Male Pattern Baldness, a Beard and a Waistcoat

This might be just a Britishes thing. Really, this has to just be a Britishes thing. But it is kind of baffling. The only people you see wearing waistcoats in 2011 are

a) Wedding guests
b) Snooker players
c) Bald guys with beards

Now I can work out the social reasoning behind a and b, but what the hell is going on with c? Male pattern baldness is not something one has a choice over, and I can see why you might wanna balance it out with a little facial hair. But why the waistcoats? Why? I swear this is a thing.

I blame this man:

http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/50738078.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=E41C9FE5C4AA0A14140306A852527FF059C9B3346AF8A638E58A97DF82520AE0B01E70F2B3269972

Advanced apologies to anybody who rocks this look btw

OMG YES maybe secretly Mick Fleetwood is the number one influence on balding beardy guys.

You just watching University Challenge, by any chance?

lol yes but I'm right aren't I?

http://static.playhousesquare.org/images/events/Spotlight_IanAnderson.gif

The waistcoat is the bit that is v. random to me. What is it about that garment that attracts these guys? And not just yr 70s Prog/Blues guys, young men - well, early 30s men maybe - today still pay homage to this timeless look.

Also I realise that altho I thought I hated this look and all who sail in her, I have to give a pass to Messrs Anderson and Fleetwood.

It's a look synonymous with the guys that used to hang around the student union playing Dungeons and Dragons, rocking the waistcoast look over their Joe Satriani t-shirts. Most of these guys were balding, yes.

http://www.deviantart.com/download/130998863/Steampunk_Guy___01_by_taeliac_stock.jpg

While I can't actually FIND any pics of that guy from Mythbusters wearing a waistcoast, I just feel like he is One of Them.

http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_570xN.88831427.jpg

is this not just a beard-and-waistcoat thing, i feel that maybe the baldness is just happenstance.

here's jv with one in the eye for your facile categorisation. I am guessing he is at a wedding btw.

https://www.redletterdays.co.uk/Client/Images/Products/Large/jvgca_1.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2608/3867009826_2a12307173_o.jpg

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/03_03/lucasBBC2103_228x304.jpg

This dude gets it.

I just think I wd avoid the waistcoat if I had the other two elements going on.

surprised by this you seem like a waistcoat guy to me

jeez no. i will give u the benefit and assume that was a zing.

Respected SF critic Kim Newman always but always rocks this look

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/178/408842216_aa96a1597c.jpg

Ha ha I know these steampunk dudes, guy on the right = bald

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47945000/jpg/_47945600_band_512.jpg

Feel like Michael Ironside has done this on the reg only no facial hair.

I'm sort of upset that men don't like or wear suits anymore period. Business suits are becoming rare and have become extremely exotic/erotic to many women, me included. Sort of like how some men really love evening dresses, garter belts and corsets on women as fetish wear because in everyday life that clothing is a rarity now.

business suits = hott
"dandy" type suits = gross and try-hard

as a freelancer who spends most of my days slobbing around in whatever the nearest items of clothing are, i love occasions when i can legit wear a suit. all men should be able to rock a suit well.

Suits are great, no argument. The lone waistcoat is a horror tho.

does it hide the podge?

i have no interest in wearing a suit like ever