Look at those cool kids over there

Have you ever seen those 'cool' kids with the vintage outfits that appear to come straight from the thrift store? Yes? Then you have witnessed an American subculture on the rise. 
    In an attempt to reject labels and the so called ‘ignorant’ ideology of mainstream culture, Hipsters have created an elite lifestyle of their own. 
    Although fashion is the easiest way by which Hipsters are identified - in the words of Time Magazine, “your grandmother’s sweater and Bob Dylan’s wayfarers,…jean shorts, Converse All Stars and a can of Pabst” - there are many other ways in which they are identified.
    Hipsters never frequent McDonald’s or Dunkin’ Donuts; rather, they tend to flock to local coffee shops and cafes to read works by such authors as Dostoevsky and Burgess.  When they are not at these venues, hipsters can be seen at organic food stores and outdoor farmers markets.  Often turning to foreign films, Hipsters, as with everything else mainstream, reject popular music, listening, instead, to Indie and underground artists. 
    Hipsters came into being through the desire to stray from the popular and traditional ways of modern culture; however, as the ideas of this elite group of individuals have become more popular, the hipster population has grown and become more popular.

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