Beard Liberation Front
Media Release
11th August
Contact BLF Organiser Keith Flett 07803 167266
National Sideburns Day: Noddy Holder voted most Iconic Post-1945 Sideburns Wearer
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that former Slade frontman Noddy Holder has been voted most Iconic Post-1945 Sideburns Wearer in the annual on-line poll. He shaved Elvis Presley and Lemmy for the honour.
The tenth National Sideburns Day on 11th August, reflects 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, on the 10th anniversary with the Commonwealth Games in the West Midlands it seems particularly appropriate for Noddy Holder to be voted the most Iconic Post-1945 Sideburns Wearer
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