its kinda weird to think about it, but you gotta think its kinda true that the presidents style is representative of what most people strove to look like in that time.

being a bearded man, i seem to notice that i get more looks cuz, well, if you have a beard and arent old, then youre a fucking hippy. kinda a slight out dated fashion...

anyway. taking a look at these dudes shows that none other than abe lincoln started the presidential trend of beardedness. back in ol' 1861.

with exception of andrew johnson who had no facial hair, and grover cleveland, who merely had a mustache, and chester authur who had one of them pimpin mustaches that attatched to your sideburns, all presidents from abe to benjamin harris (term ending 1893) had themselves a beard.

i wonder what exactly started the trend. and then also what killed it. could it be something as unrelated as industrialization?
why does clean-shaven give that more-professional type look?
only two other presidents outside of that window previously named have their portraits with mustaches.
teddy roosevelt and william taft. both barely into the 20th century.

so odd.

also. when i was in egypt. my beard growing was questioned by our guide, mustafa.
he said that the beard was alright, but that just a plain mustache, like his, would look better.
now what the hell made that the fashion trend over there?

personally, child molester comes to mind when i picture myself with a mustache.
but could some stereotype like that influence an entire population?
i guess its probable.

and could something as menial as a nation's leader wearing or not wearing facial hair influence the public?
another possibility....

well damn. this led to nothing.
however, my guess for US facial hair era would have to do something with frontierism and that being the defining fashion of the times. but as to why they chose beards? hell if i know.

it really wasnt limited to the US though. cuz people like darwin were also sporting a fat buncha chin pubes at this time. unless they were just jealous and down for some mimicry to make themselves look on an equal level as our booming country.

who knows.
topic ended.