PSA FOR HIPSTERS:

1. Die.

2. its not really retro or "throwback" if you lived during the time that is being revisited, Einstein. The point is to go back to a certain point time and breathe new life in it. Cleverly. Not cannibalize yourself.

and by lived i don't mean that you were a young kid who was dressed by your momma...i mean a teenager/young adult who was well aware of fashions of the day

If my grandma decided to go back to 1942 and wear the clothes and hairstyles of the day, she would be an idiot. Not a tastemaker. (fortunately she's not. love you GRANDMOM!)

so whats my point? Well i saw a dude on tv whose hair was styled in a box. and no, the show wasn't filmed in 1989, or 90 or 91

no..he was fresh off the set for 07

dude had to be 35 and i was like wtf. i mean, how can you be ironic about yourself?

you're over 30 with a hightop fade and wearing a gold dookie chain. Knock knock. You experienced all of this the first go round. You don't get another chance. Isn't doing it all again violating the pastiche'd statement one is trying to make? After all you WERE there when that dreadful style was inaugurated...shouldnt that somehow cancel out the cool? Leave it to the young kids to whom these styles are novel and exciting. I mean lord knows WHY they feel this way...but leave it to them. Please.


if my 16 year old brother decided to rock a box i could understand. He would be being ironic and trendy. i mean i might slap him across the head with a sea bass, but i'd understand. However when a 30 something who lived through the period decides to get a high top fade w/5 parts and the tip bleached blonde( i see you kwame) its like "huh?"

i bet' not see any chicks rocking the hot cool and vicious.

perhaps im missing the point of throwing back?

hm...nah..i'm not.

i mean what i look like stepping out the house wearing carhartt and leather? ok id look fly but im always fly what about everyone else ?

i did the bootleg Boss look in 93 i dont need to do it again...ever

im saying, if were going to throw it back, lets THROW it ALL the way back. Forget all of this safe, cuddly "im reminded of my youth and im in a happy place with great memories when i was young and full of ideals" retroism .

Tonsures for the 08 folks

the new look of sexy