The new skanger look?

sasta le

Anyone noticed skangers have taken the hipster look on?
Beards tattoos combovers mixed with sometimes huge upper bodies snapbacks skinny trackie pants

me_irl

aka "The McGregor".

darkpagandeath

One does not simply become a Skanger Hipster.

SmartinMartin

me_irl wrote: »

aka "The McGregor".

No, most of them are still standing.

20Cent

Regular Hipsters drink designer beers from bottles.
McGreggor hipsters drink what's on tap.

darkpagandeath

20Cent wrote: »

Regular Hipsters drink designer beers from bottles.
McGreggor hipsters drink what's on tap.

Or those ones out of jam jars... "HIPSTERS!!!!"

LeeLooLee

I'm not just a regular skanger, I'm a cool skanger.

Your Face

They're so versatile.

darkpagandeath

Your Face wrote: »

They're so versatile.

Birdseye Potato waffles ?

Your Face

darkpagandeath wrote: »

Birdseye Potato waffles ?

Yeah

ardinn

The McSkanger


Sounds like a burger from that popular fast food joint





KFC

newacc2015

sasta le wrote: »

Anyone noticed skangers have taken the hipster look on?
Beards tattoos combovers mixed with sometimes huge upper bodies snapbacks skinny trackie pants

OP what hipster have you seen that wear snapbacks and tracksuit bottoms? Hipster wear the total opposite

I do think skangers are finally retiring short back, top and sides. I went to a Barbers in the north inner city and he said they are doing less short hair cuts.

sasta le

newacc2015 wrote: »

OP what hipster have you seen that wear snapbacks and tracksuit bottoms? Hipster wear the total opposite

I do think skangers are finally retiring short back, top and sides. I went to a Barbers in the north inner city and he said they are doing less short hair cuts.

See loads where as now its only getting into the skanger dress sense
Look at all the faux old fashioned barber shops around last a year or so

djflawless

And them feckin long jackets with the fluffy hoods. . Quare yolks altogether

sasta le

A parka?I have one bought it a few years back a good one

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Lord I came into this thread a bit worried it was going to be how I dressed.
Hipster scumbag, hmm. Anything is better than the white socks with the bottoms tucked in. Even skinny tracksuit pants

djflawless

Its starting to look more and more like lads are taking their sisters clothes imo

sjb25

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Lord I came into this thread a bit worried it was going to be how I dressed.
Hipster scumbag, hmm. Anything is better than the white socks with the bottoms tucked in. Even skinny tracksuit pants

But the tracksuit pants need enough room the keep hands down the front for the cold weather

Special Circumstances

sjb25 wrote: »

But the tracksuit pants need enough room the keep hands down the front for the cold weather

Doesn't even have to be cold in limerick. Anytime anywhere.

FortuneChip

What the hell are snapbacks?

Pinch Flat

Was in a night club in Waterford over Christmas - looked around to see two identical mcgregors standing behind me. Man buns, beards and cheap top man 3 piece suits.

It takes one class of a bellend to go out dressed like him, but two of them? That's skangers for ya.

NIMAN

Paul Galvin wannabees?

theteal

FortuneChip wrote: »

What the hell are snapbacks?

Surprised I had to scroll for so long to see this asked. I'm not the only fogey...

freshpopcorn

theteal wrote: »

Surprised I had to scroll for so long to see this asked. I'm not the only fogey...

They appear to be some sort of hat. (I had to Google it)

Cookie_Dough

freshpopcorn wrote: »

They appear to be some sort of hat. (I had to Google it)

Yep, I did a Google image search. They look to me like NY Yankee baseball cap types. Never knew they were referred to as snapbacks but there ya go.

freshpopcorn

Cookie_Dough wrote: »

Yep, I did a Google image search. They look to me like NY Yankee baseball cap types. Never knew they were referred to as snapbacks but there ya go.

From further research I think the difference between them is a snapbacks size can be adjusted whilst a baseball hat is fitted and can't be adjusted. There all baseball hats to me.

