Less elaborate styles and looks were in vogue and wigs fell out of favour. In this mood of egalitarianism and neo-classicism, men developed a preference for short, unfussy, tousled hairstyles. Men tended to remain clean-shaven, but in the early decades of the nineteenth century, side whiskers began to migrate further down the cheeks.
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