Hipsters

[Jackpot_Smooth]

not my favorite choice but who am i to judge. i don't like guidos either.

[Kybosh]

American Apparel is reporting record financial losses so far this year. Is the current hipster fad dying?

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by Pastiche

bags are undeniably worse than hipsters.

Its a neck and neck race between them for the title of western trash.

[Locke]

I hate the hats.

Beanies, berets, castros, stupid ass toque-like headwear, whatever, all of it. All the hats suck.

You can tell a hipster/bag or hipster bag by their baggily hip headgear.

[Matata]

As a tall, skinny musician who likes alternative culture, I'm sort of pissed I missed the whole hipster thing, I would of made a great hipster. Instead, I had to suffer through the whole gangsta-gangsta thing, all that bad rap from the early 00's and everyone acting tough/stupid.

All kids act stupid, but I much prefer the hipster stupid.

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by Pastiche

bags are undeniably worse than hipsters.

Definitely. The jockohomo is much more likely to go all roid-rage on you for no reason but to look good in front of his broskies. Hipsters, while annoying, are fairly harmless creatures.

[peter12]

Originally Posted by Locke

I hate the hats.

Beanies, berets, castros, stupid ass toque-like headwear, whatever, all of it. All the hats suck.

You can tell a hipster/bag or hipster bag by their baggily hip headgear.

Nothing wrong with a nice fedora or pork-pie hat.

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by peter12

Nothing wrong with a nice fedora or pork-pie hat.

Nothing wrong with it....if you live in the 1930's. They went well with the whole suit/tie combo of the era. A fedora/pork pie on a guy today feels a little too try-hard. But hey, if you like it, go nuts.

Speaking of thinks that feel try-hardy....dudes who wear toques in the summer, inside, or just as a fashion accessory. That really grinds me gears.

[Bunk]

Originally Posted by Table 5

I basically live in Williamsburg (what Hipster neighborhood around the world want to be when they grow up), and that's about as accurate description as it gets. It basically boils down to "Too cool for school on the outside. Scared little girl on the inside". I remember a little while ago I was walking down the sidewalk by McCarren Park, and some super awesome hipster who clearly spent hours on his outfit that day to make himself look like a bad-ass James Dean or the like was walking towards me. When I got near him, a pigeon on the sidewalk suddenly flew up by this guy's face. Dude let out the biggest girlish Ned Flanders scream I've ever heard, totally betraying his attitude.

What's really unfortunate is that I have to live through these tryhard fashion trends here, and then when I go back to Calgary during the holidays, have to relive last-years trends again as the hipsters there are a little bit behind. I'm thinking I'll be seeing a lot of fixed-gear bikes next month on my visit....

Yeah, like Brooklyn Toronto's West Queen West area (where I work) is a hipster mecca.

Admittedly, Hipsters are into some cool stuff, but with way too much pretension.

[frinkprof]

Originally Posted by Table 5

The jockohomo is much more likely to go all roid-rage on you for no reason but to look good in front of his broskies. Hipsters, while annoying, are fairly harmless creatures.

I read this in a National Geographic documentary British accent narrator voice.

[troutman]

Hipster > Tap Out Clothing

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Table 5

Definitely. The jockohomo is much more likely to go all roid-rage on you for no reason but to look good in front of his broskies. Hipsters, while annoying, are fairly harmless creatures.

[Flamesguy_SJ]

Originally Posted by Table 5

Nothing wrong with it....if you live in the 1930's. They went well with the whole suit/tie combo of the era. A fedora/pork pie on a guy today feels a little too try-hard. But hey, if you like it, go nuts.

Speaking of thinks that feel try-hardy....dudes who wear toques in the summer, inside, or just as a fashion accessory. That really grinds me gears.

The fedora thing is an example of the hipster's sense of irony.

I think this summarizes hipsters pretty accurately:

Ever since the Allies bombed the Axis into submission, Western civilization has had a succession of counter-culture movements that have energetically challenged the status quo. Each successive decade of the post-war era has seen it smash social standards, riot and fight to revolutionize every aspect of music, art, government and civil society.

But after punk was plasticized and hip hop lost its impetus for social change, all of the formerly dominant streams of "counter-culture" have merged together. Now, one mutating, trans-Atlantic melting pot of styles, tastes and behavior has come to define the generally indefinable idea of the "Hipster."

That's from an adbuster article published a few years ago.

There is a really great book that I read as part of my Pop Culture Seminar called "Hip: The History" that traces the history of the hipster and "hip" culture; it's a pretty funny read, and it does little case studies on fads and fashions that were significant for an era (in the instance of "post-hip", the author talks about those stupid fataing trucker hats).

[peter12]

Originally Posted by Table 5

Nothing wrong with it....if you live in the 1930's. They went well with the whole suit/tie combo of the era. A fedora/pork pie on a guy today feels a little too try-hard. But hey, if you like it, go nuts.

Speaking of thinks that feel try-hardy....dudes who wear toques in the summer, inside, or just as a fashion accessory. That really grinds me gears.

I've got a good little collection of hats going. I only throw one of them one as an accessory for an outfit. Like my good wool felt hats only go on with a suit and tie. I've got two straw hats for summer. To be honest, I think they're pretty snazzy looking but it also serves a functional purpose, like covering up my massive bald head and keeping the sun out of my eyes.

[Winsor_Pilates]

The saddest part is that they describe themselves as hipsters. Who is that insecure that you need to name your cloned over style in a way that makes you feel it's cool?

And they all think they're unique, hahahahaha!

[Weiser Wonder]

I'm a borderline hipster. I'm listening to Beach House, haven't shaved in weeks, I drink PBR, I go to the hipster bar, I vote liberal, I cried when Table 5 attacked me with a pigeon yesterday. I'll upgrade, I'm a definite hipster.

[Pastiche]

What about wearing a hip hat for a purpose? I have a Bailey hat that I wear as a excellent sun hat.

Should I just re-inset myself to the baseball hat wearing masses to avoid judgement?

[Ozy_Flame]

Hipsters don't look so bad compared to MMA bags. And I'm a big fan of UFC.

I was watching the fight this past Saturday night at a downtown bar, and there was a table of 45-50 year old dudes who were obviously roid monkies, wearing Affliction clothing (with Glitter no less) that was too small for their torsos, designer jeans, and yellow-tinted shades indoors. Then they were hitting on all the 20-somethings in the place and generally establishing their macho manlihood by walking around with their arms placed strategically ontop of their juiced-up pec muscles to push their biceps against their skin to make them look bigger.

Somehow, hipsters don't seem so bad.

[frinkprof]

Originally Posted by Pastiche

What about wearing a hip hat for a purpose? I have a Bailey hat that I wear as a excellent sun hat.

Should I just re-inset myself to the baseball hat wearing masses to avoid judgement?

[Russic]

Originally Posted by Pastiche

What about wearing a hip hat for a purpose? I have a Bailey hat that I wear as a excellent sun hat.

Should I just re-inset myself to the baseball hat wearing masses to avoid judgement?

My arguement is that if you wear clothing to impress other people or protect your ego, your just as bad as anybody in these groups. If you actually like your hat and it makes you feel good, I say wear the hell out of it.

One thing hipsters or talk of hipsters has taught me is that I obviously do not have a clear understanding of what irony is.