Swoopy Bangs.
Plaid. Stripes. V-necks.
Sunglasses.
Scarves.
Jeans of every colour/texture/style.
Lil jackets.
Remnants of the electro era mixed with an overall vibe of the purgatoryAlt.
Angry Mulatto Men in the Background.

I remember when I made a pie chart that attempting to break down the Altino Tribe of Humans.

I am not sure if 3rd World Alts/Mexicalts/Altinos/Latin Americalts are ‘growing up’ and catching on to new trends, or if they are sort of stuck with a tween-like perception of the alternative aesthetic. Wonder if the Altino in 10 years will look like the altbro circa 2k7.

Sometimes I sorta take for granted the mainstreamification of alternative trends. Like I never even take the time 2 genuinely appreciate it any more. The way I used to dress 1-20 years ago is being implemented by tweens and forever-young-post-tweens.

I made this graph in 2k8. How do yall think it has changed in the past year?

Just so weird how the 3rd worlders are such laggards when it comes to trend adoption. Do u know if they have Macbooks in those countries?
Worried about 2k10. What if I become a ‘laggard’ and some new form of human/blog/RSS feed is able to consume trends faster than me?
What if the chillwave genre was the last great moment where alts ‘chewed up and spat out’ a trend in record time? #the_glofi_movement
What if chillwave was just a ‘consumer trend’ and not an actual ‘movement’?

worried abt 2012…

Previous Mexicalt Coverage
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2008/12/the-crowning-achievement-of-mexicaltsaltinos.html
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2008/11/part-of-the-altino-nvr-dies.html
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2008/11/all-i-ever-wanted-was-a-mexicalt-with-a-progressive-pokemon-haircut.html

Trend 1: Protect Urself From Dirty Air

As yall know, there is a lot of noise and air pollution in our world. AZNs have a lifespan that is 200% longer than white & black ppl’s natural life–they take better care of themselves than we do [via only eating fish + noodles + rice]. The AZNs are beginning to mix fashion with health safety by wearing these protective masks. They also banned fastfood in Japan after seeing the hit mockumentary Super Size Me: Fast Food Nation.

Trend 2: Bangs Which Impair ur vision [via bowl cut]/critters around ur neck

I think that bangs which impair ur vision might be big in 2k9. Bangs are theoretically functional. They ‘keep hair out of ur eyes’ and help to ‘frame ur face.’ I think taking a little bit of that functionality away might help bangs stay around forever. AZNs ‘get’ where engineering, design, and personal branding come 2gether as one. In addition, AZNs will no longer use gigapets/Tamagachis in 2k9. They will have ‘real’ pets that they can wear. These real pets will be controllable through iPod Nanos.

Trend 3: AZNs who look like this //Where the Wild Things Are

I am not sure if I will still be attracted to women if they morph into neon creatures from the hit children’s book ‘Where the Wild Things Are.’ Not sure if I support these AZNs and their zany personal brands. h8 neon azn beast glam rockers.

[Photos by StyleSightings]

But srsly yall… after we rebuilt Japan post-nuclear bomb WWII, should we have given it a new name?
Something like ‘California Pt 2′ or ‘Broville’ or ‘Gizmodo’ or ‘TechCrunchville’ or ‘The Land of Gigapets’ or ‘Trend City USA’?

It’s weird 2 think about our global ‘thrift store’ economy. On my side of the world, the jersey of a popular Professional Japanese Gymnastics team might be ‘ironic/alt’, but on the Eastern side of the world, it would be ‘mainstream.’ I guess that’s why American Appy’s brand is s0 global–there are no unique identifiers (except sometimes stripes/Afrikaan prints).

soo weird how the internet is uniting alts around the world into a global scene that we all need 2 b passionate about. We have a responsibility 2 do more research instead of just putting on clothes with logos that we don’t truly understand. It would kinda be like wearing a sillie shirt with a ‘nazi brand logo.’

but srsly, do yall believe in aligning alternative personal brands with ‘iconic/ironic baseball caps’, or do u think it’s a little bit too ‘urban streetwear fashion asshole’ish?

Most trends may or may not originate at the red spots of this map

[Photo by Mark Hunter]

BUT SERIOUSLY
where do u think the best global trends originate?