European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Focus not on the Chic but definitely on More chins by Larry Mcshane the associated press Orget  and Burl Ives think Brad Pitt and Snoop Doggy Dogg. A the Goatee not always the hippos of facial hair is again the growth of Choice on cutting Edge chins. It s less than a Beard More than a Mustache and much cooler now than when Maynard g. Krebs sported one daddy of. Quot it seems like this is the trend these Days Quot said Boston Bruins defens Eman Ray Bourque one of several dozen hockey players who sported Good Luck goatees rather Ihan the usual beards for this year s playoffs. Turn on mtg there s John Mellencamp wearing a Little Beard reminiscent of the classic Krebs Goatee. Remember Maynard Bob Denver played the beatnik sidekick on the 60s sitcom the Many loves of Dobie Chi is take yourself out to the ballgame. There s Bret Saberhagen of the new York mels staring in with his recent growth maybe facing the Atlanta braves newly. Tufted Charlie o Brien. Athletes and musicians Are two major Goatee growing groups head Over to the Cannes film festival and Check out Bruce Willis Chic Beard. Stopping in los Angeles a Goatee Pitt the Star of a River runs through it and Thelma and Louise was photographed recently outside a los Angeles dub. A hit the world cup where . Defender Alexi Lalas attracted As much attention for his flowing Goatee As for his game. His 3-Inch min Beard turned Lalas into America s most recognizable soccer player and landed him appearances with Jay Leno and David Letterman. Letterman trimmed it up. How Cool is Lalas growth Quot i have employed a full time staff of highly trained a professionals to keep it clean Quot he joked. There a More. Abc s hour of prime time goatees with Michael u Keefe on Roseanne and Ayre Cross on these friends of mine the grunge goatees of Alice in Chain s Layne Stayley and sound Garden s Chris Cornell the a i love this Goatee Quot look of Aba stars from Kevin Johnson of the Phoenix suns to Karl Malone of the Utah jazz. The history of the Goatee is hard to Trace. The three Little pigs were possessive of the hair on their Chinny Chin chins. Jefferson Davis ran the confederacy with one Lenin did the same for Mother Russia. Buffalo Bill Cody was a Goatee Man. Dizzy Gillespie combined a Beret and a Goatee to be Cool in the 40s. But the Beard was t always a hip look. Beatniks and Folk singers seized it As an affectation in the late .50s and Early 60s two thirds of Peter Paul and Mary wore them you figure out who. Robert Bork the Defeated supreme court nominee is a Veteran Goatee Man. And a Goatee pee wee Herman was arrested three years ago in a Florida porn movie theater for violations unrelated to his facial hair. But the question no longer is Goatee or not Goatee a the beards Are everywhere. The Graybeard Bruce Springsteen Roberto Duran. The directors Spike Lee Robert Altman. Generation x actors Ethan Hawke Billy Baldwin. The International crowd italian soccer Star Roberto Baggio u2 s guitarist the Edge. For those seeking the look without the muss or fuss a glue on Goatee is available for $24 at Abracadabra magic. Amp costumes in Manhattan s Greenwich Village though Denver recommends cultivating your own. Quot a fake one. They Are the worst Quot Denver writes in his Book Cili Igan Maynard amp me. Quot the glue itches and you can t move your lower lip so you end up talk Rig like you have a Mouthful of  by Tessa Souter Manchester guardian service Ith . Gun deaths currently running at More than 15,000 a year an children As Young As 10 toting guns at a school bulletproof clothes Are threatening to become the. Latest. A craze to sweep America. At least that s the Hope of new York based Gavin Kogan 26, of parthians inc who with partners Sean Santamour and Eric Oden is marketing his Ovyn stylish version of body Armor. A known As the Shell a a Quot perfect synthesis of Security and  a hostile world Quot according to the company Catalon a it features a Complete line of interchangeable designs that zip of to the armoured liner and provides. Quot maximum defense against Angle shot High velocity and multiple hit. Situations Quot even fat Point Blank Range from. Weapons As varied As a .22-caliber pistol and a .357. Magnum. A a a. A. Quot with so Many Brothers going Down in the  at the wrong time i thought it was time to bring body. Armor together with Street fashion Quot says Kogan who worked in the rap Industry before he turned to designing. Quot we thought about calling ourselves hard Wear but we wanted something that was going to last Way beyond the rap thing. Bulletproof vests Are just the Start of it. What we want is to take High technology and mix it with Street . The idea of discreet body Armor in t new president Clinton wears a bulletproof Trench coat but the problem until now As Kogan sees it has been one of style. Quot most body Armor is made by rednecks with no sense of style so you end up with things like acid washed Denim vests Quot he says appalled. By contrast their latest project a reflective White Nylon version of the Vest was commissioned for an upcoming Issue of Vogue Magazine. Quot it looks so Good that it has really made us think seriously about tapping the women s Market next Quot Kogan says. Originally designing for urbanite and people who live. In High crime areas or work in Quot rough parts of town where they might get caught in crossfire Quot the Shell s creators had no idea that its Appeal would be so Broad until previously unthought of clients started calling a from ambulance Drivers to diplomats and attorneys. Quot this is potentially a huge Market Quot says Kogan who admits that at $900 apiece shells Aren t exactly Selling like hot cakes. Quot but if the idea really takes off i can see that people in High places a like Oliver North who owns a body Armor manufacturing company a Are going to want to legislate against  Quot -4 whether this is unnecessary paranoia remains to be seen. The Shell has however already attracted More than its fair share of negative attention from the far right. Kogan who supports the gun Contro lobby says Quot it really makes me angry when people complain that i m protecting the bad Guys and then exactly the same people say that everybody has a right to carry a gun. There s no Way a gun is a defense a everyone knows what they Are really for a whereas what i be got is totally defensive. There is no reason to have a gun Quot Stipps Howard news service 16 the stars and stripes saturday july 23, 1994 the stars and stripes