WORCESTER — Mark Contreras’ mustache and Nathan Hickey’s beard are gone. But there was still plenty of facial hair on display Thursday at Polar Park. Jonny Gomes, owner of one of the most decorated ...

The once-proud mustache is endangered. Mutton chops, handlebars, and pencil-thins are scarce. The presidential mustache, worn by Roosevelt and Taft, has given way to a century of leaders with bare ...

Dedicated readers may recall a column from about this time last year in which I wrestled with the eccentric personality of John Langdon Elwyn (1801-1876). Graduated from Harvard at age 17, Elwyn could ...

Eric Brown has been carefully growing his muttonchops for two years, conditioning the coarse hair, occasionally trimming it, and above all, nurturing it. Now, it’s his beard’s turn to do a little ...

In the same vein as the Ambrose Burnside look, the Hulihee is somewhat different in the sense that the mutton chops are meant to be extremely pronounced like wings on either side of the face, while ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Twelve presidents had a beard, mustache or mutton-chop sideburns. A well-kept set of whiskers can ...