Movember Aftermath: Jason Soza, Juneau, Alaska

Nice stache, Jason! A good brown mustache is the perfect finishing touch for this outfit. Notice how the blue hat band goes with the sharp blue shirt, the sharp blue shirt brings out the blue in the jacket, the blue in the jacket is woven into the brown of the jacket, and the brown of the jacket matches the rich color of that deep, brunette lipfur. Stacheforge also fully supports the 'tickler' under the bottom lip, which is not a beard, and thus does not disqualify Jason from being on Stacheforge. The sideburns, finally, are exactly the right length to complete the overall look. Just imagine this photograph without Jason's mouthwarmer -- what a shame that would be!

Movember Aftermath: The Generalissimo

This stringy, pathetic excuse for a mustache is the month-long growth effort by Stacheforge editor Nicholas Keene. Typically, pictures posted to Stacheforge come with a complimentary description and genuine encouragement, but in this case none of that is deserved. This disgusting mustache is a disgrace, a sad shadow of the former glory of The General. Grown as a kind of joke, and a kind of experiment, the result would have to be described as an unfunny joke, or a failed experiment, like homeopathy or reflexology. Nicholas reportedly is in three-party negotiations with his wife and his upper lip as to what variety of mustache will appear next, but Stacheforge readers can all rest easy knowing the next mustache won't look anything like this.

Movember Stache, Week 3: Niegel Smith, London

Nice stache, Niegel! Niegel is a man who knows how to accessorize. Check out the multiple shades of gray blended together for a classic London look. And what goes better with what appears to be three or four scarfs, than a Movember mustache? Besides, with winter coming, bringing cool Atlantic winds and snow, Niegel doesn't want to risk a chilly upper lip when strolling along the Thames. Niegel reports that this is the "before" picture, and if this mustache lasts a bit longer than the end of November, then we here at Stacheforge expect to see a second picture showing an even more stunningly handsome stache. Are we the only ones who think Niegel also needs a monocle?

Movember Staches, Week 1

The first week of Movember has passed and this photo shows two of the resulting mustachelets. One month is hardly enough time to grow a sweet stache, and one week is barely enough time to see the difference between the lip fur and the smooth-shorn face. Nevertheless, it's easy to see that the world will improve by a measure of two mustaches by the time this race is run.

Pictured here are Doug Graham and Nicholas Keene.

Join the Stacheforge team for Movember!

You can now register as a member of the Stacheforge team for Movember! Just follow these simple steps:

1. Navigate to the Movember Registration Page
2. Sign up as a Team Member
3. The team name is "Stacheforge"
4. Get someone to sponsor your stache
5. Grow your stache
6. Look awesome!

Nate Schultz, Madison WI

Nice stache, Nate! Wow, that is a great look. We here at Stacheforge at first thought Nate was costumed like Hunter S Thompson, but when we looked up pictures of Thompson we couldn't find one showing him with a stache. And what does that mean? It means that Nate looks even better than Hunter ever did! We especially dig the fake bald, which shows real dedication to achieving the desired look.

Movember

Although normally the editors at Stacheforge would never recommend the purposeful destruction of a mustache, it can be justified if two conditions are met:

1. A new mustache immediately grows in place of the old one
2. It's for a good cause

These conditions are both met in the case of Movember, a charity which raises money for prostate cancer research:

Movember challenges men to change their appearance and the face of men’s health by growing a moustache. The rules are simple, start Movember 1st clean-shaven and then grow a moustache for the entire month. The moustache becomes the ribbon for men’s health, the means by which awareness and funds are raised for cancers that affect men. Much like the commitment to run or walk for charity, the men of Movember commit to growing a moustache for 30 days.

Stacheforge will summon the entirety of its enormous worldwide brand recognition to promote Movember, and we will post pictures of the growing little baby mustaches along the way. If you don't have a mustache today, prepare to grow one; if you already have one, prepare to recycle it. As always, make sure to submit your pictures!

Nicholas Keene, Madison WI

All mustaches cover lips. Some mustaches warm faces. A few mustaches win prizes. But only one mustache was the inspiration for Stacheforge, and here it is. This is The General, in one of his many forms. Sometimes he's longer, sometimes he's shorter, sometimes he casts a little shadow on the bottom lip, sometimes he doesn't.

