In the following interview you can read how stony the path to this final style was. .... not too long ago in a london office:
George: Hmm...hmm...have you discovered something new, unusual, photographer?
Photographer: Oh yeah! I couldn't hardly overlook it - that thing under your
chin
George: Great, isn't it? it's very modern, right? - Mabe too modern?
Photographer: What are you thinking about?
George: Well, that should be pretty clear I guess: this beard is not an usual
beard. Look, what I have done! I have cut till this tiny little piece of beard
was left. It's incredible. it's really incredible. This beard will mark a new
beginning in fashion's history. But of course I know that this is my job - I
mean, to set new Trends. to have a beard cut in a way no man has cut his beard
before, to...
Photographer: Hmm.. George - tell me, how long have you been away from the
pop-scene?
George: A long time. Too long! People have missed me. But now I am back. With
my
new, cool, very modern and pretty funky beard.
Photographer: Hmm.. George - That's what's it's all about really. It's your
beard. Today in the opinion of the public this beard is not very modern, nor
funky, nor new, nor cool any longer.
George: Sorry?
Photographer: Well, I mean; every silly jerk from the coutry-side has worn
such
a dumb beard within the last five years of so. Even I have worn such a thing;
until my girlfriend told me that this kind of beard is a silly, very silly
clichee of macho men.
George: Ah! I can understand. Photographer: Look out from this window and tell
me what you see...
Photographer: A truck
George: And what's in it?
Photographer: Well, it's my monthly income as your personal photographer
George: Now tell me what you can see behind that truck opposite the street...
Photographer: I can see the Office For The Unemployed
George: Correct. Now tell me again what your opinion about my beard is.
Phographer: (now sweating..) hhm.. george! incredible! You've done it again! A
change of image which will turn the whole world upside-down! This beard! This
originality, this dynamic. It's tippically YOU! I cannot understand how you do
this!
George: Thanks a lot. I can tell you how I do this: I need that creative
"kick"