I did it three times.
I must be a masochist.
And, I am far too old to be even doing it once.
In the Future, We Will All Dress Like Hipsters: Allison Davis;
December 6th, 2013.
I am totally in sync with New York Magazine as the year 2013 comes to an end.I riffed on aging and being a hipster back in June. It has been a little bit of an obsession with me. Kind of like John Hinckley and Jodie Foster.
Jodie…Jodie…
However, I was able to control this urge all through the summer months and right into the fall. Right up until I was shopping in Dollarama last week and I found myself surrounded by horrid, ugly, oversize, plaid flannel shirts.
I showed no resistance.
Temptation took over.
Five pairs of men’s underwear, four flannel shirts and two pairs of thermal socks later, I was officially a happening babe if I were a resident of Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
However, I am not.
Details, details.
2013: Another year of the Effing Hipster: Kat Stoffel; December 4th, 2013.
Alright, sartorially speaking maybe New York Magazine and this old hipster might not be as much in sync as I first thought we were. Could I possibly be a year late and a dollar short?The long tyranny of hipster could support the thesis that the term has become so relative as to be meaningless — less a style than an accusation of trying too hard, lobbed by people who consider themselves above such effort.
What?
Me?
At 57
years of age trying too hard?
I take great effing umbrage at that remark.
In reality, I resemble that remark. It was utterly exhausting mixing and matching my plaids with velvet skirts and vintage men’s topcoats with orange leather gloves (just for that all important pop effect) Palermo Desert while wearing thermal socks that were fashionably rolled over twice.
and not to mention my unbelievably expensive Italian black suede desert boots The desert boots were needed just in case I was about to take a leisurely stroll through the
Channeling your inner Diane Keaton or Jenna Lyons is not for the faint of heart.
Forty Women That Women Find Beautiful: By the Cut; August 30th, 2013.
The third time is going to be the charm with New York Magazine.
I can feel it.
Or maybe not.
While men love Pamela Anderson’s looks,
women’s tastes in other women are quite to the contrary.
Of course, we admire the hardworking fashion animals. Diane Keaton,Tilda Swinton
and Jenna Lyons
are just a few of the fashionistas who made the list.
These women make fashion look…..
Effortless.
In truth, I have never worked so hard at making my appearance look like I just got out of bed and picked out thirty-eight different pieces from five different eras that looked as though they were born to be worn together.
Effortless?
God, no.The Stations of the Cross.
Hell, yes.
The S&M of it all.
I am no longer just a fan of Tilda Swinton, Diane Keaton, and Jenna Lyons.
I worship them.
Lead me to their stylists.
Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you that I am a stylist.
Well, it was my chosen profession right up until I threw out all of my business cards because dressing women for a living was sucking the life out of me.
Women are insatiable.
Okay, insatiable perfectionists.The media (and my mother) has made us (me) that way and we have gone along with them.
No need for Naomi Kleinisms.
You get the picture.
All you have to do is take a close look at real fashion mavens such as Vera Wang
and Donna Karan.
Both are living tributes to minimalism.
All black.
All the time.
Still the persistence of the hipster might be the most perplexing 2013 trend, if only because the term is so seldom used within the fashion industry.
See, I told you so.And if it’s good enough for Donna and Vera, it’s just plain old swell for moi.
I must take leave now and make my way to my boudoir where there Henry David Thoreau, and I quote:
are exactly 792 items of clothing strewn about just waiting to be put back on their hangers and into my closet.This whole hipster fashion fiasco reminds me of that old philosophy hipster,
Beware of all
enterprises that require
a new set of clothes.
I couldn’t have said it better myself.
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