The hipster trend is a vapidly growing trend of "young, recently settled urban middle class adults and older teenagers with interests in non-mainstream fashion and culture, particularly indie rock, independent film, magazines such as Vice and Clash, and websites like Pitchfork Media. In some contexts, hipsters are also referred to as scenesters." This was a style first found in the 40's that has been recently revived.
While it is in America, it mostly resides in California in areas like San Francisco and Los Angeles, it has a bigger dominance in the UK as the class divide gets bigger and bigger. A prime example of this trend is in The Mighty Boosh, a TV show with no actual point to it, which throws the most random styles, stories and characters on the show, yet is loved among hipsters despite actually being a satire of it in many ways.
This video spoofs the culture yet pretty much sums it up. Hipsters generally give off the vibe of not caring and in being abstract in their fashion sense, borrowing or some would say 'stealing' from different cultures to create their own. Other good examples of the hipster trend are Scott Pilgrim vs the world and Nathan Barely
This opening scene from the first scene of "Nathan Barely" perfectly captures the hipster trend
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