As if ISIS wasn't bad enough, now Iraq is infested with hipsters

[BehindBlueI's]

Iraqi Kurdish fashionistas make a splash - BBC News

The group calls itself Mr Erbil, after the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq that has been at the frontline of the struggle against the militants of the Islamic State (IS) group...Mr Erbil sees itself as something almost akin to a movement representing young Iraqi Kurds who are looking for a better life and want to promote Kurdish culture to the world.

The group even hopes to effect social change and challenge traditional attitudes, particularly on women's rights.

 

[actaeon277]

Well, if they didn't hate us before...

 

[rhino]

Iraqi Kurdish fashionistas make a splash - BBC News

Where are their "infinity shemaghs"?

 

[Sylvain]

I saw that earlier, pretty similiar to the "la sape" movement you find in Africa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Sape

 

[Gluemanz28]

What no man buns

What a bunch of posers.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Im honestly not sure which is worse...

 

[DoggyDaddy]

What no man buns

What a bunch of posers.

Yeah, and you can't see their shoes (are they Vans?) or enough of their pants to tell if they're skinny jeans. I'll withhold judgment as to their hipster status.

 

[TB1999]

Was this dress allowed under hussein? If not, I'm all for it.

 

[femurphy77]

Beats the hell out of bomb vests!

 

[mbills2223]

Guy in the middle looks a bit like Tobey McGuire

 

[Woobie]

Meanwhile, in Indiana, everyone is wearing camo pants, stained t-shirts and crocs. These guys aren't wearing stuff that's all that hipster. Compared to what I see on a daily basis, it looks pretty classy to me.

Except for the gloves. I hate gloves.

 

[Trigger Time]

Next thing you know they will be ****ing animals, oh wait .....

 

[Trigger Time]

Seriously this beard fad needs to end. It's really douchey

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Yeah, and you can't see their shoes (are they Vans?) or enough of their pants to tell if they're skinny jeans. I'll withhold judgment as to their hipster status.

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I think skinny jeans are the red line.

I'm not big into gloves, and even I moved on from a pocket watch. (When I worked construction I actually used a pocket watch because I beat up the wrist watches so badly. Now with smart phones, watches seem less and less relevant.) I like the middle guy's jacket, though.

 

[Trigger Time]

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I think skinny jeans are the red line.

I'm not big into gloves, and even I moved on from a pocket watch. (When I worked construction I actually used a pocket watch because I beat up the wrist watches so badly. Now with smart phones, watches seem less and less relevant.) I like the middle guy's jacket, though.

amen! Skinny jeans is a threat to manhood

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Just when you thought it was safe to come in from the jihad...

 

[Sylvain]

Seriously this beard fad needs to end. It's really douchey

Don't they have a long lasting tradition of beards over there?

I think you could only describe that as being a fad in the US.

 

[jsx1043]

I like the middle guy's jacket, though.

Im pretty sure that guy jacked that whole outfit out of your closet BBI. Only thing missing is a wheelgun.

 

[KellyinAvon]

You'd expect this with the generation after freedom was gained. These 20-somethings were little kids when Saddam assumed room temperature. The Peshmerga (Kurdish Military) are bad dudes who don't drop their weapons and ditch their uniforms at the first sign of trouble. Hopefully that Kurdish tradition continues.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Im pretty sure that guy jacked that whole outfit out of your closet BBI. Only thing missing is a wheelgun.

He'd have to get the vest and gloves elsewhere, but otherwise...