Ever wondered why the sorority girls at your college all looked the same? Hey, maybe it’s because there was a secret, draconian dress code governing their style choices. Here at Flavorpill, we weren’t terribly surprised to find that Cornell’s Pi Phis aren’t allowed to wear “Super ‘Flared leg’ pants” or “Tacky/cheapo/pleather shoes.” But the guide did make us wonder which other puzzlingly uniform subcultures were concealing equally stringent attire rules. So we put out a call to our top-secret sources, and guess what? Someone came through.
You may not have heard of the Hipster Style Council, but we have it on good authority that this governing body exists, with branches in such young, urban enclaves as Williamsburg, Portland, OR, Silver Lake and Austin, TX. In fact, we hear the guidelines reprinted after the jump come standard with leases to certain loft buildings and job offers at such media companies as Vice.
