Hipster

WTF!?!: “Six Pack” Tattoo

Monique Montagnese, Contributor July 16 at 2:33 | Comments

WTF!?!: Six Pack Tattoo fashion We get it, you have a six pack on your stomach. Except you don’t… at least not one that any girl is going to be attracted to. Hipster fail.

SOURCE: Look At This Fucking Hipster

TrendSpark: Man Bangs

Daniel Saynt, Editor-In-Chief December 19 at 5:36 | Comments

Dear lordage,

Say it ain’t so.

The man bang has hit the streets. Little hipster boys are starting to chop their long locks for an attempt to look even more like chicks.

So just so you’re aware, the list is now skinny ball hugging jeans, large fruityrific man bags, and now Farrah Fawcett bangs.

Jump on the trend if you’re okay with being mistaken for someones boyish looking sister. Skip it if you’d prefer to not feel like you should add some bows and headbands to your flowing locks.

Thanks Hipster Runoff for ruining my day with this photo.

Trendspark: Hipster Terrorists

Corey Moran, Mens Editor December 3 at 1:13 | Comments

Out!

In!

Apparently even terrorists are Hipsters! The old school, full face mask and black traditional dress is out! After the terrorist attacks on Mumbai the entire terrorist image has been transformed. The new school terrorist look (as reported by many of the major news sources who covered the attacks) tags terrorists wearing high end denim and tee shirts, not covering their faces (clearly in attempt to become “it” terrorists), using their Blackberrys to map out their attacks, gathering information through Twitter to locate people in the hotel and to gain information on what was happening outside, and last but not least, the most important fact of them all (thus landing them into the Hipster category), they blew a shitload of cocaine to stay awake! So I think it is safe to say that we can blame all those damn Hipsters in Williamsburg for this monstrosity. Next thing you know these guys will be wearing full neon to blind enemy snipers, and wayfarer shooting glasses to help with their aim!

How To Look Hipster

Kirby Marzec, Managing Editor November 24 at 3:58 | Comments

Living in the Greenwich Village/ SoHo area never ceases to amaze me. Amazing speciality boutiques line the cobblestone streets. Eclectic art galleries display their masterpieces through open windows. The aroma of diverse coffee beans engulf the air around you. Out of everything the area has to offer, I am particularly intrigued by the people. But let it be known, just because you are in an edgy part of the city doesn’t mean you can escape the increasingly mainstream “hipster” trend. Hipsters are everywhere, the contemporary subculture who takes it upon themselves to deem what is “cool” in fashion and free time. Well, I hate to break it to them, but hipsters wouldn’t know “cool” if it bit them on the ass. Here are the elements of a hipster…in moderation, pretty neat…together, hipster scum:

White Converse Sneakers: You cannot possibly call yourself a hipster without owning a pair of these. Worn in, loved Converse are preferred.

Levi's 511 Skinny Jeans: Giving young men the legs of a 10 year old, one pant-leg at a time!

Solid V-Neck T's: Preferably in odd colors like lilac purple or vomit green. Layer them, the more v-necks, the more hipster you are!

American Apparel Hoodies: Own one in every color so you can match your v-necks! Want to look mysterious and contemplative? Easy! Put the hood up!

Member's Only Jackets: For the cold days, you need a solid color, lack luster jacket to match your actual, un-hipster tainted personality.

Calculator Watch: They look like they are straight out of the 80's...and they make you look smart!

Nerd Glasses: Wear them 24/7...even if you have 20/20 vision! It is imperative that they are bigger than your face.

Organic Food: Show the world that you are zen with your body. Eat all-natural, organic product! Better yet, go vegeterian...or vegan if you dare!

Drink Olde English: 40oz beers are all the go...throw the nifty glass bottle in a paper bag and nobody has to know you're drinking your little hipster problems away!

Here’s a few more tips if you’re headed down a path of hipster hell. Carry around a small notebook. That way, people will know you are a thoughtful soul with a knack for English prose. Attend art museums. Stare at paintings with your jaw gaping wide open, even if you don’t understand the artist’s aesthetic. Remember, being hipster is all about image. If you look hipster cool, then you are hipster cool. So wear your skinny jeans. Hide the bags under your eyes with enormous dorky glasses. Pretend you are infatuated with art and the visual beauties this world has to offer. Hipsters are actors…and they’re pretty damn bad at it.

Last Night: The Teenagers Take On NYC

Daniel Saynt, Editor-In-Chief October 24 at 12:46 | Comments

The Teenagers invaded NYC and Last Nights Party was there to report on it or something. Seriously fun drinking game, take a shot of PBR whenever a you see a pair of hipster nerd glasses. You’ll be on the floor within one minute.

