What is a Hipster - Are You a Hipster?

The overall statement being the  "I can't be bothered to care or worry about such things as fashion" look that actually does takes a good bit of thought and planning until it becomes habit. You must supply your wardrobe and life with the various irony of being hipster. Ironic isn't it?

Hipsters range in age beginning in the teens through to their 30's.  

In the here and now society expects to extend its youth way beyond the 30's. It is for this reason many are looking to become hipsters out of this age group.

The age boundary doesn't exclude older hipsters and yet as we age labels and groups tend to fall from our list of needs.

Being hipster beyond one's thirties is something less likely to occur due to the natural progression of life. 

The girl hipsters have adopted a love of the once mocked Mom jeans. They now wear the high waisted pants and jeans hidden in the back of some mom's closets. My daughter once asked me if I had any old mom jeans packed away. I did not, I never fell into that decade. If you do you might want to pack them up and head down to the vintage store to sell them for hipster fashions.

Hipsters wear the unique glasses that tend to be over sized  plastic framed and fake. The Buddy Holly and nerd look are favorites among hipsters. The highly sought after eye wear of the hipster is Ray Ban Wayfarers all the colors of the rainbow, the more outrageous the better. Fake eyeglasses for those who have perfect vision is very trendy among hipsters.

Keep the word ironic in mind, if it seems odd and like something no other teen or young person you know would wear, you are probably on to hipster heaven.

Girls don't wear much of anything with a heel. The female hipster can be seen wearing Keds, granny boots, cowboy boots, and the above mentioned shoes.

The wide collection of accessories in any hipsters wardrobe can get extensive. Head bands are a big thing with the floral variety topping the charts. The larger the flower the better, how ironic. Bold color nail polish is favored with neon colors included. Odd broaches or pins can be found on a hipster hoodie or jacket. Piercings or gauges are popular. Scars are a trend among the hipster crowd, one I've yet to really get and yet I've been told they acquire such scars via woodworking and the sort. Yes, you heard me, a sort of carpenter sort of hazard of working with wood. These endeavors are a bit of another ironic mystery or a bit of joke on the non hipster crowd if you will.

Once again ironic is the theme for accessories with the odd kids varieties of memorabilia such as children's lunch boxes with the cuddly animal image. 

The most important thing any of us can do is to be passionate about our lives. Express your own personal style and taste. For most hipsters it's about awareness. They are keen on being aware of the way consumer culture dictates so much to so many. They have broken free from it and its control over our lives.  Hipsters don't take a critical stand against consumerism as hippies once did yet are simply aware of it and the hold it can take society. 

How to Know If I'm a Hipster

1. If you are open to expressing your love for all things indie, or the independent art, cultural exposing literature, intense cultural awareness, existentialist or nihilist philosophy and your finger is on the pulse of what's gone bad with everything you are no doubt a hipster.
2. If the fashion and style of other hipsters is appealing to you, attracts your attention and you feel drawn to it you may well be on your way to embracing the hipster within you, let it out, express yourself and enjoy all life has to offer.