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| In retirement, what are the first things to let go of? Definitely, the 6.30am alarm call. Probably, those sad pair of brown dress shoes. And quite possibly, your whisker-free face. Years of being chained to the bathroom sink, bottle of grey sky coloured goo in one hand and blunt razor in the other, could be a distant memory. | In retirement, what are the first things to let go of? Definitely, the 6.30am alarm call. Probably, those sad pair of brown dress shoes. And quite possibly, your whisker-free face. Years of being chained to the bathroom sink, bottle of grey sky coloured goo in one hand and blunt razor in the other, could be a distant memory. |
| The retirement beard is quite a thing. Infamously, David Letterman went full-on Paleolithic man when he bid farewell to The Late Show, recently reflecting (with a soupcon of existential angst): “I just got tired of shaving every day. But then it became something else, and I’m not sure what it became.” | The retirement beard is quite a thing. Infamously, David Letterman went full-on Paleolithic man when he bid farewell to The Late Show, recently reflecting (with a soupcon of existential angst): “I just got tired of shaving every day. But then it became something else, and I’m not sure what it became.” |
| It seems odd then that Tiger Woods has opted for a retirement beard that’s not just styled, it’s styled. Perhaps it was too much to expect the highly controlled hand of a professional sportsperson to let it all hang out, beard-wise. But we did not foresee the grooming decision that Woods has made. | It seems odd then that Tiger Woods has opted for a retirement beard that’s not just styled, it’s styled. Perhaps it was too much to expect the highly controlled hand of a professional sportsperson to let it all hang out, beard-wise. But we did not foresee the grooming decision that Woods has made. |
| Wood is not settling into old age; he has applied the facial equivalent of Botox to himself with a look that presumably would not fly with the sponsors of the Ryder Cup. Essentially, he has co-opted a look made famous by two of pop music’s favourite sons: AJ McClean from the Backstreet Boys and Craig David. With its finely manicured sides and trimmed upper lip, Wood’s skinny short boxed beard is peak Kisstory. | Wood is not settling into old age; he has applied the facial equivalent of Botox to himself with a look that presumably would not fly with the sponsors of the Ryder Cup. Essentially, he has co-opted a look made famous by two of pop music’s favourite sons: AJ McClean from the Backstreet Boys and Craig David. With its finely manicured sides and trimmed upper lip, Wood’s skinny short boxed beard is peak Kisstory. |
| Bang on trend in some ways (hey, who doesn’t love love love the 90s?) and a bit funky dad at the school disco. | Bang on trend in some ways (hey, who doesn’t love love love the 90s?) and a bit funky dad at the school disco. |