June
03
/ 2022
The attitude to facial hair throughout history has been exceptionally fickle, and the moustache is no exception. As fashions have come and gone, so too have the tools and accessories for grooming and keeping unruly mouth brows in check. One such bizarre contraption was the Victorian moustache cup. From the mid 1800s, the moustache became a staple on the face of any dignified English gentleman at a time when masculinity was very much associated with facial hair. According to Atlas Obscura, the clean-shaven soldiers of the British Empire were heavily influenced by the facial hair of their “well-plumed Indian troop.” Between 1860 and 1916 army guidelines (under Command 1695) actually included a specific rule which stated that “the chin and
