Walking around the foremost US music festival got me thinking, or more accurately feeling, that I am obviously NOT AS COOL as some people. I'm approaching this strictly in terms of fashion. Perhaps it's more accurate to say that I care less, don't have the time to compile striking outfits, or am bound to other things like my (lack) of $$$, educational goals. Meh. Regardless:

Kids @ SXSW = Cooler > Me.

And I'm fine with this. If you put me in a lineup sampling the kids walking 6th St. in Austin it's going to go a little like this:
(a) elder industry business guy - overweight, out of place
(b) early 50's mom, way too skinny, way out of her youth and REALLY not acting her part
(c) overly academic, just crawled out from under a pile of research grad student (yo)
(d) foreign Japanese hipster. tight jeans, trucker hat, 80's nintendo colorscheme sneakers
(e) i'm so sad-core it's painful to look at me emokid
(f) genuine indie gal. no glam, all artist - no image.
(g) perfectly compiled indie - and a great case study on 'how to burn a trustfund'.
(h) 'cooler than everyone in the room' rocker.

I'm in the first trifecta, but more interested in the last penta-
So here's the idea: photograph the most ridiculous hipster possible (and post it)

Not to bash anyone, I love the effort(s).

Or a woman in a (headless) gorilla outfit.
Also cool. And weird. And in too much of a hurry to explain.

I think I missed the band + gorilla outfit showcase. Did they have free banana daiquiris?

From Urban Dictionary.

From some poor schmuck's MySpace page.

I love the idea of capturing hipsters in the wild! I only wish I was in Austin to take actual photographs *ahem* instead of Google image searching them.

I call this: "Hipster on the move."
It's an action shot.

The green tights really --didn't-- work for me. Nice effort though.

I'm surprised at you. Those tights are hot! And green! They scream GonzoGirl to me. I'm buying you a pair.

Oops. Sorry ballpoint revolution. Must learn to read.