The hipster handbook /

A humorous journey inside the hipster style phenomenon offers a close-up look at the hipster lifestyle and vocabulary, from vintage clothing and preferences in beer to dining, grooming and tattoo choices.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lanham, Robert
Other Authors: Nicely, Bret (Illustrator), Bechtel, Jeff (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Anchor Books, 2003.
Edition:1st Anchor Books ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Everything that once was cool is now deck
  • 11 clues you are a hipster
  • 11 clues you are not a hipster
  • Who says "tubular" anymore?
  • Phrases and terms avoided by hipsters
  • Core elements of hipsterdom
  • Hipster personality type : the UTF (unemployed trust-funder)
  • Styles hipsters avoid
  • What about indie rockers?
  • Hipsters and non-hipsters in history : separating the deck from the fin
  • Hipster personality type : the clubber
  • Dining, diet, and dinner parties
  • Hipster personality type : the loner
  • The cosmopolitan cosmopolitan : choosing a bar
  • The perfect bronson
  • Finely brewed for greasers : beers hipsters avoid
  • Deck chowder : hipster cocktails
  • Midtown happy hour : cocktails hipsters avoid
  • Gotta light? Hipster cigarettes
  • Hipster personality type : the schmooze
  • Hipster grooming : more than a matter of style
  • Follicles, pores, and flubber : grooming, makeup, and surgery for the hipster female
  • Hipster hairdos for men
  • Hipster hairdos for women
  • Hipster personality types : Maxwells, carpets, and CK-1s
  • Tattoos : they've gone suburban
  • Pierce wisely
  • Metal as fuck
  • Hipster personality type : the WASH (waitstaff and service hipster)
  • Waddup bitch?! : Hipsters and their greetings
  • www.thehipsterhandbook.com and other deck sites
  • Hipster magazines
  • Hipster personality type : the neo-crunch
  • A day in the life (slacker style)
  • Hipster personality type : the teeter
  • Indigenous zones of the hipster in the United States and Canada
  • The ivy leagues for hipsters
  • Hipster personality type : the polit
  • Working for the man
  • The job interview
  • Hipster personality type : the bipster
  • Hipster music : I want my MTV disconnected
  • Hipster literature : if you haven't read these works, at least pretend you have
  • Hipster cinema : rolling out the red carpet, or the Oscars suck ass
  • Matters of the heart : dating a hipster
  • Some common (and uncommon) pairings in dating
  • Dating a non-hipster
  • The aging hipster
  • The questionnaire : are you a hipster?
  • Behind the scenes : it takes a village.