Hipster Bride Style Guide: Accessories

I want to dress like a hipster. Just for a week. You know, just to see how it feels to be a true subversive 'badass'. I went to a hipster party in Silverlake (shocker) a couple weekends ago. Granted, this wasn't a real hipster party with actual living, breathing hipsters (tear...). It was a poser hipster party - meaning it was hispter themed. I NEVER pass up an opportunity to dress up like a jackass. So I went all out. And I must say, it felt strangely awesome. Look how HIP we look:

While at the party, I noticed that ACCESSORIES were what made everyone's hipster garb unique. Me: lion suspenders. Marisa: fannypack and a shirt that says, "Big Gulps." Kate: A giant fake tattoo right on her boobs. Brad: tight purple pants and a pencil thin mustache. So of course I had to do an HBSG Accessories post! So here goes. Let's get hip, mutha-uckas.

THE HBSG: Accessories

You're a hipster. The only jewelry you own consists of neon slap bracelets and safety pins that hold your underwear together. So you can bet your hip ass that you won't be caught dead wearing your mother's pearls on the big day. You roll your own damn way.

Let's start with the veil. Sure, the hipster bride may scoff at the whole idea of a veil in the first place... But let's examine the possibilities.

1. The Face Veil: not just for gypsy brides and female characters from Aladdin. And let's face it, how else would you be able to rock your faux hawk with a traditional veil?

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2. This veil gets the award for "hippest bird's nest ever worn on someone's head." That's a really competitive category by the way...

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3. Let's face it. The only person in the world who would rock a full-on camo veil would be you. Cuz you're just. that. hip. All you need is a bouquet of grenades and a Saigon hooker bridesmaid.

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And WHERE THE HELL will you put your pack of Parliaments during the ceremony? Well, how about carrying them right on your ASS? A Sequin Kitty Cat Fanny Pack is waaaaay hipper that a regular old sequin fanny pack. But you're a hipster, so you already knew that.

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Yeah, yeah, you caved and got an off-white wedding dress. Whatever. That doesn't make you a traditional bride. Not one bit. All you need is a pair of slinky space-like spandex leggings to go underneath. Get married, then get physical - Olivia Newton-John Stylee.

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And what would a hipster be without a little irony? A loser. That's what. So make sure you wear this:

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Oh, and one more thing, Hipster Brides, you can smoke all the Parliaments you want on your wedding day, just long as you smoke 'em out of one of these:

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