Stereotypically and really, what is any personified definition but a stereotype? Want to dress like a hipster? You probably already do. Anyone can be a hipster. Hipsters wear just about any brand you can imagine. Interested in traveling like a hipster? Check out my hipster city guides for destinations all over the world!
We travel to see, to learn, to do and to think. You judge people for driving. You are a part-time DJ. You own a pair of pastel Doc Martens. You participate in Movember year-round. Your profile pictures look like they were shot and art directed by Terry Richardson.
You practice your frown in the mirror and admire your beard. You take great pleasure in buying the best beard oil. Faded t-shirts represent the best hipster style. But they may have hashtag phrases as long as they are ironic. Depending on how you wear them you either look like a student at a small women's college, or a skinhead. It physically cannot keep you warm. It's so you can drape it loosely round your neck. You don't mind if you get farmers' market food-truck burrito on it.
Often over a denim shirt. If you really know how to dress like a hipster, this is your favorite look. You use it to take hazy photos of urban art which is what you call graffiti your landlord hasn't power washed yet or photos of cornfields in the summer. Do we hate hipsters? Of course not. But we do think it's important to know if you're becoming one.
Be where there are independent art galleries, movie houses, bands, and people. Places like Glasslands and Pianos will be right up your alley. Los Angeles is also acceptable but be careful not to get sucked into the Southern California culture. For less urban USA, try to find any moderately large college town; and in some states, a college town might be the only liberal part of the state such as Austin, TX, or Lawrence, KS. Besides from being too uneconomical especially if you live on the other side of the world , you can actually begin being a hipster in your place.
One of the advantages is if your place knows less about hipsters, the fewer the people who will be discriminating or criticizing you. Take note that the Internet will always be your best friend.
Be educated. Aim to go to college, as hipsters tend to be well educated in such areas as liberal arts, graphic art, or math and science. Seek to go to higher level education if you're in your element at college. Going to the library especially small, local libraries is a good option because you don't have to pay and you can bring books back when you are finished.
Also, they don't mind you just sitting reading without even taking a book out- this is normal in libraries. Hipsters are a subculture that uses more of their right brain than the rest of the society, thus, many hipsters base their career choices around music, art, or fashion.
While these areas of work aren't essential choices, they are probably a natural outlet for a hipster's creativity. Education is what helps a hipster to be dismissive about the hue and cry of others; they know it's just history repeating itself, or it's all much ado about nothing.
Be an early adopter. Hipsters tend to sense what's worthwhile before the trend or item becomes more popular. Many bands become famous only after hipsters first flock to their unknown performances. Many clothing trends were started by hipsters, only to be hijacked later by mainstream fashion houses.
Many technical gadgets are taken up by hipsters first, only to become mainstream goodies later. Of course, the irony of being an early adopter hipster is that once the trend or item becomes mainstream, it's time to move on to something else obscure and unrecognized. That's the trouble with being such an independent spirit; you trail blaze but you also have to keep moving on.
If you're really good at something like math, physics , medicine, psychology, political analysis, eco-awareness, etc. You know deep down that you've cottoned onto something that really matters and that it makes sense but others are not convinced because it's the "great unknown".
Rest easy and be determined in your knowledge that some day, others will come round to your discovery. Don't define yourself to others. One of the key elements of being hipster has been to avoid the label. Don't go around proclaiming your allegiance; to do so would be to start allying with those who like neatly tied-up boxes denoting who is what, when, and where.
The moment you define yourself too clearly is the moment you begin to stagnate and risk being captured by the status quo. Many a hipster will therefore deny their "hipster-ness" whenever possible.
To preemptively ward off the mockers, some hipsters have taken to extending their sense of irony to include even themselves by acknowledging and mocking their own hipsterdom for example, wearing a tee that says "I hate hipsters" ; that way, by mocking themselves first, no one else can effectively do it reclaiming the negative. Keep a pulse on the hipster community.
There is a strong community aspect to hipster culture. If you want to find out about the best new bands or a great local coffee shop, make sure to stay active in the community to get good recommendations and stay ahead of the trends. When some new, obscure band is on Pitchfork preferably before , you should know about it.
Check out Brooklyn Vegan even if you don't live there , Stereogum, Gorilla vs. Bear, and the Hype Machine as often as possible, but don't make it obvious that you check them every five seconds.
Part 4. Read hipster classics. Your reading sources are important because what you read connects you with other hipsters, informs you about cultural issues, and keeps you knowledgeable. There's a lot to be read out there, so sort the wheat from the chaff and get into the things that matter most. Foreign magazines are good too. Any other books you think are great. Any books, period; reading books sets hipsters apart from a lot of people. Visit the political science, anthropology, and sociology sections of the bookstores and local library frequently.
Blogs by other hipsters. You might also be inspired enough to write your own blog frequently. Watch hipster cinema. Watch independent and foreign films , as well as attending independent theater productions, such as shows by Ann Liv Young. Listen to newly emerging, independent music. Indie music is a big part of what being a hipster is all about.
Also, remember, they don't have to be famous to be good. Browse amateur videos on YouTube, and you may find your style. Imagine Dragons, and Bastille are great examples of non-hipster bands, because the main part of being hipster is listening to bands that no one has ever heard of. Music blogs like Gorilla vs. Meeting people who are already into these bands will help you as well. Perhaps the most popular hipster music website is Pitchfork Media.
If they give an album a good rating, it must be quite hip. One good way to decipher whether or not an artist is hipster is if your non-hipster friends to have never heard of them. Feel free to listen to the music of other countries as well, since most mainstream songs of this decade came out of America, Britain and South Korea. Part 5. Use social media. Hipsters love to use Blogspot, Tumblr , Instagram and WordPress, Ello, as well as taking photos with their Holga cameras and making cross-processed and "dream-like" pictures.
Social media can also be a great way to find new things to enjoy, before they become mainstream. Date other hipsters.
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