In the same way you wouldn’t trust Ron Burgundy to educate you on the duties of an anchorman, you can’t necessarily count on movie characters to be good shaving mentors. In fact, some movie men make perfect role models for what not to do: They scrape when they should glide, sting when they should soothe and drive the razor north when they should roll south.

You get just one chance to make a good first impression — and your haircut needs to be an asset, not a liability. Here are the signals your hair’s sending and why.

Is it Twilight for Robert Pattinson’s hair or just a bad hair day?  [GQ Eye]
Love corduroy? Check out the Levi’s x Opening Ceremony collabo for lightweight, spring-appropriate cords in a 60s-style colors. [GQ Eye]
Warm up your winter with Tom Ford’s new Private Blend Bois Marocain fragrance—a blend of  thuya, Madagascan black pepper, bergamot, and nutmeg. [Truman Says]
Prada + Japan + Denim = Prada’s handmade Japanese Denim. Now available stateside. Need I say more? [Truman Says]
Emporio Armani’s fashion show on Friday will be streamed live over the internet at live.emporioarmani.com and …

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Got a burning question for Donatella Versace? Who doesn’t! Now’s your chance to ask her!  Starting today, she’ll be accepting questions from fans of her Facebook page. She’ll answer them with short videos after her show on Friday. [WWD]
Get the long and the short… well, short anyway… on Thom Browne–Menswear’s favorite purveyor of ankle-baring pants, cardigans and the ’50s-style suit. [Out]
London Fashion Week is obviously not for the weak. Sass and Bide’s invite was crafted to look like broken glass and left recipients reaching for Band-Aids. …

Know your mop needs taming but don’t know where to begin? Start here, with our quick guide to men’s hair products — and how to use them.

Beards have been back for a while, and now that New York magazine has made a point of explaining the trend to its readers, we’re half expecting to see the pale, weak chins of Bushwick reappear in revolt.

And while the article pointed out the many ways that the modern urban mountain man can live the lifestyle that his facial hair advertises, from learning to butcher his own meat to buying $280 flannel jackets, one crucial aspect of the bearded man’s life was ignored: smooching.

The general rule is that the thickness and length of your sideburns need to be consistent with the rest of your hair. So if your hair is very short, don’t grow your sideburns thick and long (and vice versa). I think the length should not exceed the midpoint of your ear, but that said, sideburns can look really great short or long depending on your hair and features. Just like a haircut, it’s all about maintaining balance and offsetting lines and shapes.

Improve more than your hand-eye coordination while playing video games by taking style cues from these (pixelated) leading men.

Maybe you and Pa never had “the talk.” Or maybe you did, and still your face suffers from razor bumps and irritation. Here’s the shaving primer you never had.

Is Madonna in talks to create her own line of clothes for Macy’s? [WWD]
J-Crew is set to open it’s fourth Men’s only retail store in the NYC area. No more climbing over piles of womenswear to find the menswear that is hidden in the corner. [WWD]
Fashionista learned a few lessons from Perry Ellis’ runway show in Bryant Park and offers up 5 tips for the gents. [Fashionista]
Gucci Group might continue to sell clothes under the Alexander McQueen brand despite the designer’s early-passing. [Fashionologie]
Diesel’s Renzo Rosso dishes to GQ about his …