Beards begin to become fashionable in the…
1852 CE to 1863 CE
Beards begin to become fashionable in the 1850s.
Popular beard styles include the imperial, a small goatee named for Napoleon III, president of the Second Republic of France (1850-52), then emperor of the French from 1852.
Another is the side-whiskers and drooping mustache known as the Franz Josef in honor of the head of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Conservative leader Edward Stanley, who becomes the 14th earl of Derby in 1851, is British premier in 1852 and 1858.
In a style somewhat fashionable among the wealthy, the earl sports luxuriant whiskers that sprout from below his jaw line, but keeps his chin, lips and cheeks clean-shaven.
