handlebar moustache

Curled facial hair

A handlebar moustache is a style of facial hair with long ends that curve upward, resembling the handlebars of a bicycle.

The ends are typically waxed to hold their shape.

The style evokes turn-of-the-century masculinity—barbers, bartenders, strongmen—and has enjoyed periodic revivals: He twirled his handlebar moustache like a silent-film villain.

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Opposites
facial hair style

handlebar moustachestubble

Short regrown facial hair

goatee · pencil moustache · five o'clock shadow · ungroomed · soul patch

facial hair presence

handlebar moustacheclean-shaven

Having no beard

beardless

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G