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"   How mo can you go? We&amp;#039;re now a bit into Mo-vember where men everywhere down shaving tools and allow themselves to cultivate the moustache they secretly wish they could wear all year round in the name of raising money and awareness for prostate and testicular cancer, which is obviously in and of itself brilliant. And what began as a slightly poignant smattering of overgrown stubble is starting to flourish into fully-functioning facial furniture that requires its own comb and allows the owner all kind of visual flourishes - from a thoughtful moustache stroke to a macchiavellian twirl. And as a fully-fledged facial hair afficionado, I couldn&amp;#039;t be more pleased. In some ways I see myself as a bit of a pioneer when it comes to the pro-moustache movement. Years ago, before Hoxton even existed (um, kind of), let alone was overrun by tache-bearing hipsters, I became obsessed with moustachioed men, crushing on the likes of Oliver Reed and Burt Reynolds (in their day) and even persuading the guy I was seeing to grow one. He cut a fairly lonely figure in an otherwise freshly-shaven landscape, but I loved it. And at least he can lay claim to being a forebearer of fashion, even if it was only to satisfy his girlfriend&amp;#039;s fairly random fetish. And it&amp;#039;s stuck with me to this day. Perhaps the best thing about online dating was the opportunity to filter potential partners based purely on the abundance of their facial hair. For three solid months this summer I exclusively dated men with beards and went as far as to specify it as a &amp;#039;like&amp;#039; on my profile. I don&amp;#039;t think there&amp;#039;s a face that exists that can&amp;#039;t be improved with a layer of surprisingly-soft facial fur - it adds structure, hides less than perfect skin, and generally indicates an interesting alternativeness and confident approach to life (although I should specify that only moustaches and full beards work in this way. Goatees and any kind of fine-lined beard &amp;#039;art&amp;#039; are both on the banned list). And that&amp;#039;s not to say everyone can pull it off. There was universal derision and a campaign to &amp;#039;Get Beale to shave&amp;#039; a few years ago when Ian from Eastenders updated his look with a bushy below-nose number. To style out this particular statement you need robust fashion sense, a decent amount of attitude, and a general air of not giving a **** - none of which applied to the much-dumped ex fishmonger. Still, despite these occasional anomalies I remain a fan. Now I just need to get Beard-cember up and running. That kind of works. Right? For more info on Movember visit the official site now. What do you think of men with moustaches? Tweet me @laurajanecosmo TOP TIPS FOR GETTING OVER A BREAKUP ARE WOMEN DESPERATE FOR SEX WITH THEIR EX? BREAKUP BOOT CAMP TOP COSMO SEX TIPS "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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