Wibbs

Shoot me down in flames if ye will, but I have a soft spot for the male hipsters various looks as a general thing. Not for me as such, but what I like about it as a fashion is that it's far less classist and ageist than most previous fashions. Like when hippies were the in thing it was very much a white, young middle class thing. There were no old hippies when it was current. Same with punk when it came along(The only kinda similar "look" that was a broad enough church were/are the Goth types). Today you can have Black, Asian, whatever you're having yourself hipsters and they can be 17 or 60+ year olds, from college campus or council estate, or both. I like that about it.

Cookie_Dough

freshpopcorn wrote: »

From further research I think the difference between them is a snapbacks size can be adjusted whilst a baseball hat is fitted and can't be adjusted. There all baseball hats to me.

Likewise, I didn't actually know there was a difference tbh. I didn't investigate further, I figured doing an image search was far enough

mrsdewinter

Wibbs wrote: »

Shoot me down in flames if ye will, but I have a soft spot for the male hipsters various looks as a general thing. Not for me as such, but what I like about it as a fashion is that it's far less classist and ageist than most previous fashions. Like when hippies were the in thing it was very much a white, young middle class thing. There were no old hippies when it was current. Same with punk when it came along(The only kinda similar "look" that was a broad enough church were/are the Goth types). Today you can have Black, Asian, whatever you're having yourself hipsters and they can be 17 or 60+ year olds, from college campus or council estate, or both. I like that about it.

I'm not sure I agree. I don't remember the hippie or punk eras but they were probably more diverse than the pictorial depictions that survive. Plus I'm not sure the hipster look is as racially diverse as you're suggesting. I'm only going on what I see in town, rather than media representations, and it seems confined to white people.

ETA: I'm talking about Dublin here; I've seen hipsters in NYC, Ldn and Oz but I wouldn't have been there long enough to get a proper handle on the scene.

I'm not sure hipsters stand up to being compared to hippies or punks as those movements were underpinned by distinct philosophies that set them apart from the mainstream. Hippies: peace n love. Punks: anarchy, anti-establishment. What do hipsters believe in?

daithimac

Southsoiders! Southsoiders everywhere.
The bang of popped collars and hairspray is overwhelming in this thread.

daithimac

daithimac wrote: »

Southsoiders! Southsoiders everywhere.
The bang of popped collars and hairspray is overwhelming in this thread.

We've found ourselves a skanger

andekwarhola

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Was in a night club in Waterford over Christmas - looked around to see two identical mcgregors standing behind me. Man buns, beards and cheap top man 3 piece suits.

It takes one class of a bellend to go out dressed like him, but two of them? That's skangers for ya.

I assume that when/if they stared at you, you immediately looked intently at the floor while mentally rehearsing how you were going to put them down on social media.

Special Circumstances

mrsdewinter wrote: »

What do hipsters believe in?

being a d1ckhead is cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVmmYMwFj1I

Calibos

mrsdewinter wrote: »

What do hipsters believe in?

...Anything Social Media tells them to believe...

The Randy Riverbeast

andekwarhola wrote: »

I assume that when/if they stared at you, you immediately looked intently at the floor while mentally rehearsing how you were going to put them down on social media.

Let's play spot the hipster skanger!

Still have the man bun?

esforum

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Man buns,

What is a man bun?

(I knew what a snapback was)

Wibbs

mrsdewinter wrote: »

I'm not sure I agree. I don't remember the hippie or punk eras but they were probably more diverse than the pictorial depictions that survive.

I remember the punks alright and the photos of the time pretty much cover it, though the full on punk look was a minority thing and beyond a few hold outs didn't last long.

Plus I'm not sure the hipster look is as racially diverse as you're suggesting. I'm only going on what I see in town, rather than media representations, and it seems confined to white people.

ETA: I'm talking about Dublin here; I've seen hipsters in NYC, Ldn and Oz but I wouldn't have been there long enough to get a proper handle on the scene.

Well Ireland is overwhelmingly white anyway, so percentages of non white hipsters are going to be tiny. In more diverse places you'd see more of them about. I've certainly seen a few black hipsters in London for example.

I'm not sure hipsters stand up to being compared to hippies or punks as those movements were underpinned by distinct philosophies that set them apart from the mainstream. Hippies: peace n love. Punks: anarchy, anti-establishment.

Punk yeah, though just like hippies before them the fashion toned down went suburban mainstream very rapidly, appropriated by the "non believers".

What do hipsters believe in?

