its not just salman in dabangg the moustache has found favour with the edgiest fashion labels across the us uk and india middleclass south indian blokes with pushbroom moustaches would smile if they saw what famed shoe designer nicholas kirkwood unveiled at london fashion week as part of his autumnwinter 201112 collection leather heels set off by a goat fur tuft that resembled an ankleskimming moustache moustaches are having a high fashion moment and judging from lookbooks it seems that the imperial has beaten the handlebar mouthbrow and horse shoe londons victoria and albert museums online store is urging you to shell out 890 to bring out the modernday dandy in you and cut a dash with a moustache brooch pinned to your lapel uks onlineonly fashion store asos r o u n d neck tees with the m e t a l l i c moustache print are out of stock designer label tatty devine has lent the traditional tailors moustache a contemporary twist in handvarnished walnut wood to create a wacky necklace rosie wolfenden and harriet vine the team behind the label say in an interview over email from london the moustache has always been an iconic symbol we were inspired by the way people fiddle with their necklaces pulling them up to their lips besides the trend of facial hair is big among guys right now it could signal the rise of geek chic across the atlantic for labased jewellery designer rachael white one of the first to have seen the potential of the moustache to steer a cultural movement it was artist marcel duchamps painting lhooq he drew a moustache on mona lisa that provided inspiration for her costume jewellery and wax candles french designer textiles brand la cerise sur la gateau believes whiskers are wonderful on pillows their quirky bed linen and moustached pillows are on sale at londons selfridges back home in bengaluru graphic artist parul kanodia creates mooch cushion covers bookmarks usb pods and hangers that retail under her one yearold label mooch nahi toh kuch nai we have played with moustaches through characters we created lovely singh dakoo dholakia parmeshwar pillai and daroga sahib all sport mucchis but in varied styles says the 25yearold and the sales figures prove the point when anckur patodia of tee brand chimp introduced the shri mucchad singh tshirt design for kids he didnt think it would be a sellout weve sold hundreds of them no nasties an organic fair tradecertified tshirt company cofounded by apurva kothari pays a tribute to the meterlong rajasthani moustache on a line of tees that stache is so long it ends at tatty devine necklace the back of the tshirt says kothari and that makes shahid datawala one happy man the mumbaibased photographer and designer who sports a handlebar himself is putting together a book of photographs of indian men sporting a baffling range of moustache styles for me the mooch is my identity its a design statement globally its