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Hipster Girl

GiggleSugar — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:30:00 -0800

Like Valley Girl before it, Hipster Girl describes a chick du jour with all-too-recognizable traits. (Especially in my 'hood!) Although this girl's a little too clean and mall rat to be a true hipster girl (she's more Ashlee Simpson than Karen O), she's got all the hipster ingredients. She knows all the indie bands you've never heard of, she thinks uncool stuff is "mad cool," and she wears a Shins T-shirt with flip-flops. Sound familiar? Thanks for the send, Mimoreno47!

The Hipster Olympics

GiggleSugar — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 02:00:00 -0700

This is the most ironic sport of Olympic proportion since curling in the 1924 winter games. Watch four hipsters put their superiority to the test as they duke it out in the most nonchalant way possible for a title they couldn't care less about. They'll race to cash a check from the 'rents, go ironic t-shirt shopping, master a MySpace photo sesh, and other such strenuous activities. It's a brutal battle to the finish, and someone just might almost pretend to do it.

Hipster Feels God's Mocking Wrath

TresSugar — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:00:00 -0700

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

Hipsters: Maybe Not So Good at Irony After All?

GiggleSugar — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:00:00 -0800

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.

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Larry King in the Key of Fruity Pebbles

GiggleSugar — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:00:00 -0700

So San Francisco hipsters are doing something besides walkin' around too cool for school in their hoodies and ultra-tight jeans: They're creating art out of Fruity Pebbles. You heard me right! I know you thought that was just a screen shot up there of ol' Larry King, but it's hottie artist Ryan Alexiev's rendition of the television icon in the unique medium of breakfast cereal. As the folks at this blog said, "No doubt - Larry King looks pretty appropriate rendered in high-fructose corn syrup and artificial coloring." I couldn't agree more.

Hipster Granny Makes a Mash-up

GiggleSugar — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 09:30:52 -0800

Sue Teller is the bomb! In this Mountain Dew ad, she wears black fingernail polish, uses the word "crunk," and shows you how to make a mash-up! What-what?! Definitely worth watching until the end...Hey Sue, record your own album, and we will buy it!!

Potbellies Are In! . . . For Men

TresSugar — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:00:00 -0700

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.

Money Woes Mean No Woodstock Anniversary Concert

TresSugar — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:30:49 -0700

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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What Facial Hair Do You Prefer on a Man?

TresSugar — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:00:37 -0800

Even though November is National Beard Month, not all women are fans of a furry face. Maybe you prefer the smoothness of a freshly shaved face, or the edgy look of a barley-there scruffy goatee. Then again, you might be a fan of the ironic hipster mustache.

Weigh in on your favorite look for a man, and make sure you don't miss our slideshow of celebrity hotties who manage to pull off their beards . . . for the most part at least!

Word du Jour: Trustafarian

TresSugar — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:00:00 -0700

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.”

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