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Men seem to be yearning for a different era. Clothes are simple and tailored. Hair is neater, shorter, well-kept. Men are adapting the swagger of an earlier time finding the balance between effortless but put-together, masculine but well-groomed.
Theyre not just putting on fitted cardigans and skinny ties. The look of a dapper man starts before hes dressed. Hes in front of the mirror, with a comb for his head and a shaving kit for his face. This isnt metrosexual that movement has passed. Hes a man, and he wants to shave like a man, dress like a man and look like a man.
An old-fashioned shave returns
To be clear, were not talking about a straight razor the Mr. Blonde of Reservoir Dogs ear-removal-scene razor. Were talking about a double-blade safety razor called safety for a reason. The one your grandfather shaved with, using shave cream he whipped up himself. That old-fashioned wet shave is seeing a resurgence.
Guys want to look like guys, said Troy Tinnean, who owns The Groom Room in Ames with his wife, Karen. Men want to do manly things without being chauvinistic about it.
Source: DesMoinesRegister.com