teenager to twenty something who like to hang out in local coffeehouses and art gallerys, and think they're better then everyone else because they're not mainstream. They like vintage clothing and anything that looks like it's been sitting in a closet for upward of twenty years.
by Li. July 03, 2004
by mr. business October 07, 2008
by kaiwai February 27, 2009
Men and women, mostly yuppies, in their early to late twenties. They love simple clothes and work at hipster places like American Apparel. Hipster men love to wear slim fitting sweatshirts and straight legged jeans or a solid colored tee, hot shorts, sweatband, and vinatge sunglasses. The women hipsters like to wear a floppy bohemian dress, dark stockings, slouch boots, a blazer, and a pendant necklace that comes down to their chest. When it comes to hair, hipster guys prefer to have scruffy beards and wavy hair- any length. Women have long wavy hair with little or no layers, but with eyebrow length bangs. All hipsters are obsessed with music, style, and movie subcultures. Their main goal is to look "cool", but they never use that word to describe anything.
by htotheetothello December 07, 2006
Privileged, self absorbed, in denial, white, pretentious, judgemental, think they are knowledgeable of art and politics, conformists, only like people who look like them, manorexic, lack societal participation, consumers,
Person: Hey, who are those pretentious, white, priveledged, self absorbed, consumers that all look the same and have eating disorders?
Other Person: Hipsters.
Other Person: Hipsters.
by freddy fingers June 16, 2008
One crucial point is often overlooked in these definitions. HIPSTERS COME FROM SUBURBAN OR RURAL AREAS AND REINVENT THEMSELVES UPON ARRIVING IN BROOKLYN. If you were born and raised in lower Manhattan or south Brooklyn you are not a hipster. People will try to push us true New Yorkers into that group but we are different. I'll call "us" New York cool kids. We're into different things. We don't like being cheap always and doing indie stuff. Our sense of taste wasn't learned at age 20, we have had it since a young age since we've grown up in this city. Think the movie "Kids" versus "Garden State," "Kids" being us and "Garden State" being hipsters. Another tell tale sign of a New York cool kid is that we like New York hip-hop a lot because it was what we grew up on. Mob Deep, Diplomats, etc... We don't like Miike Snow etc... Also we know the real network of people that are on the scene and doing things in the art, fashion, and nightlife worlds. We go to the new clubs on opening night because we're best friends with the owner. Hipsters are broke faggots who create some kind of "cool" world with other broke ass nobodies. NYC cool kids get money. We are street kids or hang with street kids. Our parents are the people who were born here or moved here in the early 80's. To us the most important part of our identity is to have grown up in the city.
Tim from who lives in Bushwick but hails from Delaware is a hipster faggot. He eats trail mix, wears wack purple 98% cotton 2% spandex jeans, and likes the band Warpaint.
Jack from New York City likes sports but knows how to dress and well is genuinely cool.
Jack from New York City likes sports but knows how to dress and well is genuinely cool.
by RealNewYork March 13, 2011
drinks a lot of pabst blue ribbon and coffee, smokes parliaments, has a septum ring, listens to indie rock and some classic rock and hip hop such as the wu tang clan and talib kweli. goes to art school. wears square scarves and plaid fannel shirts. interested in photography, art, and foreign films. likes to go to hipster clubs and dance to girl talk all night.
girls: dramatically side swept bangs, oversized sunglasses or regular fake glasses, super skinny jeans with keds. might possibly have large ear gauges. wears berets.
boys: slightly long messy hair that hasn't been washed in two weeks, wears nike dunks, has a chest tattoo with some dumb saying in latin, probably an alcoholic
girls: dramatically side swept bangs, oversized sunglasses or regular fake glasses, super skinny jeans with keds. might possibly have large ear gauges. wears berets.
boys: slightly long messy hair that hasn't been washed in two weeks, wears nike dunks, has a chest tattoo with some dumb saying in latin, probably an alcoholic
by kelzzzzzzz May 15, 2009