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Are hipsters still a thing in 2021? Are skinny jeans finally dead? I'm still a hipster aren't I?

teezzy

Banned
Are hipsters still a thing in 2021? Are skinny jeans finally dead? I'm still a hipster aren't I?

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Whether I would have admitted it at the time or not, there was certainly a period of my life where I was undeniably hip. To put it frank: high school to mid-20s TeezzyD was an insufferable knob. There was nothing I loved more than hearing myself talk (still do, in fact).

Equipped with Levi 511's, bold framed glasses, a GED and a film school education; I'd babble on and on about 80s/90s post punk, foreign films, and William S. Burroughs novels. Friends and I would haunt local diners just to drink coffee and smoke cigarettes after an evening of bouncing between various thrift shops in the area. I thought I was so cool just because I could name-drop Sonic Youth albums and French New Wave movies like the back of my hand.

My politics went from a heavy Libertarian lean to looking down on anyone who wasn't an Obama lover or vote for Hillary. I thought I was so smart, even though I was merely the manager of a local chicken wing restaurant pushing my way through community college at the time.

Thankfully, I was never overly ironic about anything, and always enjoyed everything with 100% earnesty as I continue to do. Bullshit folk pop like The Moldy Peaches was never my jam nor was Starbucks, and I certainly never had a trust fund. Growing up, I was no stranger to the taste of government cheese.




Instead, I'd frequent local Detroit grindcore shows and was obsessed with horror movies. The more macabre side of things always fascinated me. As I grew older, and doubled down on flannels, growing out my beard, collecting records, and getting numerous tattoos (I have 7 total... am planning for an 8th soon), I just sorta considered this to be the norm.

Being trendy helped keep my dick wet, and I was able to garner the attention of some very attractive 'alt chicks' who were just as contrived as I was. Always loopy. Always had back problems, anger towards their fathers, and a love of Taco Bell. Needless to say, I'm single now for a reason.

Getting older still, I ditched my Levi 511s for Levi 505s. I lived the Regular Fit lifestyle, and I realized quickly that it's not a good look to be 25+ in some ball huggers. Thank goodness. I ditched my band T-shirts in favor of plain Hanes tees as I more and more morphed into a dude's dude. Selling off my records and ritzy turntable setup, and caving into Spotify for all my music needs has also been a blessing.

Which brings me to what initiated me towards making this thread (I told you I love to hear myself talk): New Balance sneakers. I've loved New Balance sneakers for years now. The soles on my current pair of 997H's are becoming worn and I'm due shortly for a replacement. Thing is, I can't find my size (10.5) in any style/color I like on Amazon, and I refuse to drop like $100 on a pair of sneakers during a Michigan winter. Sucks.

I fell in love with New Balance when I worked at the hospital and was on my feet all day. They're perfect. People used to rip on me and call them 'dad shoes' and I often had friends give me "WHAT ARE THOSE?!!!" meme IRL. Millennials... ew.

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What I've recently learned is that my current dude's dude style of dress has become 'hip'. Brands like Carhartt and New Balance are all the rage now and being adopted by the youth as a fashion statement. It's Normcore all over again. Remember Normcore?



It's cool to dress like a dad apparently. The kids call it 'workwear' which translates to them pretending to adopt a blue collar aesthetic as a last grasp of modern masculinity. Meanwhile, I'm just your average Midwestern Joe entering his 30s next month. I've made a solid effort to leave all my pretentious hip ideals behind me, and somehow the culture has adapted my current and turned it cool.

I'm a hipster again. Maybe I never left. At least I don't wear skinny jeans. Maybe my generation is doomed to be hip forever. At least I'm not some loopy androgynous communist with a bad haircut. I'll always have that going for me.

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*sigh*
 
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Stuff like this happens every generation. Your parents nag you, you want away from the boring/serious way they are and end up in some mix of a fashion statement and social critique. Hipster is just another flavor of goth, or seen, or whatever the kids are doing these days. Everyone either turns 30 and just starts doing what is practical, or they become so obsessed with a few years either in high school or college that it runs their entire life.

Transtrenders are the new hipsters

I saw a hilarious webcomic about this sort of thing, wish I would have saved it. What it depicted was a very strange, but obviously liberal couple crying while their son announces "I'm straight, me and Sally are getting married and starting a business."
 

Happosai

Hold onto your panties
I stopped seeing it as a "thing" like 4-years ago. Maybe that's because I left the U.S.; but it seems the only ones still wearing the Ray Ban glasses, unkempt beards, skinny jeans, and collecting records are now like a private club. I had a couple friends who were into the whole thing but there wasn't much to relate to. I saw the hipster fad starting when I was in college around 2006-09 and grow to a national scale by the 2010's. Have a brother-in-law who looks like a friggin' 52-year old mummy and is dressing like that. I really can't answer the question if it's still a trend. I'd have to ask someone I know living in the U.S.
 

teezzy

Banned
It was strange, and very much the defining trend of the late 00's and early 10's imho. Suddenly everyone wanted to emphasize their own pseudo-intellect and dress like they were in a Noah Baumbach movie

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I think some people still do here, but I can't see it lasting for another decade. No way. Maybe this whole 'workwear fad' is a direct response to that whole messenger bag and trillby "I love The Smiths" lifestyle
 

Mistake

Gold Member
The ladies love me in skinny jeans, but my manhood doesn’t appreciate it at all. Also a huge problem if I get aroused since I can’t walk #GAFmemberProblems

Additionally, I'm realizing the older I get, the more a cowboy hat looks attractive. Halp
 

teezzy

Banned
The ladies love me in skinny jeans, but my manhood doesn’t appreciate it at all. Also a huge problem if I get aroused since I can’t walk #GAFmemberProblems

Additionally, I'm realizing the older I get, the more a cowboy hat looks attractive. Halp

Lmao. You starting to reassess your position on Nickelback yet? I know them feels.
 

