Life coach: Dan Rookwood

Our own life coach embraces Movember and shops for the man who has everything

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Mustachioed man: Brad Pitt

Dan Rookwood

30 October 2014

Is it possible to do Movember without looking like a prat or a hipster?

Growing a moustache will completely change your face. (Seen Brad Pitt, above, lately?) This may not be a bad thing. A ‘comedy’ handlebar can look ridiculous or sinister. A flamboyant ‘twirler’ is a hipster classic. I’m shaving off my beard tomorrow for Movember and intend to grow a natty matinée idol mo à la Errol Flynn. Prat or hipster? Hopefully neither; possibly both. Whatever style you choose, use a Gillette Fusion ProGlide Styler (£20, at boots.com) together with a teeny little moustache comb from Kent (£5.29, at amazon.co.uk) to shape it.

Dan loves: Kaufmann Mercantile

Kaufmann Mercantile

Perfect for the man who is supposedly ‘impossible to buy for’ (ie, me), this site sells all manner of manly and beautifully designed accessories for the office, bathroom, kitchen, tool shed and Great Outdoors — much of it crafted from wood, leather or metal. Utilitarian yet decorative. (store.kaufmann-mercantile.com)

Dan is an editor at mrporter.com