I'd say hipster fashion is like the 2010s equivalent of grunge fashion. It began to take over around 2012 (same way grunge fashion took over in 1992), and by 2013 (much like 1993 with grunge), it was everywhere. However grunge fashion started to slow down around 1996/1997, and was pretty much dead by 1998. So I'm guessing hipster fashion will go the same way. 2016/2017, it will still be around, however it won't be as popular as it is now, and by 2018, it'll pretty much be dead. But honestly, I can't see hipster fashion remaining popular throughout the entire decade.

It's hard to say, really.  I personally think "hipster" fashion still has at least a few more years before it begins fading from the public.  Its popularity is contingent with the current youth culture's "individualism" and rejection of older traditions, so as with hippies in the early 70s, by the time enough backlash has developed, hipster culture will gradually disappear.

I pretty much agree with this, but hipster fashion isn't unique to the early-mid 2010's. There was also a hipster trend from 2006-2011 (I first heard the word in either '09 or '10); it consisted of neon colors, extremely tight skinny jeans worn low on the waist, high-top sneakers (such as OSIRIS), deep v-neck shirts, cardigans, scarves, head bands, side-partings, shutter shades, and large neon-colored Coke bottle frames with no lenses. This may sound like scene fashion to you guys. In fact, people just look back at this and consider it scene fashion with beards.

Speaking of which, 2006 is the year that facial hair and ungroomed male bodies became desirable again.


It's hard to say, really.  I personally think "hipster" fashion still has at least a few more years before it begins fading from the public.  Its popularity is contingent with the current youth culture's "individualism" and rejection of older traditions, so as with hippies in the early 70s, by the time enough backlash has developed, hipster culture will gradually disappear.


Honestly, hipster fashion is already fading. I've seen it fade since 2014 or so. Some remnants of the style such as the side-buzz peaked that year, but honestly true and real hipster fashion isn't that popular anymore. Its real ubiquitous years were 2012 and 2013.

I also don't think there's as much of a rejection of older traditions as many people imply. Plus, once enough backlash develops, things tend to fade pretty fast. Hippie fashion was still very much present in 1973, but come 1974 and it's all gone. Suede and cotton were replaced by polyester and silk and low-rise was replaced by high-waisted.


Also, not everybody wears this stuff. I don't wear skinny jeans, I wear regular-fitting chinos. I don't wear large glasses, I wear narrow frames. I don't do the side-buzz, I do more of Caesar cut-front updo kind of look. I also buy my clothes from places such as Calvin Klein and the Gap instead of Urban Outfitters and H&M. I find skateboarding shoes and chukka boots to be very much uncomfortable; I like wearing Lug-soled shoes and dress shoes more. I also never wear T-shirts in public anymore and I'm donning polos or camp shirts when I leave the house.

I would call myself an exception, but I've always thought sartorial eras should be defined by the stylish minority and not the uncaring masses. I predict hipster fashion will be out of fashion by 2016. Have you seen the Spring/Summer 2016 fashion trends for men? Very colorful and clean-pressed.

It's hard to say, really.  I personally think "hipster" fashion still has at least a few more years before it begins fading from the public.  Its popularity is contingent with the current youth culture's "individualism" and rejection of older traditions, so as with hippies in the early 70s, by the time enough backlash has developed, hipster culture will gradually disappear.


True, but there are also people of our generation that are not on board with the hipster trend. And in an ironic twist to be unique, the hipsters have ultimately become very much the same. I personally feel like there is less individuality in fashion at the moment. When I look at the hipster influenced fashion, it looks very robotic, without any real personality or authenticity. But yeah, I did get the feeling it would linger on for a couple more years. Kind of like how grunge fashion still lingered in 1996/1997.

Fashion goes in 5-7 year cycles.  After a trend peaks, it lingers on until its gradually replaced by the next look.  Scene kid fashion peaked in 2007 but it lingered until around 2011.  I would say hipster fashion has until around 2017 or 2018 and then it will fade away.

I'm not bothered by it as much as I used to be.

I pretty much agree with this, but hipster fashion isn't unique to the early-mid 2010's. There was also a hipster trend from 2006-2011 (I first heard the word in either '09 or '10); it consisted of neon colors, extremely tight skinny jeans worn low on the waist, high-top sneakers (such as OSIRIS), deep v-neck shirts, cardigans, scarves, head bands, side-partings, shutter shades, and large neon-colored Coke bottle frames with no lenses. This may sound like scene fashion to you guys. In fact, people just look back at this and consider it scene fashion with beards.

Speaking of which, 2006 is the year that facial hair and ungroomed male bodies became desirable again.

Honestly, hipster fashion is already fading. I've seen it fade since 2014 or so. Some remnants of the style such as the side-buzz peaked that year, but honestly true and real hipster fashion isn't that popular anymore. Its real ubiquitous years were 2012 and 2013.

