14 Top Models With Beards

Gone are the days when the beard was a badge of honour for the homeless or the slightly unhinged: it's now a mark of something far more boast-worhty, and while this season will apparently see the end of the beard as a fashion statement (good news to anyone who grew a beard before hipsters stole them), they remain a perfect accessory. Not only are they practical when the winter months add a chill to the air, they're also a great unifying social symbol. People will literally stop you in the street to compliment you on your growth, compliments will rain on you and strangers will touch you: which has its occasional benefits. As a mark of the appeal of the beard hitting its zenith there are now a legion of male models sporting some seriously impressive facial arrangements: the kind of beards usually reserved for backwoods conspiracists and Santa Claus. And by God are they an attractive bunch...

There's very little Aiden Shaw hasn't done. He started off directing music videos, then moved into gay porn in the 90s, wrote his first novel in 1996 and has released two albums.

And to top it off, while working as an English teacher in Spain he fell into a modelling career in 2011. He sounds like what Shia Labeouf wishes he was.