On Monday 10th January, at our first day back at Uni after the Christmas break, we presented our research ideas for the Collection 100 project to our blog groups (my project, of course, being about moustaches), and then went on to oragnise our research into five different categories:
-alphabetical
-location
-time
-category
-continum (e.g. "the space-time continum in 'Back to the Future'- moving from one state through to another, e.g smallest to biggest, narrowest to widest...)
Alphabetical:
(Types of Moustache)
*Chevron
*Dali
*English
*Freestyle
*Fu Manchu
*Handlebar
*Horseshoe
*Imperial
*Mexican
*Natural
*Pencil
*Rollie Fingers
*Toothbrush
*Walrus
*Wild West
(Moustache Adorning- Celebrities)
*Adolf Hitler
*Brandon Flowers
*Burt Reynolds
*Charlie Chaplin
*Clark Gable
*Dick Van Dyke
*Eugene Hutz
*Freddie Mercury
*Hercule Poirot
*Jimmy Edwards
*Joseph Stalin
*Oliver Jeffers
*Professor Robert Winston
*Ringo Starr
*Salvador Dali
*Sam Elliott
*Super Mario
*The Chuckle Brothers
*Tom Hardy
*Tom Selleck
(Words Associated with Moustaches)
*Barbers
*Brushed
*Chaps
*Dali
*Distinguished
*Fuzz
*Gentlemen
*Groomed
*Hair
*Handlebar
*Horseshoe
*Movember
*Poirot
*Preened
*Razors
*Scissors
*Tache
*Tweeked
*Victorianna
*Wetsern
Nationality (Location) of Moustachioed Gentlemen (in secondary research)
*American
*British
*American
*American
*British
*American
*Belgian
*British
*American
*Spanish
*British
*Spanish
*American
*American
*Italian
*American
*Austrian
*Russian
*Italian
*British
Time (Images Collected)
*Urban Outfitters Moustache Merchandise, 2010.
*Secondary Source Portraiture (1930's-present day)
*Facts & Opinions (Dec. 2010)
*Words (Dec. 2010)
Most Negative- Most Positive Opinion:
1. #12 "I hate moustaches!"
2. #17 "...they are so stupid looking!"
3. #9 "gross!..."
4. #2 "yuk..."
5. #6 "nasty..."
6. #4 "...now they're just symbolic of a wannabe porn star or redneck."
7. #2 "i think they are not attractive whatsoever!"
8. #14 "i think guys look creepy with moustaches"
9. #18 "...i have sensitive skin and it comes out in a rash."
10. #16 "moustaches remind me of 70's cop shows..."
11. #1 "i like them on the right guy...you do sort of feel like you're running the risk of a hairball. it's distracting."
12. #8 "only a few can pull of the moustache...goatees are sexy though!"
13. #5 "...it's a matter of preference"
14. #15 "moustaches are cute"
15. #19 "moustaches are great..."
16. #11 "personally, i kind of like them..."
17. #10 "i love clint eastwood with a moustache *sighs dreamily*"
18. #7 "...pencil moustaches...i have no idea why, but i just find them dashing"
19. #13 "i have had a moustache for over forty-five years, and my wife would shoot me if i shaved it off"
20. #20 "moustaches can look quite sexy."
#20-#1 in top-ranking celebrity moustaches:
20. Eugene Hutz
19. Oliver Jeffers
18. Jimmy Edwards
17. Brandon Flowers
16. Joseph Stalin
15. Professor Robert Winston
14. Clark Gable
13. Ringo Starr
12. Sam Elliott
11. Charlie Chaplin
10. Dick Van Dyke
9. Tom Hardy (as Charles Bronson...)
8. Hercule Poirot
7. Super Mario
6. Salvador Dali
5. Freddie Mercury
4. Adolf Hitler
3. The Chuckle Brothers
2. Burt Reynolds
1. Tom Selleck
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