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These twill pants, designed by Marc Jacobs for his spring 2009 collection, show how skinny pants for men have become a high fashion staple.
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This cardigan-clad blipster waits for the new TopShop to open in New York City. The British import brings even more of a European silhouette to trend-seeking American shoppers. Black men, it seems, are no exception.
Streetpeeper.com documents street fashion around the world. This man, photographed in Chicago, looks a bit older than your typical blipster— but if the ironic tee fits…
Streetspeeper.com catches one Los Angeles dweller who exemplifies the blipster aesthetic—bright colors, a slimmer silhouette, and a penchant for funky headwear.
Black folks don't always go whole hipster. These young men, seen on 14th Street in Washington, have taken the kaffiyeh (usually white) and the nerd glasses (usually nerdy) and paired them with the hats of their favorite sports teams—creating a remix that is all their own.
When it comes to race, the "Kick Push" moment goes both ways. These teens, visiting from San Diego, have appropriated the Kanye-West style "sunglasses" and flat-brimmed caps that black youth culture got first.
For blipster chic? This teen, photographed on lower Broadway in New York City, downs a cone in his neo-hipster threads.
The repurposing of secondhand clothes and back-in-the-day trends is a hipster trademark. Streetpeeper.com catches a vendor in East London's trendy, grime-y Brick Lane wearing full-on throwback mode—from the fanny pack to those colorful Nikes. The ethnic-looking beads keep it black, though!
Steve Williams' DGK crew makes urban hipster gear and pulls monster tricks in skate parks. Williams' line of baseball caps are a ubiquitous sight on both white and black teens across the country.
Three black teens take turns grinding, kicking and pushing on their skateboards at the corner of 42nd and Spruce in Philadelphia.
Hector, who doesn't much care for the term "blipster," lives in DC and skates with his friends whenever possible—usually on the weekends.
Entertainer Kanye West, seen here with friends at the Comme Des Garcons (Like Boys) fashion show in Paris, isn't gay—he's just taken on the mantle of Head Blipster in Chief; and crazy, colorful looks like these come with the territory.
White rapper Asher Roth has said "The world's gone mad when blacks wear plaid." Looks like this guy is in on the joke.
Ninjasonik, New York City-based musicians and performance artists, take care to call themselves "a band, not a rapper." The band's enthusiastic claims to blipsterhood are manifest in its underground hit: "Tight Pants."
"Jah Jah" of Ninjasonik in action in a New York club.
"Art Rappers" Das Racist, based in Brooklyn, drop an album of playful mashup hipster hits on June 12th. Their single, "Pizza Hut / Taco Bell," channels both street style and suburban ennui—the perfect blipster anthem.
Ouch! A commenter on the website hipsterrunoff.com expressed confusion at this retro 90s look: "I can't tell if they are alt black or if they really just came back from a waterpark." Good question.
Dwayne Wayne of "Cosby Show" spinoff "A Different World" (played by Kadeem Hardison) took the hipster look from 80s to 90s. Unlike blipsters today, he wore his rounded frames and over-bright sweaters without irony.
The legendary George Clinton of Parliament Funkadelic gives today's blipsters a run for their money. Here, he performs "Atomic Dog" at the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in October 2008.
Read about "The Rise of The Black Hipster" at The Root.
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