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Whether shaped up, slicked down and swooped, braided or gelled down and brushed, the world's most neglected hairline deserves to be seen
John Quincy Adams (1825–1829) was the first U.S. president to have notable facial hair, with long sideburns. [3] But the first major departure from the tradition of clean-shaven chief executives was Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865), [4] [5] [6] who was supposedly (and famously) influenced by a letter received from an eleven-year-old girl named Grace Bedell, to start growing a beard to improve ...
Sideburns, sideboards, [1] or side whiskers are facial hair grown on the sides of the face, extending from the hairline to run parallel to or beyond the ears. The term sideburns is a 19th-century corruption of the original burnsides , named after American Civil War general Ambrose Burnside , [ 2 ] a man known for his unusual facial hairstyle ...
Photograph shows his unusual sideburns. Burnside was noted for his unusual beard, joining strips of hair in front of his ears to his mustache but with the chin clean-shaven; the word burnsides was coined to describe this style. The syllables were later reversed to give sideburns. [43] Equestrian monument in Burnside Park, Providence, Rhode Island.
The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actor was recently spotted with a short gray beard, matching sideburns and a mustache that appeared to have a bit of his natural brown hair color still mixed in.
Originally known as "Burnsides", sideburns are the patch of hair in front of the ears which connects a beard to the hair of one's head. Any extension beyond a simple corner angle on the front side of the head is considered to be a sideburn, though they can range widely in size from short and neatly cropped to the distinctly massive "muttonchops ...
The hair is grown full and long over the jaw and chin, meeting the sideburns, while the hair above the mouth is shaved. [1] Depending on the style, there are subtle differences in the shape, size, and general manageability. The chin curtain is a particular style that grows along the jawline and covers the chin completely.
Sideburns, a style of facial hair; Burnsides, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States; See also. Burnside (disambiguation)