Beard trend goes a whisker too far as men told 'it's time to shave'

First it was Hollywood dads at the Oscars, then men in John Lewis adverts and finally Jeremy Paxman. The end is nigh It's no secret that fashion is a fickle game: as soon as a trend becomes truly popular and is adopted by Adrian Chiles or the cast of The Apprentice, it holds little interest for the style set. About a year ago, fashion journalists started reporting that this sad cycle had claimed its latest casualty: the beard a prognosis that now appears to have been confirmed by the University ...