Why Men Stopped Wearing Timeless Style (What Happened?)

About this video

Centeno provides a comprehensive historical overview of three grooming tools and their decline: straight razors (replaced by safety razors due to safety, convenience, and the marketing push from Gillette, especially after WWI military distribution), combs (displaced by improved hair products, changing hairstyle preferences, and modern efficiency priorities), and mustaches (diminished due to germ theory, military regulations, the safety razor’s ease of use, and cultural associations with villains and sexual deviants).

Key takeaways

• Centeno argues that the straight razor dominated for 10,000 years but was overtaken by the safety razor in the early 1900s due to superior safety, ease of use, time-saving benefits, lower maintenance, and aggressive marketing by King Gillette, particularly after WWI military distribution
• Centeno explains that combs disappeared from everyday carry despite a 10,000-year history because stronger hair products eliminated the need for constant re-combing, hairstyle preferences shifted toward textured looks requiring brushes rather than combs, and modern pocket efficiency prioritizes multi-use items over single-purpose accessories
• Centeno contends that mustaches declined from 73% prevalence in 1918 to 2% today due to germ theory making beards seem unclean, WWI gas mask regulations, post-war shaving habits, women’s political influence against facial hair, and cultural vilification through terms like ‘porn stash’ and association with villains in media

Episode details: published April 9, 2026 · 15K views · 1:55:40 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The style advice summarized here is Antonio Centeno’s own teaching and opinion, presented for education; product recommendations are his, not ours. Summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each video itself.

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