Editing Handlebar moustache

{{Short description|Facial hair style}}
{{distinguish|Horseshoe moustache}}
[[File:Carl Frederik Holm (1848) c 1893.jpg|thumb|[[Copenhagen]] wigmaker about 1893]]
A '''handlebar moustache''' is a [[moustache]] with particularly lengthy and upwardly curved extremities. 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 | access-date=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| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127110602/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| url-status=dead| archive-date=November 27, 2018|publisher=Times of India|author=Gauri Shah|title='Moonch'as Gracias: Salman's Dabangglook has brought the good 'ole moustache in the spotlight.|access-date=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|access-date=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 |access-date=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|access-date=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&pg=5509,6153050|title=Handlebar moustache is a work of art to Russell|work=Daily News|date=Dec 27, 1993}}</ref> In Europe, handlebar moustaches were often worn by soldiers during the 19th century until roughly the era of [[World War I]].

English comedy actor [[Jimmy Edwards]] grew his trademark handlebar moustache in the late 1940s in order to disguise facial injuries sustained as a pilot in [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite odnb |first=Veronica |last=Davis |title=Edwards, James Keith O'Neill [Jimmy] (1920–1988) |id=39930 |year=2004 }}</ref>

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|access-date=2011-09-22|archive-date=2011-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020191524/http://www.rfingers34.com/rollie-fingers-biography/|url-status=usurped}}</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===

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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|access-date=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|access-date=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|work=The Huffington Post|title= Manly Facial Hair: 11 Different Types Of Mustaches|date=4 May 2011 |access-date=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|date=11 February 2013 |access-date=2013-04-04}}</ref>
File:Bhagat Singh 1929.jpg|[[Bhagat Singh]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forwardbloc.org/bhagat.html |title=AIFB : Election Candidate |access-date=2014-10-04 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902064247/http://www.forwardbloc.org/bhagat.html |archive-date=2014-09-02 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iosworld.org/The%20Idea%20of%20Bhagat%20Singh.htm |title=The Idea of Bhagat Singh |access-date=2014-10-04 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924035816/http://www.iosworld.org/The%20Idea%20of%20Bhagat%20Singh.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mulnivasisangh.com/shaheed-bhagat-singh-youth-icon-of-india/ |title=Shaheed Bhagat Singh: Youth Icon of India - Mulnivasi Sangh |access-date=2014-10-04 |archive-date=2014-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006092925/http://www.mulnivasisangh.com/shaheed-bhagat-singh-youth-icon-of-india/ |url-status=dead }}</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=Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh Foundation organizes free medical camp &#124; News- Early Times |access-date=2014-10-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=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 |archive-date=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|access-date=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:M.H.delPilaryGatmaitan.jpg|[[Marcelo H. del Pilar]]
File:Porfirio Diaz in uniform.jpg|[[Porfirio Diaz]]
File:Lord Randolph Churchill.jpg|[[Lord Randolph Churchill]]
File:Jimmy Edwards at CHRIS SHAW's Book Launch.jpg|[[Jimmy Edwards]]
File:Rollie Fingers - San Diego Padres.jpg|[[Rollie Fingers]]
File:Michael Attree.jpg|[[Michael Attree]]
File:Robert Johansson (NOR) 2019.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>
File:Antonio luna small.jpg|[[Antonio Luna]]
File:Baron hirsch.jpg|[[Maurice de Hirsch]]
File:Will Vinton 2015.jpg|[[Will Vinton]]
File:Col Robin Olds epic mustache.jpg|[[Robin Olds]]
File:J. Bruce Ismay.jpeg|[[J. Bruce Ismay]]
File:George Dewey.jpg|[[George Dewey]]
File:Kingkellyphoto.jpg|[[King Kelly]]
File:Gustave flaubert.jpg|[[Gustave Flaubert]]
File:Thomashardy_restored.jpg|[[Thomas Hardy]]
File:Ruggiero leoncavallo.jpg|[[Ruggero Leoncavallo]]
File:Maarschalk Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929), Bestanddeelnr 158-1095 (cropped).jpg|[[Ferdinand Foch]]
File:Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg.jpg|[[Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg]]
File:Hollerith.jpg|[[Herman Hollerith]]
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====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|access-date=2014-07-07|archive-date=2015-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205034647/http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/if-i-were-a-rich-man/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[National Bohemian|Mr. Boh]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pabstbrewingco.com/beer/national-bohemian/|publisher=Pabst Brewing Company|title=National Bohemian|access-date=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|access-date=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|website=[[International Business Times]] |date=23 June 2014 |access-date=1 May 2018}}</ref>
*[[Terrible Herbst]]

==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|access-date=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==
*[[Moustache#Styles|List of moustache styles]]
*[[List of facial hairstyles]]

==References==
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==External links==
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