Mark Twain Mastered His Gloriously Messy Look Over 36 Years
OK, he switched ties, but that's about it.
By on July 2, 2014
Mark Twain had first-rate moustache. Thick as Ned Flanders', worthy of a Halloween costume,
and unmistakably his own invention, like so many other things. But did
you know how long he cultivated it? At least 36 years, according to
these fantastic portraits taken when he was 35 and 71. He died three
years later, with that 'stache as thick and wild as ever.
Hilariously, his obituary included a quote from one Albert Bigelow Paine about his hair. Apparently, he did not spend as much time on it as was rumored. "It is a legend that he was vastly proud of his famous mop of white hair," he said, "and used to spend the pains of a court lady in getting it to just the proper stage of artistic disarray." Sure, Mark. Us too.
[H/T: TPM]
Hilariously, his obituary included a quote from one Albert Bigelow Paine about his hair. Apparently, he did not spend as much time on it as was rumored. "It is a legend that he was vastly proud of his famous mop of white hair," he said, "and used to spend the pains of a court lady in getting it to just the proper stage of artistic disarray." Sure, Mark. Us too.
[H/T: TPM]
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