In the following interview you can read how stony the path to this final style was. .... not too long ago in a London office:
George:
Hmm...hmm...have you discovered something new, unusual, photographer?
Photographer: Oh yeah! I couldn't
hardly overlook it - that thing under your chin
George: Great, isn't it? it's very modern, right? - Maybe too
modern?
Photographer: What are you thinking about?
George: Well, that should be pretty clear
I guess: this beard is not an usual beard. Look, what I have done! I have cut till this tiny little piece of beard was left. It's
incredible. it's really incredible. This beard will mark a new beginning in fashion's history. But of course I know that this is my
job - I mean, to set new Trends. to have a beard cut in a way no man has cut his beard before, to...
Photographer:
Hmm.. George - tell me, how long have you been away from the pop-scene?
George: A long time. Too long! People
have missed me. But now I am back. With my new, cool, very modern and pretty funky beard.
Photographer: Hmm..
George - That's what's it's all about really. It's your beard. Today in the opinion of the public this beard is not very modern, nor
funky, nor new, nor cool any longer.
George: Sorry?
Photographer: Well, I mean; every silly
jerk from the country-side has worn such a dumb beard within the last five years of so. Even I have worn such a thing; until my
girlfriend told me that this kind of beard is a silly, very silly cliché' of macho men.
George: Ah! I can
understand. Photographer: Look out from this window and tell me what you see...
Photographer: A truck
George:
And what's in it?
Photographer: Well, it's my monthly income as your personal photographer
George:
Now tell me what you can see behind that truck opposite the street...
Photographer: I can see the Office For The
Unemployed
George: Correct. Now tell me again what your opinion about my beard is.
Photographer: (now
sweating..) hhm.. George! incredible! You've done it again! A change of image which will turn the whole world upside-down! This
beard! This originality, this dynamic. It's typically YOU! I cannot understand how you do this!
George: Thanks a
lot. I can tell you how I do this: I need that creative "kick"