ataglance wrote:
Hipsters were NOT pre-dated by punk. There is nothing "punk" about hipsterism.
punks aren't buying $300 jeans and $600 granny boots.
I agree. I think you and the poster above you are misinterpreting what I am trying to say. That is probably due to my poor writing skills.
The current form of hipsterism is the first to really go mainstream, meaning it has become a commodity and adopted by the corporate culture.
What we are seeing is people who would not have been hipsters in the past making an attempt to become hipsters. The word "hipster" is losing its meaning, if it has not already. It simply means someone who is ahead of the curve on the latest style, music, art, etc. It doesn't refer to a particular style.
So if you were a punk rock kid in DC in the late 80s, you definitely were a hipster. You were on to a phenomenal scene before it was mainstream.
Commoditization of the latest form of hipsters is a new thing. In the past people waited for it to normalize before they bought into it.
My only point was that hipsters are not a new thing; hipsters have always been around.