Ahandlebar moustache is amoustache with particularly lengthy and upwardly curved extremities. These moustache styles are named for their resemblance to thehandlebars of abicycle.^[1] It is also known as aspaghetti moustache, because of its stereotypical association with Italian men.^[2][3] TheHandlebar Club humorously describes the style as "a hirsute appendage of the upper lip and with graspable extremities".^[4]

Similar styles of moustache are quite ancient, appearing on statues and other depictions ofIron AgeCelts.^[5] In the United States, handlebar moustaches were worn in the later part of the 19th century byWild West figures likeWyatt Earp.^[6][7] In Europe, handlebar moustaches were often worn by soldiers during the 19th century until roughly the era ofWorld War I.

English comedy actorJimmy Edwards grew his trademark handlebar moustache in the late 1940s in order to disguise facial injuries sustained as a pilot inWorld War II.^[8]

In 1972, to win a $300 "best facial hair" prize offered by team ownerCharlie O. Finley,Oakland A'spitcherRollie Fingers grew a handlebar moustache which he sported throughout his career.^[9][10]

More recently, thecontemporary hipster subculture has embraced the handlebar moustache by mocking conventional ideals of fashion, and by combining a highly manicured handlebar moustache with the portrayal of an unkempt appearance or a haphazardly selected clothing ensemble.^[11]

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  Wyatt Earp
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  William Howard Taft^[12]
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  Wilhelm II^[13]
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  Joseph Stalin^[14]
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  Buffalo Bill^[15]
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  Bhagat Singh^{[16][17][18][19][20]}
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  PrinceVictor Napoleon
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  Giovanni Verga
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  Vincenzo Garioni
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  Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
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  Marcelo H. del Pilar
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  Porfirio Diaz
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  Lord Randolph Churchill
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  Jimmy Edwards
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  Rollie Fingers
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  Michael Attree
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  Robert Johansson
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  Paul von Hindenburg
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  Chandra Shekhar Azad^[21][22]
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  Antonio Luna
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  Maurice de Hirsch
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  Will Vinton
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  Robin Olds
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  J. Bruce Ismay
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  George Dewey
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  King Kelly
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  Gustave Flaubert
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  Thomas Hardy
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  Ruggero Leoncavallo
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  Ferdinand Foch
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  Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
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  Herman Hollerith

• Julius Pringles
• Mr. Monopoly^[23]
• Mr. Boh^[24]
• Air India'sMaharajamascot^[25][26]
• Terrible Herbst

This style is usually achieved by the use ofmoustache wax,^[27] althoughhair gel, acurling iron, or natural curling can suffice. Generally, the greater the curl of the extremities, the more dramatic the appearance achieved. When worn without wax or grooming, the moustache style may more closely resemble awalrus moustache.

• List of moustache styles
• List of facial hairstyles

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