Trendspotting: Hipsters in Philly, DC, and my TV
Posted by Jess - 14/07/10 at 12:07 pmAfter watching Frank on the Bachelorette this week, I’ve become “concerned” that the hipster fad is becoming mainstream.
I really have nothing against hipsters. They support local bands, make ironic statements, drink a lot of coffee, ride vintage bikes, and I think they’re really good about recycling. I like those things too! All totaled, they’re good people to have in our cities.
But for the love that of all that is good and pleasing to the eye, why must they dress like they do? Floppy hair I can handle. But the jeans? Ohhhhhhh no, no, no, the jeans. The skinny look is bad on a man. On EVERY man. And it’s worse, much worse, if the skinny jeans are drooping down on a flat butt (see photo). *shiver*
I can almost sorta kinda handle the ironic t-shirt (IF it has been washed) but hipster men need take a lesson that women learned a long time ago. A top can be either tight or paper-thin, never both. The tight threadbare tee on a man is unsettling. And it makes no-one happy.
And now after watching this weeks episode of the The Bachelorette, I’m concerned. Is Frank a hipster? Or just a nerd with no sense of fashion? I worry…… I worry that his deplorable sense of fashion is not accidental at all but……..in fact, intentional.
And another thing that I’d like hipster men to consider –male cleavage is not the same as female cleavage. We like it if your bare chested or wearing a fitted shirt that shows off your abs (see our notes on Taylor Lautner!), but a deep v-neck? No. Definitely no. When I see men in plunging necklines that showcase their pecs, I feel confused. I don’t know if I’m experiencing a lesbian attraction or just breast envy. Either way, it’s not the stuff of my female fantasies.
Friends, am I alone? Do hipster men make you weak in the knees? I know some of you love them, so fess up and tell me why.
[Photo Credit: Photo by red5standingby on Flickr on a CC license]
