Why men decorate beards with flowers
Beards, the ultimate symbol of masculinity, are getting a floral makeover. Men have been decorating their beards with flowers and plants and then sharing photos online.
Utah florist and hobby photographer Sarah Winward started decorating her husband David's beard with flowers. She took a series of stills and posted them to her blog in January 2013.
Now flower beards are everywhere, and the idea of using your beard as accessory has taken off. The Tumblr "Will It Beard," in which a man tries to decorate his beard with everything from Lego bricks to cheese puffs, got 15,000 likes in a few days.
Sara Gold McBride, a Berkeley PHD student who is studying the connection between facial hair and power in history, says it's a light-hearted protest against barefaced authority. We spoke to her and to bearded men to get their perspectives.
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