evolution of the hipster 2000-2009
 

http://digital.pastemagazine.com/publication/?i=26727&p=29

My friend Mike is the male model they used for all of the photos. He's actually a pretty cool dude. He used to intern at and later work for Paste. Thought it was hilarious that they were using him to model.

ha thats good. i fucking hate hipsters.

hahahah


ever notice that they just keep getting more and more ridiculous as the years go by?

What on earth possesses them?

I actually see perfect examples of these people all over Asheville. And no, I am not one of them.

#s 3 & 7 are especially prevelant. They seem to mesh well with A/ville's Appalachian backporch hippie vibe.

Swa(y) we miss ya

man, someone's got to keep it "hip."

when yr 17 and own nothing, have accomplished nothing, still rely on yr folks for money, etc., all you got is looking hip!!!!

ha ha!

I see perfect examples of those people both in Baltimore and New York City (Esp. Williamsburg during the summer when all the college kids are interning at magazines and photography studios).

Mike the model thought this shit was so hilarious.

that's really well done, haha!

The Native American cigarette brand is a true hipster trademark.

he wears girl pants.

sounds like someone on here.

I don't get the hipster thing. Everyone cares about how they look - just head on over to the "post a picture of yourself" thread. hipsters.

So do they realize how stupid they look? I don't really understand them at all. The one good thing about Indianapolis is we hardly have any here.

I was hoping this would be more accurate in its evolution and thorough in its survey.

mountain man looks like me, but i'm from the mountains so fuck off article,i'm not a hipster :(

I've kind of got the mountain man thing going too. Jeans, flannel shirt, flask, beard. . . but I wash my hair and don't wear a beanie and trim my beard and just generally don't look like a hobo.

not true. go back about 10 pages or whenever my last photo barf was.

i'm just ahead of the game... the '2011 hipster' will be the anti-cool, wear whatever doesn't look good on you that i have been rocking the shit out of in 09

i saw on the homepage there's going to be a new arcade fire album, what an incredible band, they push the boundaries of uninteresting with every release

Some of the hipster things I get...but some of them are just fucking clothes....stfu already...

"you grew a beard and wear flannel shirt? Wow you trend stealing fuck"

really?

I mean....why can't someone grow a beard and wear a t-shirt...? haha

People either do what they want to do, or do what they think they should do...those are the only two labels you should give someone...

clothes are just clothes. eat some acid and realize we're all the same...

...do it.

What does acid have to do with that?

"Trend stealing" sounds like a hipster concept.

Then came the Great Nirvana Explosion and the Grungi Authenticus fell apathetically into extinction except for a small sum which lived on the island of Indie, too far from the blast. In their isolation within the less viable terrain, the native grunger gave way to the more elusive and defensive Indiae Rockora.

Like that?

This. If this was the Status Quo forum, I wouldn't agree with the above at all.

Dontcha know that denim jackets & greasy ponytails are what every good hipster will be sporting in 2010?

Hipsters will be wearing whatever hipsters say hipsters wear, same as forever, I'd imagine. Though the prospect of more Parfitt-alikes is very alluring.

I bought 4 flannel shirts this fall and I love them and wear them quite a bit outside of work. Doesn't make me a hipster. I just like how they look and feel.

you're mostly right, but a lot of us have come to terms with the fact that we aren't the same as john lennon

lol @ y'all

very funny shit. read some of it last night. the magazine chose some shitty books for its top 10 but that's life. might peruse further.

here in albuquerque the mountain man look still rages on. as a matter of fact i was talking to one of them last friday at a bar.

wan't that a 1995 thing? ive been catching up some episodes of my so called life (yes, it's embarrassing, but i had never seen it all & there were so many plot holes) and that's what the kids were wearing.



this=good!

i've been rereading goodbye 20th century and there's a photo of lee and thurston at cbgb in 1982 ... but, like, the picture could have been taken in '82, '92, '02 ... t's wearing a plaid shirt and ripped jeans.

clothes is clothes. er sometimes.

more parfitt a likes would be indeed awesome. he can get a cotton bud through his septum you know?

for sure, some clothes are just timeless...

but then if you wear them, and have a beard...yr a hipster haha...

Sure you are, you have flesh and bone and heart and lungs and nose and teeth and possibly a brain and doubtfully a heart...like we all do...

It's the great equalizer. Though I was high when I wrote this, I wouldnt suggest doing acid if you havent already. It makes smart people think they are smarter, and dumb people definitely dumber.

I don't even know what trend stealing is supposed to mean, I suppose I just meant to say "you trendy fuck"...haha

leave me alone!!!!!! Im emo now!!!!

Jumping someone else's train

Flannel is back--there's kind of a whole Americana thing going on in men's clothing these days, and flannels and tartans are a big part of it. Look at J. Crew, for ex. It's huge this fall/winter. The ones I own are really nice. Slimmer than the 90s grunge style. Nice colorworks too.

thanks for keeping me up to date with the fashion world man. it's like foresight, or the weather report. i'll be sure to skip this trend just like so many others. the less clothes i have the better-- makes packing easy. my only purchase this winter is a v-neck black sweater. and some basic workout clothes. black is the new black? ha!