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The Demon

Jo's mo show

Style guide

Moustaches

Being hirsute was the go in the 1850s, 60s and 70s; but around about the 1880s the beard began to wane.

A mood of restraint and urbanity began to prevail; men started paying more attention to grooming; and greater variety in facial hair fashions were the result. Old men might have hung onto their whiskers, but younger, sprucer, sporting chaps tended to go for a stylish, outdoors-minded mo. The Demon is one such result. It goes well with a blazer and a boater hat.

Self portrait in plus fours, c. 1939 (cast 2003) Lyndon Dadswell

"The Australian Commonwealth" (Henry Stafford Northcote) (Image plate from Vanity Fair), 1904 Sir Leslie Ward

Chips Rafferty, c. 1967-69 (printed 2010) Jozef Vissel

Dennis Lillee, 1977 (printed 2010) Bruce Postle

1. The Demon. 2. J.C. Williamson, c. 1913 John Longstaff. 3. Self portrait in plus fours, c. 1939 (cast 2003) Lyndon Dadswell. © Estate of Lyndon Dadswell. 4. "The Australian Commonwealth" (Henry Stafford Northcote) (Image plate from Vanity Fair), 1904 Sir Leslie Ward. 5. Chips Rafferty, c. 1967-69 (printed 2010) Jozef Vissel. © Jozef Vissel. 6. Dennis Lillee, 1977 (printed 2010) Bruce Postle. © Bruce Postle.

Jo's mo show
(with beards)