tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post8614359342006477182..comments2024-03-27T14:20:05.905-04:00Comments on Montclair SocioBlog: Paris - New York (bis)Jay Livingstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06652075579940313964noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-82082187443670106702012-06-06T10:10:01.916-04:002012-06-06T10:10:01.916-04:00-A hipster is called a "hipster" with a ...-A hipster is called a "hipster" with a French accent. <br />-A "bobo" is short for "bohemian bourgeois". This is what hipsters become after 35 and have children and more money.<br />-"BCBG" is short for "bon chic bon genre" which would be closer to yuppie and from old money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-41655072341081339892012-01-27T08:52:38.153-05:002012-01-27T08:52:38.153-05:00La Barbe is the beard. The idea is that in Paris ...La Barbe is the beard. The idea is that in Paris a beard is worn by a bobo, in NYC by a hipster. At first, I thought a bobo was the Parisian equivalent of a hipster. Now I'm not so sure. I'll have to find some Parisian sources to consult. I may try to get to that opening -- surely there will be some good informants in attendance.<br /><br />I think that a couple of decades ago, the "bcbg" of Paris were sort of like the "yuppies" of the US, but also different. BCBG did <i>not</i> carry the same negative connotation. (Nobody would open or store or line of clothing called Yuppie.) So maybe it's the same for bobo/hipster. Look at the other graphic -- a glass of Bordeaux and a Cosmopolitan may both be drunk as an aperitif, but they are not the same. <br /><br /><br /><br />What I find interesting -- and this is also in response to Anonymous's comment on the previous post -- is that similar new social types emerge in different societies. Also that similar cultural areas emerge in different cities and may often have a similar geographic relation to one another even though the cities are geographically very different.Jay Livingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652075579940313964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-87551444862411944502012-01-26T23:39:51.753-05:002012-01-26T23:39:51.753-05:00Sorry to be not clear. But is hipster in French &q...Sorry to be not clear. But is hipster in French "la barbe" or "un bobo"? Seriously. My interest in hipsters could be fodder for a book. My knowledge of french is zero.PCMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13647097472236933108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-67735659838719949052012-01-26T23:39:32.335-05:002012-01-26T23:39:32.335-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.PCMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13647097472236933108noreply@blogger.com