Tip #17: Have indie fresh New Years plans

Nothing is more boring than a hipster with plans to ring in the new year that are either cliché without the ironic undertones or just plain lame. Going to Times Square with your family in matching sweaters that loudly express it's the "Johnston's Family Reunion" - hell no. Sitting in your friend's basement sneaking champagne from their parent's new year's party? Also, a negative. You gotta mix things up! In other words...

It's time to party! But in style children. It's only going to turn 2011 once so why not take the time and care to celebrate it as any good hipster would? And here are some tips to let you know you're celebrating new year's correctly.

Tip #16: Money makes the world go 'round

Wow. Hello friends, it has been FAR too long. Life has just been too much for me to handle. Nevertheless, I’ve returned back to planet earth and have no excuse not to blog anymore. So without further ado:

Tip #16: Get $$ (and lots of it)

Seriously, if daddy has cut you off or he was never providing for you in the first place then you have two choices: get a job or accept your mainstream status. As much as we like to complain about how we have no money to our names, it just isn’t true. Hipsters can’t be hip without adequate funding. Every five minutes something you’re interested in becomes mainstream and something even more obscure takes its place. Your interests are CONSTANTLY changing, and whether you like it or not, it costs some serious cash money to keep up.

Let me break it down for y’all:

Tip #15: Cut the Cape

Here in not-so-sunny NYC the snow is finally upon us and it has made me start to reconsider the current coat I have. It's not that my peacoat doesn't satisfy all my hipster needs, but the abnormally windy winter is proving to be too harsh for my flimsy coat. And as I searched for the perfect replacement I kept coming across one item in particular. CAPES! WTF? Capes, really? I mean, I know vintage is our thing ya'll but I really think fashion circa the late 1800's is pushing it. Of course there are a few professions that can pull it off… the only ones that come to mind are superheroes, magicians, and burlesque performers… but I still count them (you do you).

Really, I think what peeves me is the fact that all the women (who are often of the hipster variety) I see sporting capes are actually choosing fashion over warmth. I mean, call me old fashioned, but I kind of like strolling every so often or not having to resort to drive thru everything just because I am too cold to leave my seat warmers (not that I drive or anything… sigh). I can't even imagine the draft you must get in a cape.


i mean just look at this cape:

We're still alive

Dearest Hipsters,

Now it's not that we don't love you dearly, we do! It's just finals week over here at College Land and my time must unfortunately be spent memorizing the differences between the multiple classical music periods. Baroque it up! So yes, we will be just a little while longer and then SHAZAM all the posts you could ever want.

Because if you think about it, we're about to go on a month long stress-free vacation and hipsters often don't know what to do when the source of their angst is no longer actively putting them down. So, we're probs going to post a lot. Yipee!

So happy cold weather time (see how I did that?) and stay warm fools!
Love,







PS In the mean time ya’ll should check out the Twitter page because we often update there on the go with random tidbits.

Tip #14: Be pratical yet oh so trendy

I have realized an impressive difference between this winter (thus far) and last winter. Last winter I was home in NYC and if you have never visited the Big Apple in the winter I will be the first to tell you - it's really cold! Despite being an island, there is no glowing sun and or packed beaches - just a lot of really cold and cranky New Yorkers. This year however, I am in DC and while the weather is the same - the new fashion trends are not.

Last year I have distinct memories of me in ripped tights and a light jacket that could be considered more of a light sports coat than a winter coat. I shivered on random corners in the LES and cursed my slouchy leather boots' inability to provide my frozen toes any warmth.

This year however hipsters worldwide have, I can only imagine, reviewed the frostbite scars and hypothermia scares that last year's severe winter brought and decided function and fashion are friends. Think about it, what's popular this year? Over the knee socks + boots, fuzzy/furry hats, monstrous coats, mittens and more. And thank goodness, just in time!

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