Beard Liberation Front
11th August
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Bradley Wiggins shaves Richard Osman in vote for Best Sideburns 2021
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that with National Sideburns Day on Wednesday Sir Bradley Wiggins has shaved Pointless’s Richard Osman for the best sideburns of 2021.
The ninth National Sideburns Day is on 11th August, reflecting the growing popularity of a range of facial hair styles.
National Sideburns Day was originally held to mark Bradley Wiggins Olympic victory in 2012
The campaigners say that sideburns, sometimes known as mutton chops, and named after US Civil War General Ambrose Burnside were often worn by Victorian politicians
Bradley Wiggins reinvented the post-1945 tradition of sideburns from Elvis Presley to Noddy Holder and the late Lemmy and Alvin Stardust, turned them into something no self-respecting hipster would be without
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, this year National Sideburns Day underlines the resilience of the style over centuries of changing facial hair fashions. In an Olympic year with memories of 2012 its perhaps no surprise that Sir Bradley Wiggins has won the on-line vote for Best Sideburns shaving the 2020 winner Richard Osman.
2021 contenders
Jonathan Bailey: played the lead role in Bridgerton but has noted that his sideburns are genuine, fertilised daily like a bonsai
Richard Osman, quizmaster on Pointless
Sir Bradley Wiggins, still a sideburn wearer
JPR Williams, veteran ex-rugby player still sporting iconic sideburns at 72
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