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The Bearded Gentleman was featured on NBC 5 Chicago yesterday! Reporter Peggy Kusinski interviewed co-author Nick Burns about Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville about his trademark mustache. Watch the video here!
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This new book on beards helps men navigate the treacherous waters between laughingstock and Jake Gyllenhaal…. [the book] suggests age-appropriate styles, advising, ‘Never apologize, never explain.’
—The New York Times
Nick Burns, author of The Bearded Gentleman: A Style Guide to Shaving Face, tries out the Braun Mobile Shave (page 87) and tells you how to get that perfect shave.
(Originally published in British Airways High Life, March 2010)
Continue Reading →Beards have been back for a while, and now that New York magazine has made a point of explaining the trend to its readers, we’re half expecting to see the pale, weak chins of Bushwick reappear in revolt.
And while the article pointed out the many ways that the modern urban mountain man can live the lifestyle that his facial hair advertises, from learning to butcher his own meat to buying $280 flannel jackets, one crucial aspect of the bearded man’s life was ignored: smooching.
Continue Reading →The rapidly evolving facial-hair canon. (Originally published in New York Magazine)
Continue Reading →When Brad Pitt’s facial hair first appeared in the fall of 2008, we thought it was just a temporary thing. Maybe the guy got exhausted caring for his 48 kids and just didn’t have the energy to shave. It happens.
But now here we are, two years later, and the beard is not only still there, it’s gotten longer, grayer, scragglier and even more knotted.
(Originally published in the New York Post)
Continue Reading →We’ve been noticing a lot of furry men lately. Like real men, not just Brad Pitt and David Beckham and their magical mustaches. Why the extra fuzz? Just to prove that they can.
(Originally published in The Cut, NYMag.com)
Continue Reading →After years in the fashion wilderness, moustaches are back. But what’s a chap to do if he can’t actually grow one? Archie Bland goes on a face odyssey
(Originally published in The Independent UK)
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