On his short, round body, he wore aclose covering, ornamented with small slashes; a short cloak dangled athis back; the collar was cut into curious peaks, which served the goblinin lieu of ruff or neckerchief; and his shoes curled up at his toesinto long points.
He was a shortish gentleman, with very stiffblack hair cut in the porcupine or blacking-brush style, and standingstiff and straight all over his head; his aspect was pompous andthreatening; his manner was peremptory; his eyes were sharp andrestless; and his whole bearing bespoke a feeling of great confidence inhimself, and a consciousness of immeasurable superiority over all otherpeople.
(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) Among the people the priest did not know and who yet aroused hisinterest was a lithe and alert young man, very beautifully dressed andlooking rather like a foreigner, because, while his beard was cut in aspade shape like an old Spaniard's, his dark hair was cropped so closeas to look like a tight black skull-cap.