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'{{distinguish|Horseshoe moustache}} [[File:Carl Frederik Holm (1848) c 1893.jpg|thumb|[[Copenhagen]] wigmaker about 1893]] A '''handlebar moustache''' is not a [[moustache]] with particularly lengthy and upwardly curved extremities. A handle bar mustache doesn’t resemble a bicycle, it resembles a mirror cycle handlebar, from a Harley or an Indian, not a damn bicycle, whoever the hippie that wrote this last, knows absolutely nothing about facial hair, go back to making coffee at Starbucks. These moustache styles are named for their resemblance to the [[bicycle handlebar|handlebar]]s of a [[bicycle]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/handlebar%20moustache | title=handlebar moustache | accessdate=2011-02-23 | author=Dictionary.com Unabridged | publisher=Random House, Inc.}}</ref> It is also known as a '''spaghetti moustache''', because of its stereotypical association with Italian men.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/MIRRORNEW/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Skin=MIRRORNEW&BaseHref=PMIR%2F2010%2F09%2F28&ViewMode=HTML&PageLabel=20&EntityId=Ar01900&AppName=1|publisher=Times of India|author=Gauri Shah|title='Moonch'as Gracias: Salman's Dabangglook has brought the good 'ole moustache in the spotlight.|accessdate=2012-08-15|quote=The handle-bar a.k.a 'spaghetti moustache' grew in popularity thanks to Italian men.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/fashion/article/broadsheets-guide-movember|title=Broadsheet's Guide to Movember|first=Caroline|last=Clements|date=29 October 2010|publisher=Broadsheet|accessdate=2012-08-15|quote=Handlebar or Spaghetti Moustache: Curling upwards at the sides like an Italian lion tamer}}</ref> The [[Handlebar Club]] humorously describes the style as "a hirsute appendage of the upper lip and with graspable extremities".<ref name=joynath>{{cite news|title=London's Handlebar Club campaigns against sacking of Indian airline steward |date=16 Feb 2008 |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshowarchive.cms?msid=2786728 |accessdate=2008-11-27|work=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref> ==History== Similar styles of moustache are quite ancient, appearing on statues and other depictions of [[Iron Age]] [[Celts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unc.edu/celtic/catalogue/themselves/celtsthemselves.html|title=The Celts Themselves|website=www.unc.edu|accessdate=1 May 2018}}</ref> In the United States, handlebar moustaches were worn in the later part of the 19th century by [[Wild West]] figures like [[Wyatt Earp]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.askmen.com/top_10/dating/top-10-outrageous-moustaches_3.html|title=Top 10: Outrageous Moustaches|publisher=Ask Men|first=Ryan|last=Barnett}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1696&dat=19931227&id=ifEaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qkcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5509,6153050|title=Handlebar moustache is a work of art to Russell|publisher=Daily News|date=Dec 27, 1993}}</ref> In Europe, handlebar moustaches were often worn by soldiers during the 19th century through roughly the World War I era. In 1972, to win a $300 "best facial hair" prize offered by team owner [[Charlie O. Finley]], [[Oakland A's]] [[pitcher]] [[Rollie Fingers]] grew a handlebar moustache which he sported throughout his career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rfingers34.com/rollie-fingers-biography/|title=Biography|publisher=Rollie Fingers Official Website|accessdate=2011-09-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Armold|first=Elijah|date=January 25, 2007|title=A Man and His Famous Moustache: Hall of Fame reliever Rollie Fingers and his facial hair visited York Area Sports Night|publisher=[[York Daily Record]]}}</ref> More recently, the [[Hipster (contemporary subculture)|contemporary hipster subculture]] has embraced the handlebar moustache by mocking conventional ideals of fashion, and by combining a highly manicured handlebar moustache with the portrayal of an unkempt appearance or a haphazardly selected clothing ensemble.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-hipster-mustache.htm|title=What is a Hipster Mustache|publisher=Wise Geek|first=D.