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Article: Beard boom: More men sport facial hair
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- February 3, 2009
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It's not the honey-flecked brown hair or hoop earrings that
define Sam Larson's look. It's the 3-inch beard.
Larson, of Alameda, has been sporting it for a decade. He's worn
it long and full. He's trimmed it when it's gotten scraggly. In
fact, Larson doesn't give it much thought. He comes from a long line
of beard bearers. All the Larson men back in Colorado wear them.
"I just like it," says the 28-year-old, chatting at Tip Top Bike
Shop in Oakland, where he works and where it seems beards are as
common an accessory as bike packs. "It keeps me warm."
Beards could be the biggest trend in facial hair since the '90s
grunge goatee. In the past, beards reflected a mood or made a
statement. ...