Halloween - Blog 4

So Halloween rolled around again about a week and a half ago and as usual everyone was gearing up to wear something super creative. I hadn't dressed up for years but this time, in a sudden burst of creativity, I decided to go as an indie hipster. What's an indie hipster? Well I'm glad you asked. An Indie Hipster, as described by wikipedia, is a term identifying "young, recently-settled urban middle class adults and older teenagers with interests in non-mainstream fashion and culture, particularly alternative music, independent rock, and independent film."

Here is a picture of a typical hipster:

Provo has a rather large hipster population and in fact, most of my sister's friends fall into this description. As such, I was able to enlist her help in procuring an appropriate outfit. We went to DI the day before Halloween and found a really ridiculous, and oh so ridiculously fitting costume including drastically undersized girl pants, an ironic oversized sweater, and some vintage dress shoes. The outfit was then completed with some pretentious thick-rimmed non-prescription glasses, a straw fedora, and a scarf, all of which were found at my sister's house in south Provo.

I think the humor and irony of it was lost on most of my friends and acquaintances, but i found it rather hilarious. Unfortunately the shoes and pants are not in the photo as full body shots of my costume have not yet been posted on facebook.