Gallery of Mustache Styles

Types of Mustache Styles

There are many ways to wear a mustache, from thick, bushy, natural styles to finely trimmed and styled looks. Every upper lip is different and men may choose to vary a classic mustache style to suit their personal appearance, keeping in mind facial features, face size, lip width, mouth length, and hair density to create the most stylish look.

Basic mustache styles include:

• Chevron: This classic look is wide and thick, barely covering the top of the upper lip.
• Handlebar: This comical style has a bushy, divided center and gracefully curving, tapered ends.
• Dali: This mustache is long and narrow with the ends curved sharply upwards.
• Pencil: A thin, cropped style, pencil mustaches can take on a variety of shapes but rarely extend beyond the sides of the mouth.
• English: This basic style is narrow, flat, and divided in the center with long ends extending onto the cheeks.
• Fu Manchu: This is one of the most easily recognizable styles and features a covered upper lip and very long, thin tendrils that extend straight down beyond the chin.
• Horseshoe: Often confused with the fu manchu, this style features whiskers grown along the sides of the mouth and chin in a horseshoe shape, but the whiskers themselves are short.
• Imperial: This wide, bushy style is grown on the upper lip and cheeks with a slight curve upwards.
• Toothbrush: This small, cropped style features thick whiskers confined to a one inch space in the center of the upper lip.
• Walrus: This large, droopy mustache frequently covers the entire mouth.

Famous Mustaches

Mustaches have been a popular look for centuries, and famous men who have worn different mustache styles include Clark Gable, Albert Einstein, Hulk Hogan, Adolph Hitler, Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, Geraldo Rivera, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Furthermore, many popular actors cultivate mustaches for different roles, such as:

• Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy
• Will Smith as Agent J in Men In Black
• Eddie Murphy as Dr. Dolittle
• Raul Julia’s pencil style as Gomez Addams in the Addams Family movies
• Anthony Hopkins as Diego de la Vega in the Mask of Zorro

Even fictional characters have sported famous mustaches, including Ned Flanders of the Simpsons and the instantly recognizable mustache and beard of Santa Claus. With so many role models to choose from, checking out different pictures of mustache styles can help men select the best options for their facial hair.

Gallery of Mustache Styles

The pictures below depict just a few popular mustache styles. For more information on facial hair styles and grooming, also check out the following articles: Hair Trimmers, Nose Hair Trimmers, Beard Styles, and Beard Growing Tips.

Sparse Facial Hair Style	Groomed Pencil Mustache	Professional Mustache and Beard
Barely There Mustache	Thick Chevron Style	Tapered Mustache
Thick Mustache and Beard	Thick Horseshoe Style	Mustache with Goatee
Long Tapered Mustache	Walrus Style	Costume Mustache