Hunk Friday: Magnum P.I. Love You

The 'stache makes the man

Hello again! It's Cindy guest posting once again on the ShopWiki blog for Hunk Friday - hoorah! This week will begin a series of posts celebrating the sexiest facial fashions throughout history. From the classic mustache to the edgiest of goatees, I intend to help raise the awareness of the glory of facial hair.

For this first post, my goal is to ease the public slowly into the world of wacky whiskers, First on the agenda, I am covering my favourite Private Dick, Magnum P.I., played by the ruggedly studly Tom Selleck. A true man's man (and woman's man), he is both approachable and irresistible with his classic mustache.

The enviable fullness of his 'stache has raised the bar on the standard of the male barb. In and of itself the mustache is an icon, with a personality and style of its own. When you boil it down, it's almost a chicken and an egg scenario: does the mustache make Tom Selleck or does Tom Selleck make the mustache?

All I know is that it works, and boy does it work well.

But who was the bigger star?

So I will leave you with an auspicious Friday the 13th send-off courtesy of my favourite mustache: