Build-A-Beard

Given the gull (and frankly the audacity) of the Beard Liberation Front (BLF) to declare unauthorized (and frankly unsanctioned) honors on the facial hair community that dont represent the full scope of the world's most facialy hairy... we decided to hold our own rankings and awards... Recognizing the sensitivity of the situation, we decided to start small and build from there... so we chose staches, and dare we say (and frankly we do... yes we are only frank in parentheses) that our choice for Stache of the Year has more clout above his lip than BLF's choice for Beard of the Decade has all over his face.

ANYway, we saw Terry Taylor (accomplished author over at Lark Books and self proclaimed Craft Whore) walking the halls of the Museum of Art and Design and could not help but think that his stache had to be immortalized with its own exhibit... The halo-looking light that appeared above Terry's head during our photo shoot is no coincidence, neither is the fact that Terry is writing a book titled "Stache" (you heard it here first) an inside look at stache styles, symbolism and the resulting culture and craft trends... we'll be on the lookout in 2010.

So without further ado, below please see the glorious stache that stole our hearts in 2009... congrats Terry!

And a close up of the winner, for posterity's sake...