I’m Over It: Librarian Chic

Daniel Saynt, Editor-In-Chief August 12 at 11:30 | Comments

Let’s just say someone shit in my cornflakes this morning, cause there are a couple of looks that I am officially over.

Hipster librarian was one look I thoroughly endorsed, being sure to pay extra attention to girls rocking it, offering to buy them drinks, telling them how smart/hot they looked, and quoting random lines from 18th century poetry that I knew they’d remember from their Lit. 101 classes at community college. Well enough is enough. This look has over stayed it’s welcome and is quickly morphing into the default of sexy intellectuals everywhere to the mainstay of hotties who want to appear like they have more than two brain cells dancing around in their head.

It’s extremely disheartening when you spot a sexy hipster librarian and assume that you’ll be able to engage in a conversation only to discover that your talking to some cracked out coke addict with bulemia breath who’s only wearing nerd shades to appear interesting.

So indies, I’m over it and hopefully you will be too so that we can return balance in the nerd/nerd wannabe universe.

Daughter of Style: Lou Doillon

Hilary Price August 5 at 1:39 | Comments

French indie actress and model Lou Doillon has emerged as a fashion icon. Style runs in her veins. Afterall 60’s Hermes muse, Jane Birkin, is her mother. Doillon’s style is a paradox. She is chic yet funky, androgynous yet romantic, quirky yet classic and of course bohemian. Her signature top hat personifies her quirkiness,individuality and spunk.

She is genius because of the execution of her style. Doillon does not follow trends, which is why I always love seeing what she wears. She is a genuine risk taker. Lou Doillon is a true trendsetter who is here to stay.

TrendSpark: Hipsters Wearing Crocs

Daniel Saynt, Editor-In-Chief July 17 at 11:09 | Comments

Goddamnit!!! I was afraid this might happen. I haven’t been on The Cobra Snake for sometime but today I jumped on to check out some photos from recent events I’m not cool enough to get invited to. Anywho, aside from being shocked by the unforgiving amounts of Henry Holland candids, I spotted the photo above in one of the galleries. Why hipster scum, why?!? There is no need to support Crocs. They are ugly little monsters that make you look like a complete fly-over state reject. Please, do not copy this trend. No one needs to support Crocs rise.

Wait. Just realized something. Crocs are to the Millennium, as Sketchers are to the 90’s. Damn, that’s a scary thought. On a side note, isn’t it time Sketchers got cool again, eh?

How To Look Hipster: Wear Tees From CTRL

Princess Glover July 8 at 3:58 | Comments

Noisy patterns, check. Eighties thematics, check. Tees emblazoned with ironic, nonsensical phrases, check. Usually I’m impressed with the way European labels somehow manage to exude an air of distinctiveness, but this one strikes me as contrived. Along with your fundamental hoodies, tees, tights, and tanks, they also design skateboards so that one can thoroughly complete the poseur ensemble. The “exotic, awesome, dark” lookbook is basically a manual on how to look tragically hipster and unabashedly trendy without really knowing it. Everything intentionally clashes with everything, compulsive layering is widespread, and the pieces themselves are as just about as original as a forearm tattoo.

Merlin Bronques Raps!!!

Daniel Saynt, Editor-In-Chief June 9 at 3:49 | Comments

So weird in a wonderful sort of way. Merlin Bronques from Last Nights Party fame raps!!!

The hipsters are getting restless.

Costume Dept Leggins

Princess Glover June 3 at 9:32 | Comments

These deliciously tacky leggings by Costume Dept. are so bad, they’re good. To those who are actually old enough to remember the era from whence they came, this was the kind of garment synonymous with crunchy hair, acrylic talons, spiked heels and New Jersey. But as far as most 80’s babies are concerned, this is just another addition to our schizophrenic wardrobe (and the perfect piece for that M.I.A. Halloween costume). The Hollywood-based brand offers a wide selection of leggings that come in edgy, throwback prints, and metallic and lame`. Made of mostly flammable material, they also come with cheeky names like Gaudy Gold, Liquid Mercury, and Midnight Madam. Bootylicious girls beware…these are for skinny bitches only.

Would ya wear these, indies?

How To Look Hipster: Join a Fight Club

Daniel Saynt, Editor-In-Chief May 29 at 4:47 | Comments

Oh, dear jebus. The hipsters have created the lamest fight club on the planet.

Listen folks, if you weigh as much as a paper clip and you spent most of your time this morning moussing your hair, you probably shouldn’t be in a fight club. No one thinks it’s hot when you flail your chicken arms around in the air and the bodily injuries your most likely to inflict is about as much pain as it would feel to have a tissue land on your head.

Stick to leaning the lyrics of some obscure Norwegian band you heard about on Brooklyn Vegan and leave the fight clubs to the men.