Monday, July 30, 2012
Thursday, July 26, 2012
I am back! So lets talk about Hipsters!
Hi everyone!
Now, it has been a long time, almost a month. In my defense it is hard to write a blog when you are at places with no internet...but now I am back for good, never will I travel for so long again without internet, or at least that is the plan.
What I love the most about traveling must be the people watching, because I live in north Norway, where I mostly meet foxes, squirrels and bears, getting out in the world and seeing people is my favorite thing. And my God there is a lot of weirdoes hanging about! What I mostly saw this time where Hipsters. Loads of young "cool" go getters, in some retro outfit claiming that every bands earlier stuff was better than it is now. I found this "Hipster way of life" very interesting, and decided to study it, like David Attenborough studies bugs or other animals. So I spent my days looking trough two holes in a news paper, trying to understands this weird looking crowed, their nature and how they behave in social situations, and -my biggest question of all - if there are different kinds of them.
So I hereby represent to you, with photos and short writing (I know how our generation lacks of concentration and time these days):
The word Hipster first pops up in the 1940's, these where some badass kids that listened to Jazz, dressed in smart clothing - often with a cool and respectable hat - they smoked weed, and where relaxed to sexual codes. Just look at this cool cat here:
You can see here that Hipsters today still take after their ancestors. Todays Hipsters often wears smart hats, they likes stripes, and are attracted to old looking things.
They seem to like everything that is called retro, like for example styles that are from another time then ours.
The Hipster seems to not be aware that the old styles that they are claiming to bring back, is often exactly what is on the catwalk this year, so they are all, really, just dressing in what H&M, Topshop, Zara and others, are wanting them to buy. This they are totally oblivious to. Here is a typical picture of Hipsters:
In the same time as the Hipster likes the old stuff it also seems quite attracted to technology. A typical Hipster always has the newest smart phone, headphones, computer, iPad, iPod etc. It also keeps updated on music and new coffee shops.
Hipsters are a smarty pants, they always know best. No matter what you say they seem to like the opposite, and come with comments like this:
"Well I liked his older stuff better per se"
"Now, I don't know about you, but I prefer the newest *some kind of technology crap*, its just so much better than the old one"
"Oh these glasses? I found them in my grand dads basement, real Old School, not like that fake stuff everybody else has." The weird thing is that they all have glasses from their grand dads basement, so that can mean two things, one: They can't see that everybody around them also have the real one's. Or two: They all have fake crap?
The thing about the Hipsters, they are unaware of that they are one. They all think they are special and unique, and that no one dresses like them, has the same smart phone as them, or listens to the same music as them. Even if they are all standing in a group together, everybody wearing their grand dads old glasses, accompanied by beat headphones, and the iPhone 4s.
In my research I indeed found evidence of there being two different types of Hipsters. We have:
1. The Stereotypical Hipster:
Now, it has been a long time, almost a month. In my defense it is hard to write a blog when you are at places with no internet...but now I am back for good, never will I travel for so long again without internet, or at least that is the plan.
What I love the most about traveling must be the people watching, because I live in north Norway, where I mostly meet foxes, squirrels and bears, getting out in the world and seeing people is my favorite thing. And my God there is a lot of weirdoes hanging about! What I mostly saw this time where Hipsters. Loads of young "cool" go getters, in some retro outfit claiming that every bands earlier stuff was better than it is now. I found this "Hipster way of life" very interesting, and decided to study it, like David Attenborough studies bugs or other animals. So I spent my days looking trough two holes in a news paper, trying to understands this weird looking crowed, their nature and how they behave in social situations, and -my biggest question of all - if there are different kinds of them.
So I hereby represent to you, with photos and short writing (I know how our generation lacks of concentration and time these days):
The Scientific Study of Hipsters
The word Hipster first pops up in the 1940's, these where some badass kids that listened to Jazz, dressed in smart clothing - often with a cool and respectable hat - they smoked weed, and where relaxed to sexual codes. Just look at this cool cat here:
Photo taken from: mens-fashion.lovetoknow.com/
You can see here that Hipsters today still take after their ancestors. Todays Hipsters often wears smart hats, they likes stripes, and are attracted to old looking things.
They seem to like everything that is called retro, like for example styles that are from another time then ours.
The Hipster seems to not be aware that the old styles that they are claiming to bring back, is often exactly what is on the catwalk this year, so they are all, really, just dressing in what H&M, Topshop, Zara and others, are wanting them to buy. This they are totally oblivious to. Here is a typical picture of Hipsters:
Photo taken of: http://www.broadsheet.ie/
Hipsters are a smarty pants, they always know best. No matter what you say they seem to like the opposite, and come with comments like this:
"Well I liked his older stuff better per se"
"Now, I don't know about you, but I prefer the newest *some kind of technology crap*, its just so much better than the old one"
"Oh these glasses? I found them in my grand dads basement, real Old School, not like that fake stuff everybody else has." The weird thing is that they all have glasses from their grand dads basement, so that can mean two things, one: They can't see that everybody around them also have the real one's. Or two: They all have fake crap?
The thing about the Hipsters, they are unaware of that they are one. They all think they are special and unique, and that no one dresses like them, has the same smart phone as them, or listens to the same music as them. Even if they are all standing in a group together, everybody wearing their grand dads old glasses, accompanied by beat headphones, and the iPhone 4s.
In my research I indeed found evidence of there being two different types of Hipsters. We have:
1. The Stereotypical Hipster:
Photo taken from: http://thedabbler.co.uk/
These are the Hipsters that are most aware of them being Hipsters, and they are indeed proud of it. You see them everywhere, they are the most typical type of Hipsters. They like raving, taking pictures of themselves in the bathroom before going out, and often have a blog that often includes pictures of coffee, weird colorful signs and their outfits.
2. The Closet Hipster
Photo taken from: http://thedailymaggot.com
These are probably the worst kinds of Hipsters. They are totally unaware of them being Hipsters, and therefor think they are the most special people to walk this earth. They are THE "wear their grand dads basement glasses" people, they also have tattoos "nobody" else has - often with a very unique background story - and often have very strong meanings about crap you don't want to talk about. Warning!! Don't get stuck in a conversation for to long with this kind of Hipster, you might get lured into their self obsessive universe, and end up smelling your own farts.
There might be more types of Hipsters that I haven't yet discovered, if I do I will let you know.
The only thing I found positive about this weird species is that they all seem to be party animals. That's right, a thing all Hipsters love is a good party. That is why you see them in every drinking situations like raves, clubs, festivals, even in pubs. And I can't say anything negative about that. They also don't like to fight or cause trouble, which makes them excellent background people for your night out. Just don't end up talking to them for to long...as said before they might suck you into some kind of Hipster dimension you can't get out of!
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