Hipsters

Hipster Pilgrims (VIDEO)

Posted 11.26.2009 | Comedy


Have you ever wondered what would happen if you made a mumblecore film about pilgrims? No? Oh, that's too bad, cause if this proposition had been nagg...

I Took a Break From All The Acid I Have Been Doing

Miles Klee | Posted 11.30.2009 | Comedy


Miles Klee

Today I did something rather bold: I skipped my daily dose of LSD-25. And I've got to tell you, it's kind of blowing my mind!

The Narrows: A Double Life in Brooklyn

Tim McLoughlin | Posted 07.18.2009 | Entertainment


Tim McLoughlin

The Brooklyn we drove through back then from our apartment in Sunset Park to the theater, around the corner from my mother's family on 17th Street, was a diorama of post-war, working class urban life.

Makeover For Summer...Affectations!

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 07.09.2009 | Comedy


Jilly Gagnon

Trade in your most recent "totally ironic" cheap beer choice...and try on a brand new set of made-for-summer affectations!

Weak Economy Puts "Trustafarians" On The Ropes

New York Times | Posted 07.09.2009 | Local


A weak economy has made life tough for many 20-something residents of Williamsburg called "Trustafarians." They live off money from their parents in...

Hipster Joins Marines, Wins Purple Heart In Ultimate Act Of Irony

Emmett Rensin | Posted 07.02.2009 | New York


Emmett Rensin

Though no amount of exercise or food was able to add a pound to Cohen's body, he reported finding boot camp surprisingly easy. Sgt. Marvin DeLores remembers Cohen as "One of the easiest-conditioned guys I've met in years. Hardly took much work at all to shape him up."

It's Official: Nobody's Cool. (Kerouac Posthumously Blows It)

Dean Sluyter | Posted 06.19.2009 | Style


Dean Sluyter

But cool as an outer pose, as an attitude you can cop, is dead. When the truly cool people show up in your life, you won't recognize them -- they'll be too cool for that.

American Apparel, Naked

Waylon Lewis | Posted 05.22.2009 | Style


Waylon Lewis

American Apparel's fashion sense is personal, retro, preppy, cute, disco, outre. Whatever their designers want to wear, it seems, they figure we'll want to wear. And most of the time they're right.

"Should I h8 AZNs?": When Satire Fails, It's Racist

Disgrasian | Posted 04.30.2009 | Media


Disgrasian

Unfortunately, "Should I h8 AZNs?" is not satire. It highlights a very real cultural anxiety and its attendant racist backlash without taking it to task in any substantive way.

Obama and the Arts

Chris Campbell | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment


Chris Campbell

Most industries are adapting and evolving during these uncertain times, but the arts have been in flux for years and years, long preceding Bush and Wall Street's dismantling.

The Could've-Been Best Of 2008

Miles Klee | Posted 01.17.2009 | Home


Miles Klee

Each year, best-of lists pass over countless hypotheticals in favor of people, events and things that actually happened. Which is so uncool and maybe ...

To Slut, Or Not To Slut. That Is The Question.

Liz Black | Posted 11.30.2008 | Style


Liz Black

I encourage you ladies, before you wiggle into your two-piece "Naughty Navy Gal" costume, look to the news for inspiration, or even to the past, and come up with your own cunning costume.

Miami Hipsters: Irony Is Dead, Earnestness For Obama Is The New Cool

John Hood | Posted 11.21.2008 | Home


John Hood

MIAMI --- Julie (not her real name) swore she wasn't being the least bit ironic: "I'm actually going to vote this year, and I'm going to vote for The...

The Irony of Irony

Ben Fractenberg | Posted 11.13.2008 | Style


Ben Fractenberg

Can I subvert corporate capitalism with my clothing choices and sardonic detachment? Probably not. Can I register people to vote by sincerely telling them why I think it is important? Most definitely.

The Business Of Being A Hipster

Refinery29 Pipeline | Gabriel Bell | Posted 11.03.2008 | Style


You'll like this one: In an article in Forbes and syndicated on Racked, one writer took in the scene outside the Fashion Week presentation for Edun. "...

Who's a Hipster?

Julia Plevin | Posted 09.08.2008 | Style


Julia Plevin

What happens when American Apparel stores outnumber Gap stores in New York City and blogging about music, photos, or cooking becomes lucrative? Have hipsters won or merely defeated themselves?

Caring Is The New Cool

Verena von Pfetten | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Verena von Pfetten

At first I thought this week's Style column had to be about Fashion Week (for the sake of relevance), but then I realized that no one but New Yorkers ...

No One Likes Your Hipster Kid

men.style.com | David Hochman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Do you think it's cute when 4-year-olds opine about Damien Hirst and demand heirloom tomatoes? Let us begin with the assumption that if you are a par...

Hipstaches: The Grand Return Of The Mustache

boston.com | Linda Laban | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Groomed stubble is so passé. Indie rock beards, old hat. These days, it's all about the mustache. There's Jason Schwartzman's recent turn as a moody...