Submitted by Dean Johnston on December 4, 2013 - 10:49
Best known for his skill in grooming political leaders for office during the 1930s, the dapper Bert Davy understood the importance of personal image – in a previous life he had been a hairdresser…
Submitted by Kristy Mayes on November 21, 2013 - 16:07
In honour of Movember, the annual fundraising effort for New Zealand men's health, we present a gallery of 19th-century moustaches – pencil, chevron, walrus and handlebar – waxed and wild!
Submitted by Kristy Mayes on November 20, 2013 - 10:42
Known by the girls as ‘Mighty Atom’, Margaret Lorimer was principal of Nelson College for Girls. She lived with the boarders and checked up regularly on her pupils’ manners, speech and deportment. She was also a distinguished mountain climber…
Submitted by Kristy Mayes on October 31, 2013 - 13:33
Looking for Movember role models? These nineteenth-century ‘mo-bros’ sport ‘friendly sideburns’ – luxuriant muttonchop whiskers connected by a moustache.
