How The Beard Has Made It’s Way Through History
Channel: IntoConnection
Date: 10/04/2015

The history of beards is one with many ups and downs. In the last couple of centuries, the beard has been alternately in and out of fashion and the way facial hair has been linked to masculinity is everchanging. 

Lithuanian photographer Dainius Ščiuka has researched the history of beards for his project The Modern Man, for which he photographed over a hundred bearded men. In an earlier IntoConnection item, het told us all about these amazing photos. Now, Dainius is giving us a history lesson on moustaches and beards. 

Today, the beard is totally accepted again and a symbol of true masculinity but not that long ago it was pretty uncool to wear facial hair. In the 90’s for instance, the ultimate image of the man was Arnold Schwarzenegger: muscular and smoothly shaved.The eighteenth century was a bad time for the beard as well as the un-bearded man was the norm. This probably had something to do with innovations of razors that enabled the man to do their own shaving instead of going to a barber. 

There have also been times that the beard was immensely popular however. Dainius mentions the Victorian times, in which men were required to wear a moustache if they wanted to join the army. Those who were unable to grow one even used fake ones! This might have also been the audience that would have fallen for the questionable Beard Generator… 


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