hipsterish
Deliberately obscure tastes
Hipsterish describes someone or something that resembles or embodies hipster culture without fully committing to it.
The term suggests aesthetic choices like vintage clothing, obscure music preferences, artisanal coffee enthusiasm, or ironic appreciation of unfashionable things.
It often carries a gently mocking tone, implying the person is trying a bit too hard to seem authentically alternative.
His beard and fixed-gear bike gave him a hipsterish vibe.
Currently in style
- stylishFashionably elegant
- contemporaryOf the present age
- coolCalm or fashionable
- urbanPertaining to cities
gentrified · Brooklyn · Williamsburg · Shoreditch · Portland · Melbourne · coffeeshop · gastropub
Rejects prevailing social standards
- countercultureRejection of mainstream values
- artisticShowing imaginative skill
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- indieProduced outside majors
alternative · offbeat · quirky · artsy · beatnik · subculture · rebellious · avant-garde
Quality from past eras
- vinylSynthetic resin plastic
- analogComparable equivalent
- old-schoolAdhering to past methods
- throwbackReturn to ancestral type
mid-century · polaroid · typewriter · thrift · secondhand · fixie · cassette · turntable
Deliberately selected and organized
- artisanalMade by skilled craftspeople
- handcraftedMade manually, not machined
- bespokeMade to individual specifications
- small-batchProduced in limited quantities
organic · farm-to-table · minimalist · rustic · lumbersexual
fashionable
Currently in style
- stylishFashionably elegant
- contemporaryOf the present age
- coolCalm or fashionable
urban · gentrified · Brooklyn · Williamsburg · Shoreditch · Portland · Melbourne · coffeeshop · gastropub · pop-up
nonconformist
Rejects prevailing social standards
- countercultureRejection of mainstream values
- artisticShowing imaginative skill
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
indie · alternative · offbeat · quirky · artsy · beatnik · subculture · rebellious · avant-garde · creative
vintage
Quality from past eras
- vinylSynthetic resin plastic
- analogComparable equivalent
- old-schoolAdhering to past methods
throwback · mid-century · polaroid · typewriter · thrift · secondhand · fixie · cassette · turntable · rotary
curated
Deliberately selected and organized
- artisanalMade by skilled craftspeople
- handcraftedMade manually, not machined
- bespokeMade to individual specifications
small-batch · organic · farm-to-table · minimalist · rustic · lumbersexual
tongue-in-cheek
Humorously not meant literally
self-aware · meta · postmodern · kitschy · campy · pastiche · parody · winking · detached · knowing
hipsterishmainstream
Dominant cultural current
conventional · basic · normie · conformist · mass-market
hipsterishearnest
Sincerely intense in purpose
sincere · unironic · guileless · unselfconscious · straightforward
hipsterishpreppy
Polished, traditional aesthetic
clean-cut · buttoned-up · corporate · big-box · mass-produced