The general vibe seems to be some oddball post modernist hunt for "authenticity". They don't really believe in anything really, which is the belief system in many ways.

AnonoBoy

Special Circumstances wrote: »

being a d1ckhead is cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVmmYMwFj1I

6 years on the go. Still a great tune!

Wibbs wrote: »

Well Ireland is overwhelmingly white anyway, so percentages of non white hipsters are going to be tiny. In more diverse places you'd see more of them about. I've certainly seen a few black hipsters in London for example.

There's black hipsters in Dublin. Not that many but you'll see them about alright.

Here's a question though has the "hipster" (whatever that is!) aged. They're now settling down and getting proper jobs etc.

What's coming up behind to replace them? What's the reaction style called?

The name for it probably won't enter common parlance for a few years yet (much like how hipster has been in common usage in Ireland for about 5 years or so but has been an identifiable trend for 12/15 years or so.

So come on young people - what's the new anti-hipster look/style called? I want to get in on the ground floor with hating these new young people and their new fangled ways!

AnonoBoy

daithimac wrote: »

Southsoiders! Southsoiders everywhere.
The bang of popped collars and hairspray is overwhelming in this thread.

The belief that the majority of southsiders are popped collars douchebags is as simplistic and silly as the belief that the majority of northsiders are dole-scum skangers.

Neither is true but it takes someone like me (who was born and lives on an island in the Liffey and so is the only TRUE DUBLINER on this thread) to point it out.

harry Bailey esq

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Was in a night club in Waterford over Christmas - looked around to see two identical mcgregors standing behind me. Man buns, beards and cheap top man 3 piece suits.

It takes one class of a bellend to go out dressed like him, but two of them? That's skangers for ya.

Ah,The Foundry. You'll find plenty of em in there bai!

TerrorFirmer

Vinnie Ryan did not have the expected appearance of your average violent criminal...

http://i4.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/article7468695.ece/ALTERNATES/s1227b/3PNG.png

Baraics Pollox

sugarman wrote: »

Its almost like they've suddenly began to evolve.

10 years ago it was all Nike/adidas tracksuits with 0 back and sides, 1 on top haricuts

That slowly progressed to that ratty 80's mullet style haircut where a lot of them used "male" straighteners to straighten their hair. They also moved onto Colombia jackets and timberland boots.

Then it was all jersey / Geordie shore styles. Top man / h&m shirts 2 sizes too small to show off their big upper bodies and arms that looked ridiculous compared to their skinny chicken legs from never doing "leg day".

Finally. We have the McGregor hipster look.

Sugarman knows what the score is. Pretty much sums it up.


I do almost get a sense of nostalgia when you see the odd "old-skool" lad dragging himself around the inner city in a classic Lifestyle Sports tracksuit, manky Nike Air-Max on his feet, a bottle of Coke in one hand and a John Player Blue in the other. The type with the 5 euro,"2 back and sides" haircut and usually with that look of aggressive bewilderment on his face.

Fair play to the late 90's skanger of today for not giving a féck about whats trendy, drinking cans in the morning and giving the 2 fingers to the Garda. Fair play :P

Pinch Flat

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

Ah,The Foundry. You'll find plenty of em in there bai!

Actually it was shorts. Equally as classy an establishment :pac:

Anesthetize

I find it hilarious that the general public's idea on the modern incarnation of "hipster culture" has now become what it was meant to be against in the first place. Originally a reaction to the increase of capitalism's influence in popular culture, and including the increase of branded sports clothes being worn as everyday atire e.g. by skangers.

Unless today's skangers are buying their skinny trackies as vintage from some thrift store I think we can safely say that hipster culture as we knew it is well and truly dead and it's time to move on.

harry Bailey esq

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Actually it was shorts. Equally as classy an establishment :pac:

We'll agree to differ on that, shortts door policy is a bit more selective than the Foundry, I use the phrase 'selective' loosely, but in fairness to shortts at least you have to be over 18 to gain admittance...

djflawless

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

We'll agree to differ on that, shortts door policy is a bit more selective than the Foundry, I use the phrase 'selective' loosely, but in fairness to shortts at least you have to be over 18 to gain admittance...

I remember being in the foundry for a mates stag.
Id imagine its the sort of place Adam Johnson could find comfortable