By Steve Venegas
It separates the men from the boys. It's a sign of
wisdom and virility. It harkens back to a day when being a Macho Man
wasn't necessarily a bad thing. I'm talking facial hair.
Being
in my mid-twenties, I've had a few years under my belt experimenting with
the wild woolly world of male pogonotrophy, the growing of male facial
hair. In fact, for the better part of the last two years I've been
sporting a trim mustache and beard combo in style commonly known as a
Van Dyke. While this look was popular with the beatniks, communists and
nineties grunge-rockers, it has failed to establish a niche for itself
in the current popular consciousness of acceptable male style. Read the rest of this hilarious and interesting story and find out if facial hair is sexy on The Vancouver Observer


