Saturday night conversation at our house.
C: I like (Blank)'s* style.
J: Really? It's a little hipster, don't you think?
C: Would you call that hipster? He always looks too nice to be a hipster.
J: Yeah, hipsters look nice.
C: No, hipsters have grungy hair and shop at American Apparel. Like, (Blank) and (Blank), or (Blank) and (Blank); They're hipsters.
J: No, they're more like LA indie kids. (Blank) is a hipster. You know, that "vintage cardigan and skinny tie" look.
C: I don't know... he shops at J. Crew. Do hipsters shop at J. Crew?
J: Probably. You know who else is a hipster? (Blank). He's definitely a hipster.
C: I would consider him more metro than hipster.
J: I think San Francisco hipsters are just more polished.
C: So would that make (Blank) and (Blank) hipsters?
J: Oh, yeah. They're definitely hipsters.
C: Fascinating.
*Names have been concealed to protect the innocent hipsters.
Illustration, Valero Doval
This is a hilarious conversation. It's similar to the one J and I have sometimes. Like when he says "ugh, hipsters." And I have to point out that to most of the world he is a hipster with his rolled up skinny jeans and fancy hats. I guess he's the polished San Francisco hipster type. :)
ReplyDeleteok, that was really funny.
ReplyDeletehaha too funny this sounds like a conversation my husband and I would have :)
ReplyDeletemy co-worker called me a hipster and i was totally offended. are you in your late twenties as well? my husband was an emo kid.. they were the first hipsters! ha!
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sami
We gotta just stop caring about who's a hipster or not. There's no real definition and it just leads to finger pointing! (it's kinda funny)
ReplyDelete@Samantha um. you have some reading to do: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_(1940s_subculture)
ReplyDeleteHipsters come in so many different flavours and I bet Sydney hipsters are entirely different to American ones... though maybe theyre more like Portland hipsters? mmmhmmm. ps. you have seen http://unhappyhipsters.com/ ? *s*
ReplyDeletehaha! i like how shine little light put it - they come in so many different flavours :)
ReplyDelete@esb but urban outfitters wasn't formed by a ultra conservative christian homophobe until 1970! how did they find their ironic clothes?!
and yeah, my husband was an emo kid when i found him too, sigh.
I loved this probably becuase me and the boy have similar discussions all the time--obviously not all the time about hipsters we at least spend some time on indie kids and rahs.
ReplyDeletethis made me LAWL. especially since you so thoughtfully protected the innocent hipsters.
ReplyDeleteTime for a dichotomous key of hipsterology.
ReplyDeleteHahaha this is brilliant :D
ReplyDeleteIn Perth (Australia) pretty much any one with Ray Bans, skinny jeans and if they're a dude, facial hair, are counted as hipsters.