Where have all the hipsters gone?

Journey back in time to the 2010’s Hipster Renaissance. We’ll reminisce about the fashions and activities of the hipster and twee girl. Where have they gone now?

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#twee
#hipstersubculture

[gerryverstrepen]

There are still hipsters out there. I recently came across the YT channel Spencer's Adventures and that guy is pretty much everything you described, he even has a video called "Why I only own VHS tapes in 2024". Says it all!

[Ned_Nemo]

I remember being hipster adjacent, I have glasses and a beard 🧔🏻(no man bun), arrogance and aimless irony were maybe the most annoying traits of some of them, in a way they may have been a modern callback to urban tribes, but without strong core elements to keep them going, they seemed to be everywhere for a while and then they were gone suddenly. A lovely video Teresa, thank you!

[nelliesmith]

I remember being called hipster once, what they didn’t know was that I was just lower class and couldn’t afford ‘clean aesthetic’ looking stuff. It didn’t help that my family never threw anything out so I ended up with my dad’s Polaroid 600, comic books from his childhood and my mother’s glass teacup set. I hate indie movies and records (and yes my father’s records are still here😭). I am a coffee snob but I think that’s because I’m Australian.

[Samavery]

Ngl, I miss the hipsters. They had weird hobbies and were interesting to look at. It was a fun time

[jillstedtenfeldt]

I'm a hipster :D Didn't know. Sorry to say that my main outfits since late 60s has involved checkered flannel shirts, skinny jeans and braces. Paper boy caps and so on. Yes, art historian, archaeologist, art school (I like school :P ). I'm 66, to late to change now. Thanks for a really fun video. Keep them coming :D

[geekchic]

There's still hipsters out there, but they're more underground now. I think the reason why you don't see them as much nowadays is because the subculture became mainstream and a good number of people in the hipster subculture either became parents or had an ephanie that they're being a poser

I thought I wasn't a hipster for years, but I'm kinda a hipster. I still go to cafés that are independent, I support small independent businesses, I go to my local library and dress like I came from the 90s/mid-late 2000s or look like I'm going to a comic con.

[malaquiasalfaro]

The same thing happened to the hipsters as what happened to the hippies and garage rock bands of the 1960s: They got older, had families and their priorities shifted. The connection between the Boomer generation of the 60s and their taste for what we now call Classic Rock of the 70s is fairly obvious even though they aren’t the exact same styles of music. Many 60s hippies ditched the Bohemian aspects of their living but returned to “normal” life with a more carefree, not-stuck-on-rules approach.

The hipsters of the late 2000s and 2010s are now Millennial moms and dads, and as a result, the resemble their parents values to a degree infused with their own hipster values. They established successful business as have become so pervasive we hardly think many things as hipster now. Sort of like how jeans became so mainstream you’re not seen as a greaser for wearing them

[urrrccckostan]

It goes back to David Lynch “Blue Velvet”. There’s a scene where the character says “Pabst Blue Ribbon”

[airman]

My younger brother was a hipster. Hed wear glasses with plain lenses because he didn't actually need glasses. As a person who actually needs glasses, it got under my skin.

[MiscellaneousMatilda]

You had me at hipster Emma! I never really dressed Twee, but I SO wanted to and I'm actually really happy that some of those elements seem to be making a comeback :)

[SustainableSierra]

I definitely just realised I was a hipster back in the day. Thanks for that. 🤣

[yuhhyuhhhyuhhhh]

I was about 11 when the hipster trend became popular, moreover, I didn't really have much of an internet access til I was about 14, but at the very tail end of it- thanks to Pinterest- I discovered the style. And I have to say, it really speaks to my vintage fashion loving heart. Even though it does have its cliches and faults, I think the core ideas of it- the vintage inspo, going against the mainstream, a focus on individuality, and overall indie sensibilities, I can definitely see it working for modern day (albeit with very modern twists). Aside from the hipster ~aesthetic~, I've been seeing the renaissance of the twee substyle (mostly on Pinterest, TikTok, and Tumblr) which truly goes hand in hand with the hipster movement- especially delightful since Tumblr was really the platform where both styles emerged and blossomed. Although I can already foresee the reemergence of both styles being brief as with the current hyperspeed of today's trend cycles, I truly hope it sticks around for much longer, and I do hope we don't trip into the pitfalls of fast fashion considering the early 2010s was when it really took off, and subsequently, a lot of the key items that undoubtedly defined the style was from despite their notion of individuality and uniqueness. Overall I can't wait to finally partake in the style that really shaped my formative years!

[SSNewberry]

There is always a movement toward the fringes of society laced with the hope of the untrammeled new. it collapses when either the culture decays or the movement gets too large to support it. Then, it comes back because the "mainstream" wants a safer version of what is popular which leaves a growing number of people interested in the twang which is both too vulnerable to be commercialized and too sensual to ignore. It comes from both the simplistic and the complex: in the realm of dance, music, and sexuality.

[andyg]

i used to hate the hipster trend with a passion, but the i realised i like everything they like, but which time it was too late. i kinda wish id have partaken in it now

[vivivnmv]

ik this video is a year old but i saw the title and immediately continued it with the lyrics to holding out for a hero…“where have all the hipsters gone and where are all the gods?”

[lizcherry]

I have a theory about the Pabst Blue Ribbon thing: The heiress to the PBR fortune was (still is?) a huge supporter of downtown artsy theatre in NYC. So, she would frequently donate to these small theatre companies and gift a bunch of PBR for opening night parties (which you were obligated to drink because she was usually there for opening). Hipsters were often drawn to those sort of off off off Broadway experimental/new works scenes. So maybe that's why it became so popular? Also, it was cheap back then.

[themanfromdyatron]

I’m not hipster then or now but lived through that era, here in San Francisco many hipsters I think became reg middle aged parents OR techy disrupters or corporate drones, oddly enough I think here there still exists a hold out few og hipsters that are forever clueless that their hipster ship sailed about 10 yrs ago …

[petecarson]

Tripped over this video by accident. Love it.
I’m old, 57, & was brought up in the East End of London. I was a punk then a ska rude boy. The whole hipster thing is, in my opinion, a natural lead on but for older people (punk & ska were mainly teenagers). I love the whole style & aesthetic, a rebellion against the main stream. Despite my age I (still) love the hipster thing. I still have a retro messenger bag, wear Doc Martens, jeans & braces. I have a beard but no hair so now ensure my head is totally shaved. The only downside of any of these movements is the pretentious ‘Gatekeepers’ who think only those that go all in are part of it. There missing the whole point, its the right to be who you want.
Ironically the area I grew up in was known as the ‘Murder Mile’ but is now heavily gentrified.

[jerrysstories]

15:55 I moved from San Diego to Dayton in 2021. I've noticed that the "industrial" look is still pretty popular out here, because it's an inexpensive way to remodel a place, just don't bother putting in a ceiling or flooring. Also, a lot of building are repurposed instead of rebuilt here, so it's considered kind of cool when a restaurant or cafe still has the bank vault, fireman's pole, or vestibule that came with the building.

[vortexlex]

I love the hipster/twee aesthetic but it was popular in my middle/high school years when "trying" was looked down upon... But it isn't too late, maybe I'll give it a go 🤔