Hipster (1940s subculture)
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The terms hipster or hepcat, as used in the 1940s, referred to aficionados of jump blues and jazz, in particular bebop, which became popular in the early 1940s and later into the 1950s being associate
Thelonious Monk, Howard McGhee, Roy Eldridge, and Teddy Hill, in front of Minton's Playhouse in New York City, wearing zoot suits
The 21st-century hipster is a subculture typically associated with urban millennials. The subculture is characterized by alternative fashion, lifestyle, and music. Hipster values are defined by claims
Hipster (1940s subculture)
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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.