Another Young Professional Haircut Thread

Hi everyone,

Longtime lurker, and I've just now signed up. Looking forward to getting involved in the community --- I've always really enjoyed the debates, especially in the Men's Wear section.

So here's the situation; I'm set on clothes (I think --- I'm sure the tearing-apart will soon follow), but I'm having a really hard time fixing on a hair style.

Why? Because I have terrible bone structure. I'm fit, but I have no chin whatsoever. The tooth fairy must have gotten confused or greedy. Thus, I have to wear a beard. I shaved it off recently to double-check that this is, in fact, the case. It is. I look like a fat kid that just got turned down for his junior prom without it. Now it's job-hunting season, and I'm going to be a constitutional litigator, so I have to look like someone who you can trust to take on the feds and win.

Problem #1: It's almost impossible to find a model wearing a conservative (yet youthful) haircut AND a beard. I've only been able to find help in the recent Zegna collection, and he favours that really ascetic German, high-cheekboned look. I have a head like a bowling ball, so none of his flat side-parts will work on me (I think). I'm pretty sure I need a medium-to-long cut and either a full beard or chin strap (much as I hate the terminology).

Problem #2: I've educated myself about clothes, shoes, fragrances, and exercise, but hair is still a huge gap. Any advice you could shuttle this way about styles, product or care for a cut would be very much appreciated.

Here are the most helpful pictures I can find:
- Luca's got kind of the same head shape I do, and the same blue eyes. Unfortunately, we don't share the kickass coat. (Picture from the Sartorialist.) If he were a law-talkin' guy, what hairstyle would you recommend?

- I guess my head is kind of shaped like Daniel Craig's, except for all the fancy stuff on the front part of it. He can get away with having hair that short; he's got a face like Daniel Craig. My head looks a lot more like a bowling ball with short hair.

- There's a picture of me with a beard, in the suit I'll probably wear on interview day (maybe minus the waistcoat, depending on the weather), and me currently. I've grown out my hair and am growing back the beard. Not sure what to do with either.

- I managed to find just a few pictures of something kind of close to what I'm thinking, but the sepia-toned fella's hair is much too long, and the black-and-white Zegna model has a completely different facial structure (but would the cut still work?).

So, any advice or ideas? Models or designers I should look into? Can you point me towards an appropriate cut?

Thanks a million, folks. I'll see you around soon!


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EDIT: Never mind; didn't know the pictures were thumbnails.

Thanks for the responses, everyone! Trust me, the lack of beard is bad. My chin is so weak and bowed that my lips just kind of blend gradually into my neck like one of those "yep yep yep" aliens from Sesame Street. My profile looks really bloated around the base of my jaw, and I lose five years on my face. The beard in the non-suit picture is me this week, after growing it back in in a hurry. I normally look more like I do in the suit. No one had anything nice to say about me while clean-shaven. While I agree that typically it's better to go clean-shaven with a more conservative look, it was a catastrophe on me. Hence my hirsute quandary. I was unfamiliar with James McAvoy --- thanks a lot for the reference; we do have kind of similar features. Unfortunately, he's kinda got that Scottish rogue thing going on. I can't find him in anything lawyerish. Mostly greasy, long, chin-length bangs that really work well for his jeans-and-blazer image but not so well for a courtroom. He tends to look like he doesn't really belong in a suit, which is actually a really good look for him. I'll bring a picture of one of his shorter cuts in with me to the salon today, but I'm not sure how it will go down. I'll have a quick run at some Wood pictures before I head out; I didn't know he was bearded so much of the time. Makes sense, though --- I think he might have the same bullfrog problem I do. Gutman's idea is pretty close to what I'm thinking of pitching in non-pictorial terms.

Ugh, I hate to inflict this on the world, but it turns out I do have some recent unbearded pictures.

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Not so bad, right?

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Wrong.

I've got that crappy British chin dilapidation going on. Beard it is.