Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Hipster


It is very difficult to define what a hipster is when the genre is constantly changing. A hipster is a person who always appears to be ahead of the curve in the tastes of society. Once a cultural change has been accepted by everyone it is no longer "hip". According to Hipsterdom professor Christopher Taylor the key to hipsterdom is "Apriorism the instinctive knowledge where you evaluate something before it exists,” Taylor said. “It’s really important for a lot of people to have this uncanny knack to identify what is good before the rest of the world knows.”

Music under the hipster banner is almost impossible to define. The group the Muffs captures a vintage look with a unique style that combines the past with a punk rock sound.  




The hipster enjoys the combination of vintage fashion style and modern sound of the Muffs and hopes that no one else discovers the unique sound they are enjoying since the Hipster believes once the public has discovered a sound it is ruined and no longer interests the hipster. 

Fashion Style for the hipster is difficult to define and the hipster enjoys it that way since their goal is to be ahead of the curve and to set the standards. The hipster enjoys their originality but does not want the general public to popularize the look and lose its originality. The hipster wants to be distinctive unusual and cool.
 
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Buzzfeed - Types of Hipsters you encounter in London

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