Initially, fans of a special subculture that arose among staunch jazz lovers were called hipsters. The term "hipster" itself comes from the slang expression "to be hip" - "to be in the subject", from which, by the way, the word "hippie" came from. Subsequently, this term changed its meaning, and now the word “hipster” means a representative of urban youth, whose interests and hobbies are dominated by elite foreign culture, alternative music, fashion.
The prevailing age of hipsters is from 16 to 25 years. Most often they come from wealthy segments of the population. Often from the so-called "golden youth."
There are some external signs by which it is highly likely to recognize representatives of this youth subculture. In clothes, they prefer the unisex style, often wear glasses in a massive bright plastic frame, stretched T-shirts, voluminous scarves and hats. Many hipsters carry cameras and notebooks for recordings. Guys prefer to wear skinny jeans, girls - colored leggings or tights and stockings torn to holes. Often hairspray is used to fix the hair, or they do not pay almost any attention to it at all.
Attitudes towards hipsters by fans of other subcultures vary widely. Reviews about them are condescending and indifferent, and frankly hostile. For example, in the media, there were such reviews about representatives of the subculture: "Despite the fact that hipsters emphasize that they avoid any shortcuts, they dress the same, do everything in the same way and absolutely conformistly follow their non-conformism standards."
The prevailing opinion is that the subculture of hipsters is the lot of infantile, spoiled, unprepared for life realities people who themselves do not really know what they want and what they need at all. Say, for them the most important thing is appearance, accessories and fashion trends, and they are not capable of anything else.
Probably the closest thing to the truth is the statement that hipsters are carriers of moderate opposition bourgeois consciousness and values. Although many of them emphatically defiantly declare their complete apoliticality.
Related article
Signs of a real hipster
