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BEARDS
a series of fun facts
WHY BEARDS?!
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SEXUAL SELECTION


+ Women like beards (or at least
they used to)

+ Symbol of sexual maturity (rawr)

+ Symbol of dominance (increased
perceived jaw size)
HISTORICAL FUN FACTS
+ High ranking ancient Egyptians
dyed their beards and plaited them
with gold thread

+ Egyptians also sported false metal
beards (postiches) as a symbol of      Historically accurate


sovereignty
+ The postiche was worn by kings,
queens and royal cows
HISTORICAL FUN FACTS
+ Alexander the Great ordered his
soldiers to be clean shaven


+ Shaving spread and became law in
some states                             Did you know William Shatner played Alexander
                                            the Great in a TV show pilot in the 60s?




+ Philosophers retained their beards
as a badge of their profession


                                       Socrates rocking his beard, here pictured with
                                                        Bill and Ted
HISTORICAL FUN FACTS
  Beardage Througout Western History
          1400s             Clean Shaven FTW

          1500s             Seriously long beards

       16 & 1700s         No longer cool, banned
                                                       My boy John Knox


         1800s                     Super cool again!




                        Dickens!         Marx!          Garibaldi!

          1900s         Invention of the safety razor,
                              MARKETING!
BEARDS TODAY

   1900-1950s     Clean Shaven FTW

 1950s and 60s    Beatniks and hippies

      1970s       Hair is cool, in all forms


      1980s           Ew! Gross!

                   Grunge to hipsters,
  1990s - today
                     anything goes


PS: This guy.
SELECT STYLES
+ FULL: Downward flowing beard with either styled or
integrated moustache (ZZ TOP!)




+ VAN DYKE: Goatee with
accompanying moustache (EVIL GENIUS)




+ VERDI: Short beard with rounded
bottom and slightly shaven cheeks with
prominent moustache (HIPSTER)
WHAT DO THE LADIES
        THINK?




           Leonato: You may light on a husband that hath no beard.

Beatrice: What should I do with him? Dress him in my apparel and make him my
                           waiting-gentlewoman?

                -Much Ado About Nothing – Act 2, Scene I
THANK YOU!




    @SarahJaneMorris

http://sarah-janemorris.com

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Beards: A Series of Fun Facts

  • 1. BEARDS a series of fun facts
  • 3. SEXUAL SELECTION + Women like beards (or at least they used to) + Symbol of sexual maturity (rawr) + Symbol of dominance (increased perceived jaw size)
  • 4. HISTORICAL FUN FACTS + High ranking ancient Egyptians dyed their beards and plaited them with gold thread + Egyptians also sported false metal beards (postiches) as a symbol of Historically accurate sovereignty + The postiche was worn by kings, queens and royal cows
  • 5. HISTORICAL FUN FACTS + Alexander the Great ordered his soldiers to be clean shaven + Shaving spread and became law in some states Did you know William Shatner played Alexander the Great in a TV show pilot in the 60s? + Philosophers retained their beards as a badge of their profession Socrates rocking his beard, here pictured with Bill and Ted
  • 6. HISTORICAL FUN FACTS Beardage Througout Western History 1400s Clean Shaven FTW 1500s Seriously long beards 16 & 1700s No longer cool, banned My boy John Knox 1800s Super cool again! Dickens! Marx! Garibaldi! 1900s Invention of the safety razor, MARKETING!
  • 7. BEARDS TODAY 1900-1950s Clean Shaven FTW 1950s and 60s Beatniks and hippies 1970s Hair is cool, in all forms 1980s Ew! Gross! Grunge to hipsters, 1990s - today anything goes PS: This guy.
  • 8. SELECT STYLES + FULL: Downward flowing beard with either styled or integrated moustache (ZZ TOP!) + VAN DYKE: Goatee with accompanying moustache (EVIL GENIUS) + VERDI: Short beard with rounded bottom and slightly shaven cheeks with prominent moustache (HIPSTER)
  • 9. WHAT DO THE LADIES THINK? Leonato: You may light on a husband that hath no beard. Beatrice: What should I do with him? Dress him in my apparel and make him my waiting-gentlewoman? -Much Ado About Nothing – Act 2, Scene I
  • 10. THANK YOU! @SarahJaneMorris http://sarah-janemorris.com

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