Everyone knows one: that baby with the super cool hipster parents who are all about obscure bands and ironic facial hair. It's hard enough to shop for adult hipsters, but what do you get the lil versions? Hand-rolled cigarettes just won't do.
We told you about books for hipster tots; keep reading for a selection of presents sure to delight the most discerning of babies.
Not all gourmands were created alike. Living in San Francisco, I have my fair share of friends who I like to call hipster foodies. You know which ones I'm talking about — the Missionites who are first in line at Mission Street Food, the Williamsburgian who throws underground supper clubs, the foodies who were fascinated by butchery before Julie Powell wrote a book on it. Don't know what to get them this year? Here are a few ideas.
This week's New York Times style section reports on the latest hipster trend — potbellies! And no, I'm not talking about the pigs.
"Too pronounced to be blamed on the slouchy cut of a t-shirt" and "too modest in size to be termed a proper beer gut" the potbelly — dubbed the "Ralph Kramden" — is the latest addition to the hipster uniform. The article also randomly suggests that Barack Obama is to blame, because contrarian hipsters want to contrast themselves with a president who hits the gym every morning. But don't get too excited — according to the article, only men get a style dispensation from crunches. Here's more:
Leading with a belly is a male privilege of long standing, of course, a symbol of prosperity in most cultures and of freedom from anxieties about body image that have plagued women since Eve.
Along with not bathing and not shaving, hipster men now have made it "cool" to rock a potbelly. How alternative.
If you want to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Woodstock this Summer, you'll have to head to a movie theater. Thanks to a lack of money and sponsors, a previously planned commemorative concert won't be happening.
The original promoters of Woodstock had planned to hold a free concert in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, an event that was sure to replace hippies with hipsters.
At least Hollywood's here to re-create the epic concert. Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock opens on Aug. 28 and the cast includes some geeky dreamboats, like Emile Hirsch and Demetri Martin. All is not lost.
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Usually, any attempt to mock hipsters leaves the mocker looking out of touch and even lamer, which is why it's best left to the indigenous homeboys themselves. It also helps if it's done as a biblical tale with God dressed as David Bowie!
"Hipster Job" is about a bro named Job, as in G.O.B from Arrested Development or the lesser known Job from the Bible's Book of Job. Settle in for this five-minute vid — sh*t is deep! There's a lot going on, so follow along with my crib notes after the jump
A trustafarian is someone who wants street cred by living in artsy, pre-gentrified (or recently gentrified) neighborhoods and who pretends to be struggling while secretly living off a trust fund.
It seems that the recession is taking a toll even on the trustafarians hipsters at Ground Zero for hipsterdom, the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, NY.
The New York Times reports today that parents hit with hard times are starting to pull the plug on the trust-funders. Twenty-something creatives, who never had a paying job before, now have to look for work that will pay the bills. Gasp!
That's OK with Williamsburg's more "authentic" — and unsubsidized — residents. One actually-struggling artist told the Times: "It does make me feel a little bit better. It’s bringing a lot of Williamsburg back to reality.”
Some controversy's been a-boilin' up in a hipster part of town in San Francisco. The dilemma: Should the neighborhood allow American Apparel to open up a store in a neighborhood with no chain stores and risk starting a trend, or should they keep it real with locally owned funky shops? I thought it was already ironic that many people on the vehemently anti-American Apparel side admitted to wearing American Apparel clothes as they protested — and then I saw this picture. Of hipsters. With a sign. That says, "No more hipster scum." Ha! I thought you were supposed to be good at irony as a hipster. Maybe they're so good I'm missing something.
Remember when hipsters started wearing ironic t-shirts? Like, tees with random brands on them and D.A.R.E. drug awareness messages? Then they migrated to ironic trucker caps. Well, I'm throwing another hat into the ring. I'm hoping that I can get hipsters to start wearing these hats that say "Don't Forget My Senior Discount!" with skinny jeans and Chuck Taylors. It's only a matter of time — hell, I want one! Especially for the senior discount.
He likes dogs cuz dogs are cool. (How could you argue with that?) I'm digging the minimalism and sentiment of this amazing music video. But even better? I'm really loving the long, black mullet wig. 'Tis a sublime thing of beauty that makes me weep.
