Hair in Movember gone in December

THE moustache is back in fashion — for a month at least.

It’s that time of year when the most fashionable of celebrities, sports stars and even your ordinary mug on the street get to travel back in time, in a facial hair fashion sense.

As with all these things, the growing of a moustache is for a good cause — that of raising awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer.

So, for all women opposed to facial hair growth of any kind, steel yourself, because Movember is a worldwide movement. Everywhere you turn, you will be looking at Tom Selleck wannabes.

From November 1, men and boys with the ability to grow facial hair, can register at movember.com with a clean-shaven face and then for the rest of the month, these selfless and generous men, known as “Mo Bros” will groom, trim and wax their way into the annals of fine moustachery.

Supported by the women in their lives, known as “Mo Sistas”, Movember Mo Bros raise funds by seeking out sponsorship for their efforts.

At the end of the month, Mo Bros and Mo Sistas celebrate their gallantry by either throwing their own Movember party or attending one of the gala partés held around the world.

For anybody interested in joining this exclusive mustachioed club, there are a few rules:

- Each Mo Bro must begin on Movember 1 with a clean-shaven face.

- For the entire month of Movember, each Mo Bro must grow and groom a moustache.

- There is to be no joining of the moustache to your side burns (that’s considered a beard).

- There is to be no joining of the handlebars to your chin (that’s considered a goatee).

- Each Mo Bro must conduct himself like a true country gentleman.

Picture: Kick-starting moustache season was Mo Sista DJ CiCi Kavanagh. Picture: Maxwells