Soul patch
Style of facial hair
A soul patch , also known as a mouche , [1] is a single small patch of facial hair just below the lower lip and above the chin.
Soul patches came to prominence in the 1950s and 1960s, as a style of facial hair common among African-American men, most notably jazz musicians. It became popular with beatniks , artists, and those who frequented the jazz scene and moved in literary and artistic circles. Jazz flutists players who disliked the feel of the flute mouthpiece on a freshly shaven lower lip could use a soul patch. [ citation needed ] On the other hand, jazz trumpeters preferred the goatee for the comfort it provided when using a trumpet mouthpiece . [2]
The soul patch saw reinvigorated recognition in the early 1990s when Luke Perry 's Buffy the Vampire Slayer character Oliver Pike wore a soul patch. The soul patch was also briefly referenced in the 1992 book Garden State . Multiple prominent athletes also started donning soul patches, such as Mike Piazza and Apolo Ohno . [3] The facial hairstyle also rose to prominence in the mall goth and nu-metal scenes around the late 1990s to early 2000s.
In Sri Lanka , it is known as Kandy Patch / Kandy Shadow / Kandy Point .
See also
References
- ↑ "mouche, n ." OED Online June 2003. Oxford University Press. Retrieved October 11, 2010: "a small patch of beard shaped and allowed to grow under the lower lip".
- ↑ Maggin, Donald L.: Dizzy: The Life and Times of John Birks Gillespie . HarperCollins, 2005
- ↑ "The meaning of the soul patch: a brief history" . Trivia Happy . Retrieved August 24, 2021 .
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