Movember Moustache

Movember Moustache

Quick recap for anyone who only checks in here once a week:

Now admittedly, growing a moustache isn’t hard- no harder than growing nose hair in fact- but it is very very annoying.

When I eat soup I have to wipe the thing down after every spoonful, it tickles my nose when I’m asleep, and more than anything I have to really watch what kind of clothes I wear with the damn thing.

There doesn’t seem to be any reason to it, but when I wear certain shirts or jeans I look either like a Spartak Moscow fan, or Mr Gay UK 1985.

[N.B I'm not talking about new, cool, "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy" / Tom Ford / Toby Maguire kind of gay, but oldschool  Freddie Mercury / "The Blue Oyster" bar kind of gay. Not a good look.]
It’s a minefield, and I’m struggling to get through it to the end of the month.

Luckily though a young man called Nige has come to the rescue.

Nige writes:

Dear James,
I was recently strolling through the backstreets of Shinjuku when I saw a familiar Italian Plumber: (Super) Mario.

Knowing that his bushy moustache is very close to your own personal style, I decided to follow him and pick up some fashion tips.

After a few streets or running and bouncing his head off bricks, Mario dived into a traditional Japanese Onsen to jump on some mushrooms and have a quick soak.

Here is a photo of the shoes he left at the door.

All the hairy chest,
Nige

Super Mario Golf Shoes

Super Mario Golf Shoes

Thanks Nige.

So now I know which shoes go with the ol’ soup strainer, it’s just a matter of tracking them down in Shanghai.

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