Over 1,000 attendees filled Public Assembly in Williamsburg ranging from Dandies to Bikers for the New York City Beard and Mustache Championship held last Saturday. Finally, men have found their form of expression or just defiance against corporate culture. The increased popularity of bewhiskered men use the recession as opportunity to test their chops and was one of the competition categories. Visit the Beard Wiki for a full history of facial hair and below are pics of some of the winners. 
Leon Lutz, of Lancaster, PA, wins the “sideburn” section of the beard & mustache competition in Williamsburg.
YouTube winner Nick Stevens.
I am so jealous! Oh, to be able to grow good sideburns! I guess that could be called “hair follicle envy”!