- Take a history lesson. When in doubt, look at our corseted foremothers and dandyfied foregays for a new silhouette or sartorial point of reference.

- Think iconic. WWAD? What would Audrey do? Channel your favorite style icon with a nod of an accessory or your own reinterpretation of their look.

- Trend-a-Friend. Try swapping clothes with a friend whose style or collection of turbans you especially admire. It’s free and after all, what are friends for but to use for your own personal gain?

- Cleanse your palette. When the thought of choosing a color combination or matching the right prints becomes too much to bear (#whitegirlproblems) throw it all out and go all black (#racist) — it’s a great way to refresh your imagination and your taste.

- Cut it off. A hair cut or a new color can do wonders in no time at all, changing not only your style but also your personality and if you’re Hayden Panettiere, hopefully your career.

- Go on a gender-bender. Whether you decide to do it like a dude or strap on a man-skirt, there’s a whole new realm open to you once you open your mind.

-  Pick a theme, any theme. One of my favorite pastimes is dressing according to theme: 70s Coke Whore (booty shorts, knee socks and a gold lamé halter); Hipster at Play (plaid shirt under an acid grey denim romper); Slutty Soccer Mom Chaperoning the Prom (high-waisted jean short, espadrilles, bandeau and a bolero) . The possibilities are endless!

- Revisit the classics. You ever think to yourself, “That outfit was Classic Me?” Dressing like your old self, short of strapping on an adult diaper, can make your feel new again.

- Try a formal arrangement. There was a time when men never left the house without a hat and ladies always wore gloves. Formality may have gone the way of privacy and sincerity — straight to hell — but Fancy is always in style.

- Make some movie magic. From Breakfast at Tiffany’s to The Devil Wears Prada, filmdom is full of inspiring looks and more importantly, inspiring makeover montages.

“Williamsburg is sort of like my lover, whereas London is more like my husband. I love my husband, and I’ll always be with him, but Williamsburg is so exciting.” Intrigued? Watch the clip.

Alexa Chung Loves Brooklyn

(credit: Elle)

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La Garconne is known for creating effortlessly chic styles that resonates among the hipster set. It's Alexa Chung meets Agyness Deyn but so much more. The devil is in the details for this brand with a cult following following of celebrities and fashion insiders. For Fall 2010, the tomboy look is perfected with sex appeal coyly muted. Oversized plaid shirts, A-line skirts in blush pink, shirt dresses and knits as well as the staple favorite loafer round out the La Garconne Fall 2010 collection.

LINK LOVE:La Garconne Fall 2010 Lookbook

I've been pretty bullish on Chillwave ever since I first started getting into it. It's a relatively new genre, with the term first coined on Hipster Runoff about a year ago to describe a warbly cassette tape aesthetic and dreamy loops and beats. You probably know it by the likes of Neon Indian, Washed Out, Toro y Moi, Memory Tapes, Computer Magic, etc.

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Gavin McInnes of Vice Magazine was kind enough to share 12 of the lamest attempts at hipsterdom. From jackets that give you boob jobs to guys rocking fire blankets as coats, the list provides warnings for all those attempting to be idiotic ironic.

Hipster’s have successfully brought the millennial generation lookback regrets. You can tell very quickly by this photo above that none of these people will be happy with their sartorial choices when zipping their motorized scooter around the senior center in 50 years.

"OMG, We're so fucking native right now!!!"

"Yeah, I've got the fire blanket you need Marshal. NO YOU CANNOT HAVE IT!!!"

Remember when Salvation Army was only for poor pathetic people we'd laugh at during recess...

A flag for every country he's visited. One shirt for every country he's visited.

Isn't this just the default outfit for cleaning ladies and nail salon workers?

Matthew Mcconaughey Has Come A Long Way Since High School

Nothing says "Bad Ass" better than Viv. Westwood clogs.

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Start & Finish just compiled a bunch of Costanza’s looks to determine that he was in fact the very first hipster. Giant Russian hats, plaid shirts, and ironic glasses. Yup, I will now look at every hipster like he’s copying the fat, bald guy from Seinfeld.

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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.

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!

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. 

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

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.

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?

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.

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

The hipsters are getting restless.

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?

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.