Could the goatee, as seen on George Clooney, be the next look we're all going for? Post-bushy beards, could the goatee be the next male grooming trend to take off? "I've noticed more men taking their beards shorter and sharper," says Sam Hickey, the senior barber at Hackett Spitalfields in London. "It leaves a fuller front, which could entail a swing towards seeing more goatees in the not too distant future."