Why Did Men Stop Wearing Mustaches?

About this video

The Gazette team explores the historical rise and fall of mustaches in Western menswear, tracing their evolution from status symbols to relative obscurity. They identify six reasons why mustaches declined in popularity since the 1980s and offer styling guidance for men interested in wearing them with confidence and timeless appeal.

Key takeaways

• The Gazette team argues that mustaches were once markers of grooming status and wealth, but lost prominence due to industrialized shaving, changing beauty standards, and cultural associations with dated trends and historical figures
• The Gazette team identifies six factors in the mustache’s decline: general decline of facial hair trends, the fizzling of 1960s-70s trends, negative cultural stereotypes, the boldness of the style requiring confidence, difficult maintenance, and widespread styling confusion
• The Gazette team recommends a neat, trimmed middle-ground mustache as the most timeless approach, suggesting pairing with stubble or goatee for subtlety, and advising that bolder styles like handlebars or walrus mustaches require more confidence and will draw more attention

Episode details: published December 4, 2023 · 31K views · 10:56 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The style guidance summarized here is the Gentleman’s Gazette team’s own teaching and opinion, presented for education; product recommendations are theirs, not ours. Summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each video itself.

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