Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Hipsters.

the Hipster is probably the counter-culture of this generation, or maybe cybergoth, IDK, but what people DON'T know is that there are many different types of hipsters:

(NOTE: These are just my observations)


The American hipster represent those young adults straight out of college (or in college) who give off the impression that they have no money, no food, and barely any central air conditioning, which is why they tend to dress in a very contradictory fashion: sweaters, sweatshirts, hoodies, with rolled up jeans, or crop-tops with winter ugg boots. Even though they give off the impression that they don't care, they really do care; they care about the trust fund money that they are currently spending on that one bedroom apartment in Brooklyn, the money they are spending on shirts of horses from urban outfitters, and the money that it takes to be ironic. Yes sir, the American hipster is all about irony: caring about looking like you don't care.


British hipsters have a sort of elegance about them. Due to the unfortunate geographical location, the weather is normally depicted as partly cloudy, partly cloudy, partly cloudy...so this hipster knows that they need to look stylish but stay at a reasonable body temperature as well, so most of these outfits consist of leggings under shorts, big blazers, throwbacks to the new wave subcultures, and a look reminiscent of a character from the nutcracker, this hipster, while successfully appearing stylish, also fails to match. This hipster is all about being quirky: cute, fun, and lacking the ability to match clothes like a 6 year old picking out their own outfits for the first time.


The Japanese hipsters' look is reminiscent of their favorite tv show, band, lifestyle, cartoon characters, etc. While this may not be the hipster look we are all used to, this look, for Japanese society, does give off the impression that they aren't putting forth that much effort into their appearances. This look is often heavily copied.

Due to the ridiculous temperature, (chilly in the morning, hot in the day, moist at night), this Georgia hipster is prepared to face any type of weather. The Georgia hipster is most likely an out-of-townee, coming here to attend art college and eat at local sandwich shops in newly gentrified neighborhoods. The Georgia hipster normally gets their clothing from unknown boutiques, attends many shows of local indie rockers, and has a disdain for college football. This hipster can be described as beatnik: the only reason they exist is because of the rising art scene.


Lets play a game: can you guess which is which??














Oh they're everywhere...

2 comments:

  1. To me, I don't think hipsters really exist in Japan. They're so advanced in fashion, that they've looked this for many years already. It's nothing new to them and referring some of them as hipsters is a bit insulting lol. Whereas American hipsters are more fresh. The hipster lifestyle emerged not too many years ago and will eventually become a thing of a past.

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    1. I referred to "Japanese hipsters" mainly because it resembles a typical hipster get-up even though it's how they always dress.

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