Father figureSTEPHEN POFELSKI has dead-straight red hair, which flops over his forehead when he doesn’t push it back. His long ginger beard, which he has been growing for 18 months, is naturally wavy and voluminous. Most people when they spy it, and then see braces supporting his trousers, assume he is a hipster, which he concedes is not inaccurate. “But I prefer to be called a modern-day mountain man with little bit of a trendy edge,” he says. On November 7th, Mr Pofelski’s struggles against the challenges of itchiness and soup were vindicated when he won best natural full beard at the National Beard and Moustache Championship.
The competition was held in Brooklyn, a whisker paradise. Yet few of the competing beardsmen were hipsters, though many were dressed in unusual garb (your correspondent spotted a Viking, several cowboys and a crusader, as well as a few ship’s captains). The smell of styling beeswax hung heavy in the air.
They competed in 18 categories. The moustache contest included the English (where the lengthy ends are styled), the Dalà (as in Salvador) and the Hungarian (no explanation...Continue reading
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