Future U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), while an undergraduate at Harvard in the late 1870s, wore very heavy sideburns called mutton chops or lamb chops, which became popular late in the nineteenth century.

When did mutton chops go out of fashion?

"Lambchop" sideburns also became a symbol of the gay club scenes of San Francisco and Sydney, as did the handlebar mustache. For the most part, sideburns went out of fashion in the late 1970s.

Are mutton chops still in style?

Mutton chops are a type of facial hair that dates back to the mid-19-century and remains popular today. Think of Elvis Presley or Hugh Jackman as Wolverine to imagine what this style looks like and how masculine it is in appearance.