> "Is that really the core criticism of hipsterdom?" How would a hipster caricature respond to the kiffeyeh becoming an empty fashion trend? "I wore it before

> "Is that really the core criticism of hipsterdom?" How would a hipster caricature respond to the kiffeyeh becoming an empty fashion trend? "I wore it before it was cool" i.e. I was better/smarter/above simple fashion herding. So, yeah. I think that's the over-riding common thread linking the various branches and spectra of hipsterdom and the one thing that's almost universally criticized wherever hipsters are being discussed.