Delf

Banned
I'll never go back to baggy jeans.

I see photos of myself during that phase and I look ridiculous.

I never bought into the 'skin tight skinny but I'll continue to stick with skinny/slim.
 

teezzy

Banned
I'll never go back to baggy jeans.

I see photos of myself during that phase and I look ridiculous.

I never bought into the 'skin tight skinny but I'll continue to stick with skinny/slim.

I went from this:

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To this:

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The difference is subtle, but my thighs and pecker appreciate the room. Also no longer looks like I'm trying to convey an image, which always helps.
 

Delf

Banned
I went from this:

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To this:

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The difference is subtle, but my thighs and pecker appreciate the room. Also no longer looks like I'm trying to convey an image, which always helps.

Yeah, pretty much the same.

I sold like 10 pairs of Nudies that were just to tight now. 5 years ago they were hip and fashionable, and prob still are, but now I just want comfort lol
I got a bunch more I need to offload but been to lazy to post them up on Postmark lately.
 

MrS

Banned
I'll be 30 next year. Looking trendy in black skinny jeans is not something I'm interested in at this stage in my life. More power to you though, lil B
Black jeans are black jeans. Those black jeans you posted aren't even skinny jeans, they're slim fit jeans. Those blue jeans are some 40 year old virgin clown shit though.
 
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bronk

Banned
I wear slim jeans which is a step above skinny. I pretty much still dress like a so cal surf gangster. Well sort of with tighter fitting clothing and I ditched the dickie shorts.
 

teezzy

Banned
But did you smoke American Spirit cigs and drink Pabst Blue Ribbon? That's the true litmus test of late 00's hipsters, lol.

Fashion is so cyclical eventually everything will become cool again.

Hell no - Newport 100s

I'm from Detroit, my dude

danny brown lol GIF


My hick friends smoked Marlboros
 

008

Banned
I pretty much the only style off limits from me going forward is baggy clothes. Just look at photos of yourself wearing them. It’s a bad look
 

teezzy

Banned
Black jeans are black jeans. Those black jeans you posted aren't even skinny jeans, they're slim fit jeans. Those blue jeans are some 40 year old virgin clown shit though.

505s are just 501s (original Levi fit) but with a zipper rather than a button fly.

Maybe you have a point though?

Here's the 511s you like in a dark blue wash. I wore them while I transitioned to 505s initially.

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It's definitely something I should think about. I plan on putting myself back on the dating market this year in one form or another.

How old are you, if you dont mind me asking. Would like to know what age group my fashion advice is coming from
 
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MrS

Banned
505s are just 501s (original Levi fit) but with a zipper rather than a button fly.

Maybe you have a point though?

Here's the 511s you like in a dark blue wash. I wore them while I transitioned to 505s initially.

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It's definitely something I should think about. I plan on putting myself back on the dating market this year in one form or another.

How old are you, if you dont mind me asking. Would like to know what age group my fashion advice is coming from
I'm 32. Would not be seen dead in those blue jeans you originally posted. Those Levi's above are absolutely fine. Have a look at Nudie Jeans if you want some decent denim.
 
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teezzy

Banned
I've read that 514s are a great middle-ground between 511 and 505. Maybe I should seek them out.

Maybe I should stick to chinos.

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#Phonepunk#

Banned
Once it was so easy to be a hipster. I think it is now a thing of the past. Once people started using the word “basic” to describe normies, it just meant that everyone was a hipster. Now with the SJW political shit in full swing it has been replaced with “Democrat”. The basic people are old fashioned people who believe in the nuclear family and traditions. They believe in two genders and that a woman is a woman and a man is a man. That’s old hat, basic. The new hipster is a faux socialist who is 100% bought and sold by corporations. The reason they still buy from corporations is because they are sold the idea that they are better than other people. Ie better than “basics”. No company will ever go bankrupt selling superiority over others. Ie hipsterism is more or less just mainstream marketing at this point. Hyper partisan consumerism and the sycophants that prop it up.
 
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Raven117

Member
I wear a pair of 21 oz iron heart 666 (like Levi 501s). Never washed them in almost two years. Absolutely awesome Japanese denim.
 
I thought the 501 was the daddest jeans of them all?

It was the hype back in 1991, and a friend of mine is still buying and wearing them religiously, and even I think he looks like a dad in it.
 
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teezzy teezzy :
I see a general theme in your posts that you feel the need to conform, settle down, and embrace the elderly people lifestyle.
Also, I remember getting 30 was getting me thinking in a similar way.

Just wanna tell you, from hindsight this feels kind of silly nowadays, looking back.
 
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