3rdgensooner
11/4/2010, 03:43 PM
Some of these points would just be sadly embarassing.
A Hipster Point Scale (http://www.hearya.com/2010/11/03/a-hipster-point-scale/)
http://www.hearya.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/hipster.jpg (http://www.nataliedee.com/archives/2004/Apr/)
Is it just me or has the hipster population exploded? Hipsters love non-mainstream fashion, counter-culture and irony. I think Julia Plevin of the Huffington Post described it best when she said, “the whole point of hipsters is that they avoid labels and being labeled. However they all dress the same and act the same and conform in their non-conformity.”
From what I’ve read, hipsters have been around since the 1940’s. If that’s the case, why don’t you ever see any 50 year old hipsters? I think it’s because they realized that constantly trying to say ahead of the curve was futile. Somewhere along the way they realized it wasn’t worth caring so much about looking like you don’t care. It’s easier to just not care. And that’s why our moms wear momjeans, which oddly enough are now hipster-style. I can’t keep up.
Nevertheless, I’ve been seeing so many hipsters lately that I’ve tried to come up with a point system so we can get a handle on who the hippest hipster is.
Negative 1 Point
Shirt – Flannel shirt (they sell them at Gap and J. Crew now – it’s over)
Bottoms – Bootcut jeans
Footwear – Creative Recreation Hi-Tops
Facial Hair – Queer Eye For the Straight Guy beard
Accessory - Black and neon plastic Wayfarer 80′s sunglasses.
Beer – PBR (PBR sales grew 25% in 2009. Hipsters don’t like success.)
Activity – Well-paying job
Transportation – Anything under 60 MPG
1 point
Shirt – Ironic T-Shirt with the neck or sleeves altered
Bottoms – Raw selvedge skinny denim jean pants
Footwear - Topsiders
Facial hair – Beard
Accessory – Bandana
Beer – Miller High Life
Activity – Reading in public
Transportation – Vespa
3 points
Shirt – Ironic vintage sports t-shirt, ideally with a 3-button placket
Bottoms – Jorts
Footwear – Toms
Facial Hair – Mustache
Accessory – Illegal drugs
Beer – Blatz
Activity – Burning Man
Transportation – Fixed gear bicycle
5 points
Shirt – Tank top
Bottoms - Mesh shorts or umbros
Shoes – Ironic women’s socks
Facial Hair – Beard and/or mustache with more than 2 inches of fluff
Accessory – Child out of wedlock
Beer – Non-alcoholic microbrew
Activity – In a band with either the word “crystal” or an animal in the band name
Transportation – Limping
Did I miss anything?
A Hipster Point Scale (http://www.hearya.com/2010/11/03/a-hipster-point-scale/)
http://www.hearya.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/hipster.jpg (http://www.nataliedee.com/archives/2004/Apr/)
Is it just me or has the hipster population exploded? Hipsters love non-mainstream fashion, counter-culture and irony. I think Julia Plevin of the Huffington Post described it best when she said, “the whole point of hipsters is that they avoid labels and being labeled. However they all dress the same and act the same and conform in their non-conformity.”
From what I’ve read, hipsters have been around since the 1940’s. If that’s the case, why don’t you ever see any 50 year old hipsters? I think it’s because they realized that constantly trying to say ahead of the curve was futile. Somewhere along the way they realized it wasn’t worth caring so much about looking like you don’t care. It’s easier to just not care. And that’s why our moms wear momjeans, which oddly enough are now hipster-style. I can’t keep up.
Nevertheless, I’ve been seeing so many hipsters lately that I’ve tried to come up with a point system so we can get a handle on who the hippest hipster is.
Negative 1 Point
Shirt – Flannel shirt (they sell them at Gap and J. Crew now – it’s over)
Bottoms – Bootcut jeans
Footwear – Creative Recreation Hi-Tops
Facial Hair – Queer Eye For the Straight Guy beard
Accessory - Black and neon plastic Wayfarer 80′s sunglasses.
Beer – PBR (PBR sales grew 25% in 2009. Hipsters don’t like success.)
Activity – Well-paying job
Transportation – Anything under 60 MPG
1 point
Shirt – Ironic T-Shirt with the neck or sleeves altered
Bottoms – Raw selvedge skinny denim jean pants
Footwear - Topsiders
Facial hair – Beard
Accessory – Bandana
Beer – Miller High Life
Activity – Reading in public
Transportation – Vespa
3 points
Shirt – Ironic vintage sports t-shirt, ideally with a 3-button placket
Bottoms – Jorts
Footwear – Toms
Facial Hair – Mustache
Accessory – Illegal drugs
Beer – Blatz
Activity – Burning Man
Transportation – Fixed gear bicycle
5 points
Shirt – Tank top
Bottoms - Mesh shorts or umbros
Shoes – Ironic women’s socks
Facial Hair – Beard and/or mustache with more than 2 inches of fluff
Accessory – Child out of wedlock
Beer – Non-alcoholic microbrew
Activity – In a band with either the word “crystal” or an animal in the band name
Transportation – Limping
Did I miss anything?