so what's the archetypal *female* hipster look?

[Cloo]

I've just realised that, while I have a very clear picture in my head of 'male hipster' (beard, quiff or topknot, sleeve and neck tatts, leather shoes, no socks, rolled up skinny trousers etc), I have no such equivalent for women. I guessthat women always have more varied options, but hipster archetypes seem much more identified with blokes than women, which is unusual. I suppose I have one mental picture of hipster type woman with a doo-rag, geek glasses, baggy shirt and stonewashed skinny jeans with ugly sandally shoes, but there must be lots of other sorts.

 

[Pickman's model]

 

[Sue]

There are a few. My favourite is probably Bananarama circa 1982 -- it looked shit then and still looks shit now.

 

[mentalchik]

Think there are many more variables with women

 

[DotCommunist]

The tank girl look. In moon boots.

 

[Belushi]

I don't believe in hipsters.

 

[Rebelda]

Kind of the same as hipster man look really. Also high waisted peg leg trousers with loose top tucked in.
Midi length skirts and dresses.
Winter boots have been ankle or over the knee, but mostly ankle.
Jumpers cropped and cardigans over sized.

 

[DotCommunist]

I don't believe in hipsters.

but they believe in you

 

[Rebelda]

I don't believe in hipsters.

Every time you say that one of them dies

 

[fizzerbird]

 

[Cloo]

Only if they're at Coachella, fizzerbird

 

[wiskey]

I don't believe in hipsters.

that doesn't make them go away

 

[ska invita]

I don't believe in hipsters.

thats okay, they believe in themselves

 

[Rebelda]

^yeah i forgot denim shorts.

 

[8den]

Oversized black framed glasses

 

[quimcunx]

They just look like young women following the fashion of the day. It's the fact men are following a particular fashion that isn't jeans and a hoody that seems to draw all the ire.

 

[Santino]

What about the 1940s look? Is that hipster or something else?

 

[Rebelda]

Nah they're wearing round frames now.

But it's not just *one* look. Like every other trend there's been (((hipsters)))

 

[DotCommunist]

What about the 1940s look? Is that hipster or something else?

is that connected to the whole 'chaps' look maybe? you know people dressing as gents of the old school? They have an annual chaps bike ride in that babylondon

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Oversized black framed glasses

Pretty much the only thing approaching a common factor, and even that isn't universal, plus it might just mean they're Italian.

 

[8den]

Only thing worse than a hipster is a foreign hipster.

 

[8115]

A teadress, usually too big.

 

[SpookyFrank]

You can wear anything as long as it's worn ironically, ie in spite of the fact you know knows it looks ridiculous. Dungarees, furry legwarmers, fedoras, lumberjack shirts, fair isle jumpers, vinyl fishing waders; anything really. The main thing is to look as stupid as possible while not actually being interesting to look at in any way. The more you struggle to reach the tree branch of eccentricity, the more ruthlessly the quicksand of mediocrity pulls you in; that's the look you're going for.

 

[fizzerbird]

Oversized black framed glasses

I wear those!

 

[8den]

the more you struggle to reach the tree branch of eccentricity, the more ruthlessly the quicksand of mediocrity pulls you in; that's the look you're going for.

Is that something you came up with yourself?

 

[SpookyFrank]

Only thing worse than a hipster is a foreign hipster.

I was in France recently and the cool kids were all wearing single-colour tracksuits and those pudding-bowl haircuts cut too high up the head so they look like a makeshift yarmulke made of roadkill. I could only conclude that mirrors and/or taste are banned in France on penalty of death.

 

[8den]

I wear those!

Soz. Oversized black framed glasses worn by anyone who's not you

 

[SpookyFrank]

Is that something you came up with yourself?

I dunno, google it and see if anything besides this thread comes up. It certainly sounds like one of mine though.

 

[8den]

I was in France recently and the cool kids were all wearing single-colour tracksuits and those pudding-bowl haircuts cut too high up the head so they look like a makeshift yarmulke made of roadkill. I could only conclude that mirrors and/or taste are banned in France on penalty of death.

For a country that supposed to be a style iconic France has appalling taste in a great deal of things

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I dunno, google it and see if anything besides this thread comes up. It certainly sounds like one of mine though.

You were saying it before it was cool.