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

[Sue]

You were saying it before it was cool.

No, that's how s/he burned their mouth on the pizza....

 

[sim667]

Its the top knot hair do, massive chequered shirt, jeans rolled up to just above the ankles....... one of those bags that hangs about 2 metres of your shoulders.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

It's the whole "vintage" look round here.

 

[Libertad]

We are the goon squad
and we're coming to town
Beep-beep

 

[dessiato]

I rather like the female hipster look, it also seems to be a bit SK8R girl look.

And if you want to know how to be a hipster girl:
http://www.wikihow.com/Be-a-Hipster-Girl

 

[Boudicca]

You are all just a bunch of old scruffy fuddy duddies.

 

[spanglechick]

It's the whole "vintage" look round here.

vintage could be anything from goth victorana to 90s grunge, though.

 

[DotCommunist]

or steampunk. Yep, its no longer just a sub genre of fantasy writing. Its an entire aesthetic

 

[cypher79]

Onesie + shaved side of head + grey highlights + rose tattoo on hand

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

vintage could be anything from goth victorana to 90s grunge, though.

The 40's/50's thing.

 

[spanglechick]

The 40's/50's thing.

really not hipster. not in london or brooklyn or anywhere hipstery.

hipster women = 80s.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

really not hipster. not in london or brooklyn or anywhere hipstery.

hipster women = 80s.

Must just be Birmingham then. They're certainly the ones hanging around with the beardy brigade

 

[spanglechick]

Must just be Birmingham then. They're certainly the ones hanging around with the beardy brigade

hmm - i got a lot more attenion for wearing fifties clothes in birmingham than i eer have anywhere else. people were stopping me on the street to complement me. But hipsters, i'm afraid, tend to look at rockabilly types as being a bit old and past-it. it's not a popular style among 17-24 year olds, which is the real concentrated hipster age group.

rocakbilly women tend to prefer a quiff and sideburns rather than big fisherman beards. 40-skewing vintage is different to hipster, too.

Of course, they might all be friends. I know. Hell in a handbasket!

 

[RubyToogood]

hmm - i got a lot more attenion for wearing fifties clothes in birmingham than i eer have anywhere else. people were stopping me on the street to complement me. But hipsters, i'm afraid, tend to look at rockabilly types as being a bit old and past-it. it's not a popular style among 17-24 year olds, which is the real concentrated hipster age group.

rocakbilly women tend to prefer a quiff and sideburns rather than big fisherman beards. 40-skewing vintage is different to hipster, too.

Of course, they might all be friends. I know. Hell in a handbasket!

Hm that's rockabilly 50s though. Ladylike/girlish 50s (ie more like what ordinary people would have worn) can be quite hipster.

 

[such and such]

Are all hipsters thin? Although occasionally you see stocky beardy hipster bloke. Maybe it's only hipster women that seem to be slim.

 

[moose]

It's massive chest and hand tattoos, t-shirt hanging off shoulders, the skinniest of jeans, black plimsolls or ankle boots, and often a grubby, slouchy woolly hat, round here.

 

[Libertad]

A massive chest earlier.

 

[Belushi]

Someone grab a photo when they next see one so I know what I'm meant to be looking out for.

 

[Thora]

 

[spanglechick]

is that not Clare Danes at some point in the 90s

 

[killer b]

We are all someone else's exact definition of a hipster, so whatever you're wearing.

 

[Idaho]

I would have thought that the female hipster would be artistic tattoos, eye brow or lip piercing, make up and 50s hair. Clothes tend to focus on being stylish but not particularly revealing.

 

[oryx]

What's the difference between a hipster and a young person just following current fashion?

 

[Cribynkle]

is that not Clare Danes at some point in the 90s

Yes, as Angela in My so called life

 

[killer b]

What's the difference between a hipster and a young person just following current fashion?

the age & grouchiness of the viewer.

 

[quimcunx]

What's the difference between a hipster and a young person just following current fashion?

different levels of category. hipster is a a subset of fashion.

bodily adornment
fashion
hipster

 

[oryx]

I've never really understood if they are effectively a sub-culture or a generic term for younger people who wear the latest fashion.

The clothes and fashion shown on this thread just look like a lot of yp I know who I wouldn't think of as hipsters!

 

[dessiato]

I've never really understood if they are effectively a sub-culture or a generic term for younger people who wear the latest fashion.

The clothes and fashion shown on this thread just look like a lot of yp I know who I wouldn't think of as hipsters!

That is such a hipster thing to say. So hip you don't know any hipsters

According to my students being called a hipster is similar to being called gay in a derogatory way.

 

[Belushi]

I've never really understood if they are effectively a sub-culture or a generic term for younger people who wear the latest fashion.

The clothes and fashion shown on this thread just look like a lot of yp I know who I wouldn't think of as hipsters!

Yeah, I've just realised I've reached the age where all young people look the same to me

 

[DotCommunist]

coppers will be getting younger next