I also don't think there's as much of a rejection of older traditions as many people imply. Plus, once enough backlash develops, things tend to fade pretty fast. Hippie fashion was still very much present in 1973, but come 1974 and it's all gone. Suede and cotton were replaced by polyester and silk and low-rise was replaced by high-waisted.


Also, not everybody wears this stuff. I don't wear skinny jeans, I wear regular-fitting chinos. I don't wear large glasses, I wear narrow frames. I don't do the side-buzz, I do more of Caesar cut-front updo kind of look. I also buy my clothes from places such as Calvin Klein and the Gap instead of Urban Outfitters and H&M. I find skateboarding shoes and chukka boots to be very much uncomfortable; I like wearing Lug-soled shoes and dress shoes more. I also never wear T-shirts in public anymore and I'm donning polos or camp shirts when I leave the house.

I would call myself an exception, but I've always thought sartorial eras should be defined by the stylish minority and not the uncaring masses. I predict hipster fashion will be out of fashion by 2016. Have you seen the Spring/Summer 2016 fashion trends for men? Very colorful and clean-pressed.


I'd like to think hipster fashion is fading. However with the huge abundance of beards and man buns, that doesn't seem likely.

Bruh, I hate the man-bun. I've only seen ONE guy who could wear it and the only reason it looked good was because the man looked damn near like a model with exquisite bone structure.

I wish long hair, and not long beards, was in again.  :( And longer than the man bun, please.

I wish long hair, and not long beards, was in again.  :( And longer than the man bun, please.

Why not both?  :D

Why not both?  :D


Personally, if a beard suits a man's face, then I don't mind it. Though, I hate how it's trendy at the moment. Because of this, so many guys try to grow beards, and end up looking terrible. And then there's man buns, which look terrible on all guys. Hopefully the man bun trend dies soon.

I have a beard more often than not, but I'd hardly consider myself a hipster.

My facial hair grows crazy fast. If not for the fact that I get a lot of compliments on my beard, I'd shave it more often.

And the "man bun" trend doesn't really bother me. It's not something I'd go for, because my hair doesn't grow that long and I prefer short hair on guys, anyway, but I don't have any hatred toward it like a lot of people seem to have.  :D

I have a beard more often than not, but I'd hardly consider myself a hipster.

My facial hair grows crazy fast. If not for the fact that I get a lot of compliments on my beard, I'd shave it more often.

And the "man bun" trend doesn't really bother me. It's not something I'd go for, because my hair doesn't grow that long and I prefer short hair on guys, anyway, but I don't have any hatred toward it like a lot of people seem to have.  :D


Well it's not so much that people are growing their beards. It's the fact that they are doing it, just because it's trendy. As for the man bun trend, it's an example of why mid 2010s fashion will seem horribly dated in the future. I specifically say mid 2010s, because a lot can change between now and 2019.

As for the question at hand, it largely depends on where you live. If you live in Seattle or Portland or Austin or something, you're going to get a lot of alternative folks. The west is generally more accepting of this stuff than the east. Both hippies and grunge came from the western region of the U.S. (Cali for hippies, Seattle for grungeheads). I believe the hipster style originated from Seattle as well, maybe from Portland. I'm not sure. Regarding other places, you will not see it as much.

You need to realize that "hipster fashion" is not real fashion. It is anti-fashion. Like the hippie style and the grunge style, it was supported by the industry for only a couple years before they moved away from it. For hippies, it was 1969 and 1970. For grunge, it was 1992 and 1993. For hipsters, it was 2012 and 2013. Now, it's the counter-culture style. It is incongruent with mainstream fashion. This article explains Anti-Fashion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-fashion

Where I live, hipster fashion was only widely commonplace in 2012 and 2013 (I moved to a new state in late spring '13 where the trend remained big through Q1 '14). My area tends to mostly follow the mainstream trends. This is what is currently in style (as in actual fashion) and is a close representative of what most of the young people in my area wear, only we're somewhat lower-end - myself included.

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The point is, nobody focuses on those that follow actual mainstream fashion trends - they only focus on the counterculture. It's a shame that people remember the 1990's for only grunge fashion when there was so much more that the decade offered. The 2010's are the same way. Man-buns and beards aren't supported by fashion designers, that's what the counter-culture brought us! The 2010's are unfortunately only gonna be remembered for hipster fashion, like the '90s with grunge. People only remember the bad – they never acknowledge the good, because they forget that it happened.

Personally, if a beard suits a man's face, then I don't mind it. Though, I hate how it's trendy at the moment. Because of this, so many guys try to grow beards, and end up looking terrible. And then there's man buns, which look terrible on all guys. Hopefully the man bun trend dies soon.

Right, if it's patchy or merely fuzz on your face, don't grow one! You'll look like a slob!

I have a feeling it would die around 2018, around when all Gen Y influences of pop culture would be either dead or slowing down. In or around this time I see Normcore, the Gen Z equivalent to Hipster, to begin to rise, heck its already starting to get big

Right, if it's patchy or merely fuzz on your face, don't grow one! You'll look like a slob!


I've been clean shaven for 11 years now.