We credit the creation of the word 'hipstie' to our friend Frank at OMGBlog. It's a combination of hipster and hippie. Picture some cool kids dressed in Margiela and moccasins in a canoe in upstate New York... those kids are hipsties. Famous hipsties include Ben and Andrew of the band MGMT, photographer Ryan McGinley (and the majority of his models), and artist François Hugon.
MGMT
Stills from the MGMT music video "Electric Feel"
Making of the Video "Time To Pretend"
Photographs by Ryan McGinley
Dark Light Photographs by François Hugon
Profile of a Hipstie:
Profession: student, artist, musician, graphic designer, assistant curator, filmmaker...
Education: dabbled in art school, studied abroad (Prague, Florence, Montreal), masters in Political Science, well read, cultured.
Residence: lives in the city (New York, Paris, Berlin, Los Angeles) but spends as much time as possible in the country (Upstate New York, Bretagne, Dalsland Sweden, Snaefellsjökull National Park Iceland, Joshua Tree, Whistler Canada)
Technology: Hipsties are knowledgeable about all of today's technology as well as yesterdays. They are capable of listening to music with an IPod as well as with a vintage portable record player. They appreciate Pac-Man as well as the latest XBox 360 games.
Music: Rock from any period (notable mentions: The Who, Fleetwood Mac, The Smiths, Of Montreal), Electro and Techno for dance parties.
Shopping: Whole Foods, Seven New York, Truck Stops, Porte de Montreuil Flea Market in Paris, Oxfam Charity Shops in London.
Fashion: From Maison Martin Margiela and Ann Demeulemeester to H&M to Vintage including their parents' clothes from when they were hippies. Finishing touches include Repetto shoes, Hermès scarves, vintage straw hats or Amish felt hats, Native American headdresses, something fluorescent.
Image taken from the MGMT myspace page a while back.
