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9. Her father's moustache also indicates the 1980's

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Note that he is wearing a uniform.

http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/men-and-their-moustaches/timeline

A moustache timeline

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The 1970s and early 1980s were another heyday for the moustache. No longer was a hairy moustache an outward sign of disaffected youth. Every second man seemed to have a moustache. From the sports field to the state service, the trend was towards big and bushy as moustaches seemed to symbolise a rugged manliness. Was it just a coincidence that this happened at the same time as the women's rights movement got under way?

New styles also came in, heavily influenced by American fashion. The droopy, sinister ‘Fu Manchu’ and pencil-thin Italian ‘tash’ both owed some of their popularity to kung fu, gangster and Mafia movies of the time.

The moustache craze did not last much beyond the early 1980s, but pockets of people with moustaches hung on – often in uniformed services, such as the Police, the Fire Service or the armed forces.

For some in the gay community coming out in the 1980s, moustaches were an iconic symbol of identity. Inspired by singer Freddy Mercury or bearded ‘Bears’, gay men wore their facial hair with pride.

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