Is the mustache making a comeback? Hollywood celebrities as Nicolas Cage and Colin Farrell are leading the way, wearing their hirsute upper lips as a symbol of masculine pride though according to Playboy it is Brad Pitt in the first place, who recently starred, spotting a mustache, in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, who “may have tipped the way for a comeback of the facial hair.”

Abdul R. Chaballout at The Art of Manliness agrees. In his article, “A Treatise on the Mustache” he, too, identifies Pitt as spearheading the revival. “Every strand of hair found above a man’s lips serves as a tribute to the pantheon of mustache holders throughout history,” writes Chaballout, “an ode to the testosterone that has driven every strand of every male’s facial hair since the first man roamed Planet Earth.” The same website even offers an excellent overview of the thirty-five manliest mustaches of all time: a worthy collection to inspire any young man that might be contemplating not shaving for a purpose!

What do you say? Is the mustache indeed coming back? Is it a good thing? And to what degree can we hold ourselves, steampunk and dieselpunk enthusiasts, responsible? Discuss it at our forums, the Smoking Lounge!