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HOMELESS WOMAN or “IT” GIRL? [New HRO Gimmick]

Carles — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:10:05 +0000

As HRO continues to ‘get back 2 itz roots’, it will attempt to reconnect with popular gimmicks that it once utilized. You might remember ‘Altbro or AltBag‘ and possibly ‘Alt or Bro‘–both were games where you had to identify the social genre of a human being. In the following post, you are asked to evaluate whether the woman pictured is a ‘legitimate homeless woman’ or an ‘it girl.’ This is meant to question the reader’s concept of ‘fashion’ and demonstrate the impact of societal role reversal on fashion as a method of self expression.

This gimmick is known as “HOMELESS WOMAN or IT GIRL?????”

Photo via the ArabParrot

Do u think the woman in the picture is a HOMELESS WOMAN or an IT GIRL?

Please justify your answer in the comment to receive your free I AM CARLES shirt.

For example:
‘She is homeless bc she is really trying to take a nappy on the sidewalk [via her bed made of newspaper].’

or

‘She is an IT GIRL because of her yoga bag and fashion-forward sense of style. Lovin the ironic rain boots. Gonna buy those at Urbby when I get my next paycheck.’

‘She is a homeless ‘it girl’ since the IT GIRL bubble burst in mid-2k8.’

What do yall think she is?
Feeling confused by societal roles and could really use your guidance.

Previous Homelessness Coverage
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/09/hope-and-homelessness-never-give-up-on-personal-branding.html

Play similar editions of this gimmick
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/tag/altbro-or-altbag

Is Paris Jackson the next big ‘it girl’?

Carles — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:27:20 +0000

Today, I was watching the MJ funeral, and I noticed this bright face who I had never seen before, bc I think it was usually ‘hidden by sillie masks.’ It turns out that Michael Jackson has a daughter who is named “Paris Katherine Jackson.” I think that she is young, but I think after this funeral, there will be a ‘high demand’ for her, particularly after her ’strong, vulnerable moment’ where she spoke to the world.

Feel like I think she is a ‘normal kid’ now that she has just spoken out as ‘a chill girl’ who ‘loves her daddy’ (even though her biological source is ‘unconfirmed’).

I remember when JFK Jr went from ‘a lil bro’ who was ’saluting his assassinated dad’

to being ‘The sexiest Bro Alive’

And Prince Wiliam/Prince Harry went from being ‘mourning sons’

to being a ‘hotter bachelor than Ashton Kutcher, before the internet existed and Demi Moore was officially a cougar’

I feel like ‘big things’ are in store for Paris Jackson. I hope she stays ‘relatively normal’ and ‘deals with the spotlight’ relatively well.

Maybe a ‘more chill’ version of Madonna’s daughter

or possibly the personal brand of a ‘young starlette who wants to attend an Ivy League school’, like Natalie Portman, or the ‘cute ass lil barely legal teen’ from Harry Potters

In general, I am just excited for all of his kids, getting to experience life without ‘masks’. Sorta like when ur parents get divorced, and u live with your more ‘liberal, normal’ parent, and the ‘conservative domineering parent’ no longer has control of ur life.

Feel excited about watching Paris Katherine Jackson ‘blossom into a woman’ right in front of our eyes [via gossip blogs]

Do yall think she is the next big ‘it girl’?
What would yall say 2 her to take her personal brand 2 the next lev?

What happens to ‘it’ girls after they are no longer ‘it’?

Carles — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:23:00 +0000

Who is the gurle in the middle, yall? <3 unidentified friends <3

[memehijack via Pedestrian.tv]

Every trend, fashion, internet meme, and blog has its glory days. Glory days can’t last forever, yall. It’s kinda like what Sugar Ray lead singer Mark ‘Warhol’ McGrath said: “Every1 has his or her 15 minutes of fame (I just wanna fly).” Eventually bands are replaced, trends die, and even humans eventually die. (sad but true, yall. We can’t all be Bicentennial Men a.k.a. DorianGrayAlts a.k.a. ForeverYoung Alts).

IT GIRLS usually have a [HIGHLY MEANINGFUL/MEMORABLE] life for 6-18 months. They feel really special, and unique, and ‘it-ty’, and become comfortable with who they are, since they are a portal to the future of everything that is ‘kewl.’ However, eventually their time expires. They are often replaced with some1 who they thought was their friend, but was a social rung beneath them. Each IT GIRL goes from being ‘it’ to being relegated back to just being one of ‘us’ (not to be confused with the ‘we’ that krappie bloggers use).

“WE LOVE SONGS IN IPOD COMMERCIALS!”
-krappie bloggers

I’m not sure how ‘it girls’ make money between ages 27-120. Agyness Deyn realized this and married a Stroke. Uffie is experimenting with pregnancy rumors/serious relationships with men who are wealthier than DJs.

‘If u don’t want a real job, just be pretty and get married.’
-college girls who are pursuing Elementary School Certification

Will I run into a former ITGIRL working at a local coffee shop in 8 years? Will former IT GIRLS have the same social existence as ‘jocks from your high school who wore their letter jackets after high school’? Will we see FailedItGirls on party pix sites even after party pix sites suffer a 50% drop in traffic after 2k10?

Is there a way that we could convert former IT GIRLS into a rare natural resource that school children can use? I know AZN engineers figured out how to turn horses into glue, so maybe we can learn how to distill ‘it girls’ into high quality alcohol or something…just throwin ideas out there, yall…

What do yall wanna convert former buzzworthy people/items into, yall?

What happens to ‘it’ girls after they are no longer ‘it’?

Carles — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:23:00 +0000

Who is the gurle in the middle, yall? <3 unidentified friends <3

[memehijack via Pedestrian.tv]

Agyness Deyn Is Just Another Alt Slut?

Carles — Wed, 07 May 2008 04:54:00 +0000

I don’t understand what the big deal about Agyness Deyn is. A lot of blogs and magazines say she is super kute, and she is a fashion icon, but I don’t really know how to appreciate stuff like that.

When it comes to be anointed as an “it girl,” I wonder how you stay driven to overcome the simplicity of the label. For example, you could either be a Cory Kennedy and turn into a t-shirt vendor and blogger. Or maybe you can be like Chloe Sevigny, and get involved in some critically acclaimed movies, like the one where she falls in love with the girl who is trying to be a guy.

I think another strategy for “it” girls is to die [via overdose]. I think when alternative celebrities die young, we are all left wondering “what the world will be like without them to influence culture.” Sort of like with Heath Ledger, except “it” girls aren’t always that talented.

“I don’t understand why one girl can be so special. All alternative slutz look the same to me.”
-the Alternative Bro Theory

[Not Real Photo of Agyness Deyn by Half Alive photos]

But seriously.

Doesn’t she remind you of your local alternative community’s hippest-looking, and most well-dressed girl who has a d-bag boyfriend (who is either kind mainstream and rich, or works in the coffee shop industry while pursuing his masters). Every one drools all over her, but no one really talks to her because she only has a few friends. Then some one gets to know her, and they find out she isn’t even that culturally-aware, and she only listens to something like the Kings of Leon, and last week she found out about Bat For Lashes. All of the other girls in her facebook network always end up looking at her profile and her weird pictures, but every one wonders why she only has 32 friends.