But Stacheforge doesn't exist for The General, it exists to promote all mustaches in all of their wonderful variety. All mustaches are welcome in the Stacheforge gallery: dark mustaches, light mustaches; thick mustaches, thin mustaches; long mustaches, short mustaches; pencil mustaches, pushbroom mustaches, dictator mustaches, juvenile mustaches, even those little mustaches that are worn by the kinds of guys who go to dance clubs without being ironic.

This is Stacheforge, a meeting place for mustaches, a cove of safety and comfort for men with mustaches. Please, submit a picture of your mustache to submit@stacheforge.com!

Ian Anderson, Madison, WI

Nice stache, Ian! Not all mustaches are created equal, and not all men exhibit equal enthusiasm for their mustaches. Here at Stacheforge, our opinion is that all mustaches have a right to life, and each one should be loved by its father. Just because a mustache isn't the first one picked for dodgeball, or doesn't get straight-A's, doesn't mean it deserves any less respect or validation as a legitimate lip covering. Let's all hope that Ian looks so sad because the stubble on the rest of his face detracts from what could be a perfectly respectable stache.

"Ultimate Mustache Fighter" on Jimmy Fallon's show TONITE!

NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon stages another "Ultimate Mustache Fighter" installment with referee Dan Miragliotta keeping it legit. As folks may remember, Dr. Phil's mustache took on '80s John Oates' mustache in an epic bout that spun out of control when the legendary 'staches of Larry Bird and Julius Erving crashed the party! The next fight card promises to have lots of mayhem!

UPDATE: Watch the hilarious video over at Hulu.

Top 10 Mustache Products

Stacheforge is delighted to have found a list of ten excellent mustache-themed products. The products are varied, but the car stache is a very sweet item. Why is it so stupid looking, though? Why not a big, realistic, million-dollar mustache?

Scott Kempf, Germany

Nice stache, Scott! Notice how much more awesome Scott looks cooling off his coffee while wearing a smart-looking, tight-trimmed mustache! Some sideburns never hurt, but Scott knows that on Stacheforge, there are no beards allowed!

Eduardo Rivera, Las Vegas, Nevada

Nice stache, Eduardo! Wow, you are so money, and you don't even know it. And if you are money, then that mustache is positively a fortune! Eduardo says he grew this mustache to celebrate World Cup 2010, starting it with the opening games and shaving it after the final whistle. We say that the universe weeps for losing such a stunning stache!

Joel Hassenzahl, Madison WI

Nice stache, Joel! Reportedly Joel spent some time camping and, when he returned, couldn't quite bear to shave off all of his whiskers.

10 Mustache Styles That Must Be Stopped

An article on Cracked.com presents a rather negative opinion of mustaches, which obviously comes directly out of deep-seated jealousy on the part of the author:

The moustache is a style that has sadly been relegated to antiquity: It is a quaint, often goofy relic that’s looked upon with derision in the modern world, when it is looked upon at all. So of course, it’s time for the insufferable hipsters to ironically bring it back. A moustache is supposed to be a courtesy; it’s there to tell the world “there’s something wrong with my face. Here’s something else to look at, friend.” But these days it’s just telling the world “there’s something wrong with my personality, look at me.”

"Best Moustache" in 2010 Goes to Huge Handlebar

The winner of Best Moustache in the inaugural National Beard and Moustache Championships went to a San Francisco Bay area man with a handlebar moustache so long it could probably be used as a set of handlebars on a bike.

The 'stache is back

Last month, a 34-year-old Los Angeles photographer named Dan Monick was invited to a mustache birthday party that a buddy of his was throwing for two girlfriends. The invite showed a picture of the two women, altered in Photoshop to make them look like Frida Kahlo and Salvador Dali. Monick, who has a real 'stache, went to the gathering and found himself in mustache heaven: fake fuzz, real fuzz, on men and women alike.

The 'stache caucus

In past years, an ambitious politician like North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven might not have been eager to rock a ’stache, which until recently has been as taboo for blow-dried, television-era politicians as the mutton-chop sideburn. But this year, Hoeven is part of a boomlet of statewide candidates who are flouting conventional wisdom by proudly sporting a ’stache.

Dave Erickson, Madison, WI

Nice stache, Dave! Obviously having a killer mustache wasn't enough for Dave, who apparently dresses like this every day.

Jeremy

Nice stache, Jeremy! You leave is wondering whether the tongue is permanent company to the mustache.

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