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A 'goatee' is a beard formed by a tuft of hair on the chin. The word probably comes from the tuft of hair seen on an adult goat. The goatee underwent a renaissance in the 1990s, when a close-cropped variant with an integrated moustache was popularized by the musicians, actors and sports heroes of the day.

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Goatee styles

Similar facial hair styles

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Goatee styles

★ Musketeer - a small, pointed goatee with an English moustache (narrow, prominent), as worn by the French ''mousquetaires''

★ Van Dyck - a thick goatee and moustache with upturned ends, as worn by the 17th century Flemish painter, Sir Anthony van Dyck. In modern usage, a Van Dyck is often any moustache and goatee combination.
Goatees can be worn without the moustache, especially among young people, who perhaps cannot grow a full moustache or feel that the moustache makes them seem too old-fashioned. They are worn with treated tiers so that the bottom half only has one narrow strip with or without the moustache. Depending on the wearer and their personality, goatees are worn either fully maintained, trimmed daily, or alternatively, they can be worn quite robust.
In the state of Kerala, India, the goatee is also popularly referred to as a Bulganin, after the erstwhile premier of the Soviet Union.

Similar facial hair styles

★ The royale (or impériale) is a tuft of hair under the lower lip (without a goatee, but perhaps worn with a moustache). While the royale was historically worn by French officers as a badge or adornment of military rank or status, it is not technically a goatee. It is sometimes referred to as a "soul patch", "jazz dot", "nubbin", "flavor saver", or "trombone lip".

★ A tiered goatee is a goatee that has variable lengths of hair to create a multi-leveled beard. This is used to create some sort of distinction between different sections of a beard.

★ Chin beard - a beard formed solely by a tuft of hair on the chin (i.e. lacking accompanying mustache)

★ Circle beard - a chin beard and moustache which are connected by hair on either side of the mouth to form a complete circle.

See also

★ List of types of facial hair

★ Beard

★ Moustache

★ Sideburns

★ Soul patch

External links

★ MyBeard Community Website

★ Goatee.org