again.

What's ironic too is that he was actually straight.
Believe it or not, only two members of the Village People were gay--the Indian and Construction worker.


I thought he was openly gay? ???

What's ironic too is that he was actually straight.
Believe it or not, only two members of the Village People were gay--the Indian and Construction worker.


But why would that matter?

I've had my pornstache since 1979.   ;D


Duuuude!
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