‘You Look Like an Agatha Christie Villain!’ The Moustache Is Back – but Should It Go Away Again?

THE GUARDIAN: After years of beards, beards and more beards, the moustache is having a moment. But do you have to be Mark Owen or Henry Cavill to carry one off? I put it to the test

‘Wearing my moustache in the streets feels like walking around with an edgy new friend’ … Rhik shows off his new look. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian
When I came of age, moustaches were the height of uncool. They were pervy, old-fashioned and creepy. The masculine ideal was clean-shaven, unless you were Des Lynam. A bizarre thing happened 20 years later, when ridiculous moustaches and moustache iconography came into fashion, and people even had them tattooed on their fingers. That went away, and we said no more about it. But I have started seeing them again, like civil war ghosts. From Heist food market at St Leonards-on-Sea to All Points East festival in Victoria Park in London, young men with moustaches, everywhere. What’s going on? » | Rhik Samadder | Wednesday, October 5, 2022