Hipster (contemporary subculture)
The 21st-century hipster is a subculture. Fashion is one of the major markers of hipster identity. Members of the subculture typically do not self-identify as hipsters, and the word hipster is often used as a pejorative for someone who is pretentious or overly concerned with appearing trendy.
Plaid shirts, decorative pashminas or scarfs, horn-rimmed glasses and beards are associated with the stereotypical 21st-century hipster.
Full beards, vintage clothes, and retro electronics, such as the Casio F-91W watch pictured, are associated with hipster subculture.
Fred Armisen and Pacific northwest native Carrie Brownstein parody American hipsters on Portlandia.
Tampere in Pirkanmaa, Finland is popular with hipsters.
A subculture is a group of people within a cultural society that differentiates itself from the conservative and standard values to which it belongs, often maintaining some of its founding principles. Subcultures develop their own norms and values regarding cultural, political, and sexual matters. Subcultures are part of society while keeping their specific characteristics intact. Examples of subcultures include BDSM, hippies, hipsters, goths, steampunks, bikers, punks, skinheads, gopnik, hip-hoppers, metalheads, cosplayers, otaku, otherkin, furries, and more. The concept of subcultures was developed in sociology and cultural studies. Subcultures differ from countercultures.
A goth couple attending the Whitby Goth Weekend festival, dressed in typical Gothic Victorian and Elizabethan styles
Members of the seminal punk rock band Ramones wearing early punk fashion items such as Converse sneakers, black leather jackets, and blue jeans
Trekkies are a subculture of Star Trek fans.
Potato chip packages featuring hip hop subcultural designs in a case of mainstream commercial cultural merging