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The Demon

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.

1 The Demon. 2 J.C. Williamson, c. 1913 John Longstaff. 3 Self portrait in plus fours, c. 1939 (cast 2003) Lyndon Dadswell CMG. © Estate of Lyndon Dadswell. 4 The Australian Commonwealth (Henry Stafford Northcote), 1904 Sir Leslie Ward, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine. 5 Chips Rafferty, c. 1967-1969 (printed 2010) Jozef Vissel. © Jozef Vissel. 6 Dennis Lillee, 1977 (printed 2010) Bruce Postle. © Bruce Postle.
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