116 October 2019_Esquire
this Way Out
will about
did have an
Esquire-
approved cut.
I miss the
days when Mitt
Romney’s hair
was the most
annoying thing
about him.
These are not
that Esquire’s staff
used to drink on the job.
A sober person did not write
this headline. I’ve read
it six times, and I still don’t
k now w ha t i t me an s.
I must admit, he
has excellent hair.
Romney should do us all
a favor and send his barber
to the White House.
Which w ill prove my theor y
that the president’s
source of power lies hidden
in that sweaty nightmare atop
PHOTO CAPTION:
A gallery of
who know that
good looks start
at the top.
“CHOICE CUTS,”
JUNE 1986
The Endorsement: Mitt Romney’s Hair
“GROOMING TUNE-UP, PART ONE,”
MARCH 2010
PHOTO CAPTION:
Credit where
it’s due: You guys were
onto something
here. I prefer a man
who just uses water
to style his hair.
Pomade makes you
look like a Ken
doll who fell into a cup
of clam chowder.
No 25
WHITNEY CUMMINGS,
RETROACTIVE OMBUDSMAN
ESQUIRE’S been around for eighty-six years and counting. We don’t
always get it right, okay? We recruited the funny person at left—
whose Netflix special CAN I TOUCH IT? is must-see TV—to serve as our
resident self-critic. We asked her to tread lightly. She didn’t listen.
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