the fitzroy hipster is on the way to chadstone via american apparel + ebay.
The great thing about the hipster debate; Do they exist? What are they? Where do they hang?; Which brands or anti-brands make a hipster? Can u eat meat and still be a hipster ? If you use the term hipster does it automatically exclude u from being one ? Not to mention jokes like what is the difference between a hipster and an artist ? - the whole debate can keep u entertained for hours.... So I like Style Bubble's post + Style Salvage's questioning about whether blogs are leadin to a commodisation of hipsterdom. (the equivalent in my days was an airmail copy of kate moss on cover at 14 of the face + ID, but i digress)
Style Salvage : "The rise and rise of the internet has been a key factor in the globalisation of hip. The world is certainly a smaller place with the internet. Through mailouts and blogs, the tropes of eclectic style tribes the world over are quickly integrated into a single street style aesthetic. The widespread "borrowing and referencing" takes place not just in capitals of cool like London but on an international scale, via the Internet, the result is that the same brand of individuality (or something highly similar) is sold, worn and celebrated the world over. As I've followed Facehunter's search for eye candy I've become tired of similar ensembles the world over. Is it just his photography style that is somewhat tiresome or is there an element of truth to the above article? Has the world indeed become a much smaller place? Where previously there was a set look representative of a city, has cultural globalisation evolved this into a look representing a global scene?"
Style Salvage : "The rise and rise of the internet has been a key factor in the globalisation of hip. The world is certainly a smaller place with the internet. Through mailouts and blogs, the tropes of eclectic style tribes the world over are quickly integrated into a single street style aesthetic. The widespread "borrowing and referencing" takes place not just in capitals of cool like London but on an international scale, via the Internet, the result is that the same brand of individuality (or something highly similar) is sold, worn and celebrated the world over. As I've followed Facehunter's search for eye candy I've become tired of similar ensembles the world over. Is it just his photography style that is somewhat tiresome or is there an element of truth to the above article? Has the world indeed become a much smaller place? Where previously there was a set look representative of a city, has cultural globalisation evolved this into a look representing a global scene?"
posted by redbarren at 10:07 PM
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