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Have we reached peak hipster? | Fashion | theguardian.com
"Hipsterism isn't a style, it's a uniform," says Simon Elder, who seems to know the local terrain well. "Venture into certain pubs in Hackney on a Friday night and it looks like an Allen Ginsberg convention – but without the poetry. No room for variation, no space for creativity, only a checklist of conformity ticked off by the virtual doorman in your head."
"Hipsterism isn't a style, it's a uniform," says Simon Elder, who seems to know the local terrain well. "Venture into certain pubs in Hackney on a Friday night and it looks like an Allen Ginsberg convention – but without the poetry. No room for variation, no space for creativity, only a checklist of conformity ticked off by the virtual doorman in your head."