What is scene style all about?

[Papercut Crisis]

What is the "scene" style all about? It interests me. Its kind of more personalized and creative... Except I've never seen any of these people in the States... Any info would be helpful. I saw the other thread with pics already.

Edit: Sorry I made a typo on the title

 

[helena]

sorry I dn't really know what you are talking about...

 

[i_<3_chanel]

visit the 'scene street style' thread in streetstyle . .

 

[Papercut Crisis]

visit the 'scene street style' thread in streetstyle . .

I saw the other thread with pics already.

I read through it a bunch, but I didnt get much info about what it is. Sorry maybe I missed some info?

 

[softgrey]

maybe post the question in that thread and then someone who knows will be able to answer?!...

just a thought.......

 

[Spacemiu]

What i call scene people are more like sudo-punk/pop punk/emo types. The people in the scene style thread are more what i refer to as hipsters or artsy hipsters

 

[sssanguine]

wow, boulder must be a REALLY small town if you've never experienced any type of subculture, no goths, skaters, punks? the scene kids are really just these kids, grown up and now "artsy".

 

[dulcedeleche]

Go read the Hipster's Handbook. It makes fun of it more than explains it, but you'll get the idea. Okay, it's like this to me. It's a subculture. In the 60s you had the Mods. In the 70s you had the Glam/Ziggy Stardust kids. In the 80s there was the Punk/New Wave look. In the early 90s there was the 'grunge' look. A lot of it has to do with music. There are soooo many different types of hipsters. We should start a thread outlining them all!

As far as style goes, the perfect example is Cobrasnake. Toni&Guy haircuts, lots of black and vintage looks. The newwave eighties look is big with hipsters. Black and white stripes. It's hard to explain. Go to Williamsburg Brooklyn. It's the breeding grounds. All these people look like they are in costume basically, or in bands. The Strokes are hipsters, the Bravery are wannabes (they totally dress like hipsters). I know Boulder has them, because Boulder is the Equivilent to Austin, where I live.

 

[dulcedeleche]

http://www.hipsterhandbook.com/

 

[Papercut Crisis]

wow, boulder must be a REALLY small town if you've never experienced any type of subculture, no goths, skaters, punks? the scene kids are really just these kids, grown up and now "artsy".

You have no idea.

Too bad. Creative people make me happy (and inspire me)! Maybe I need to move.

 

[dulcedeleche]

Definately Hipsters/Scensters: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2005/07/what_is_a_hipst.html

 

[jenmkat]

http://www.thecobrasnake.com/

http://www.misshapes.com/#

the mecca of all that is scene

 

[Sylphide]

a comment on one of those links says that if you hate hipsters you are probably a hipster so true

http://www.hipstersareannoying.com/ (case in point)

 

[brian]

Maybe I need to move.

you should.

 

[twilight fairy]

I like hipster style. I just don't like some of their personalities..(excessive swearing, using weird slang, being overly sarcastic, discussing philosophy like they're pros..) of course not all are like this.
+ I think hipsters shouldn't have massive parties together because they end up all looking the same. But I can see how they would stand out against the usual faces on the street.

 

[Fade to Black]

twilight fairy i agree with you about the personality part...i don't mind the excessive swearing but it's that overly cynical/sarcastic personality, esp. with the girls that bugs me. Like it seems like they're always rolling their eyes...oh well their style ain't all that to me anyway.

 

[Baizilla]

I didn't know this either...

Damn... i love those chicks!
Love how they dress...

but if their personality is what you guys say it is like.. then

 

[darkintragedy]

I like hipster style. I just don't like some of their personalities..(excessive swearing, using weird slang, being overly sarcastic, discussing philosophy like they're pros..) of course not all are like this.
+ I think hipsters shouldn't have massive parties together because they end up all looking the same. But I can see how they would stand out against the usual faces on the street.

That's exactly how I am. haha. Nice description

 

[delicate]

That's exactly how I am. haha. Nice description

Same here

 

[keys]

aside from the pretentious attitudes that everyone complains about, i think "scene" style has good underlying intentions. it's a much broader, less exclusive style (if you can even call it a style) than this thread gives an impression of. it encourages individual expression through a mesh of art and culture in a way that allows for some really original, aesthetically intriguing concepts. even though "scene" does still follow fashion trends like boho and beatnik, there's a wide range of interpretation here. i've seen everything from colonial to sci-fi influenced outfits and none of them seem out of place.