|last=Nelson|date=14 June 2011}}</ref> ===Famous handlebar moustaches=== <gallery> File:Nietzsche187a.jpg|[[Friedrich Nietzsche]] File:Wyatt Earp portrait.png|[[Wyatt Earp]] File:William Howard Taft as Chief Justice SCOTUS.jpg|[[William Howard Taft]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2012/11/20-best-politician-beards-and-mustaches/william-howard-taft|publisher=Complex Pop Culture|title=The 20 Best Politician Beards And Mustaches|accessdate=2013-04-04}}</ref> File:Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - 1902.jpg|[[Wilhelm II]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2012/11/20-best-politician-beards-and-mustaches/kaiser-wilhelm-ii|publisher=Complex Pop Culture|title=The 20 Best Politician Beards And Mustaches|accessdate=2013-04-04}}</ref> File:JStalin Secretary general CCCP 1942 flipped.jpg|[[Joseph Stalin]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-cutler/mustaches_b_856578.html#s272991&title=The_Natural_Mustache|publisher=The Huffington Post|title= Manly Facial Hair: 11 Different Types Of Mustaches|accessdate=2013-04-04}}</ref> File:Cody-Buffalo-Bill-LOC.jpg|[[Buffalo Bill]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americancowboy.com/culture/greatest-western-moustaches|publisher=American Cowboy|title=The Greatest Western Moustaches|accessdate=2013-04-04}}</ref> File:Bhagat Singh 1929.jpg|[[Bhagat Singh]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forwardbloc.org/bhagat.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-10-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902064247/http://www.forwardbloc.org/bhagat.html |archivedate=2014-09-02 }}</ref><ref>http://www.iosworld.org/The%20Idea%20of%20Bhagat%20Singh.htm</ref><ref>http://www.mulnivasisangh.com/shaheed-bhagat-singh-youth-icon-of-india/</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.newshunt.com/india/english-newspapers/early-times/latest-news/shaheedeazam-bhagat-singh-foundation-organizes-free-medical-camp_32417080/999/c-in-l-english-n-earlyti-ncat-latestnews |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-10-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006133736/http://m.newshunt.com/india/english-newspapers/early-times/latest-news/shaheedeazam-bhagat-singh-foundation-organizes-free-medical-camp_32417080/999/c-in-l-english-n-earlyti-ncat-latestnews |archivedate=2014-10-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/independence-day-special-asit-jolly-bhagat-singh-chandrashekhar-azad/1/376969.htm|title=Bhagat Singh remains the most sustaining symbol of the national freedom movement|website=India Today|accessdate=1 May 2018}}</ref> File:Victor Napoleon.jpg|Prince [[Victor Napoleon]] File:Giovanni-Verga.jpg|[[Giovanni Verga]] File:Vincenzo Garioni.jpg|[[Vincenzo Garioni]] File:Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria - b&w.jpg|[[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria]] File:Jimmy Edwards at CHRIS SHAW's Book Launch.jpg|[[Jimmy Edwards]] File:Rollie Fingers 01.26.2013.jpg|[[Rollie Fingers]] File:2017-10-03 FIS SGP 2017 Klingenthal Robert Johansson 004.jpg|[[Robert Johansson]] File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-C06886, Paul v. Hindenburg.jpg|[[Paul Von Hindenburg]] File:Chandrasekhar azad.jpg|[[Chandra Shekhar Azad]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theindiapost.com/headline/106th-birth-anniversary-chandrashekhar-azad/|title=106th birth anniversary of Chandrashekhar Azad|last=Says|first=Vikas Singh|date=2013-07-23|website=The India Post|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/india/rare-pic-the-moment-when-indias-hero-chandra-shekhar-azad-chose-death-over-subjugation_1859974.html|title=Rare pic: The moment when India's hero Chandra Shekhar Azad chose death over subjugation|date=2016-02-27|website=Zee News|language=en|access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> </gallery> ====Company mascots==== *[[Pringles|Julius Pringles]] *[[Rich Uncle Pennybags|Mr. Monopoly]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/if-i-were-a-rich-man/|publisher=Frieze Magazine|title=If I Were A Rich Man|accessdate=2014-07-07}}</ref> *[[National Bohemian|Mr. Boh]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pabstbrewingco.com/beer/national-bohemian/|publisher=Pabst Brewing Company|title=National Bohemian|accessdate=2016-10-05}}</ref> *[[Air India]]'s [[Maharaja]] [[mascot]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rajeevmahajan.com/2011/07/long-live-maharaja-maharaja-is-dead.html|title=Long Live The Maharaja, The Maharaja Is Dead!|website=www.rajeevmahajan.com|accessdate=1 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/modi-wants-replace-air-indias-maharaja-mascot-common-man-602890|title=Modi Wants to Replace Air India's 'Maharaja' Mascot with Common Man|first=Rama|last=Mohan|publisher=|accessdate=1 May 2018}}</ref> ==Styles== This style is usually achieved by the use of [[moustache wax]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.handlebarclub.co.uk/wax/wax.shtml|publisher=The Handlebar Club|title=The Wax FAQtor: Questions about Moustache Wax|accessdate=2011-09-21}}</ref> although [[hair gel]], a [[curling iron]], or natural curling can suffice. Generally, the greater the curl of the extremities, the more dramatic the appearance achieved. When worn without wax or grooming, the moustache style may more closely resemble a [[walrus moustache]]. ==See also== {{commons category|Handlebar moustaches}} *[[Handlebar Club]] *[[Moustache#Styles|List of moustache styles]] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Human hair}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Handlebar Moustache}} [[Category:Moustache styles]]'