And here’s the photo that actually started this place.
A true hipster at 24, Twenty years later, he was General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party and on his way to becoming one of most infamous tyrants of the twentieth century.

And here’s the photo that actually started this place.

A true hipster at 24, Twenty years later, he was General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party and on his way to becoming one of most infamous tyrants of the twentieth century.

A silk scarf tucked into a tightly buttoned, one size too small, wool jacket, a pathetic shade of a mustache, and a just-thrown-out-of-bed hair. Young Benito was a true hipster.

A silk scarf tucked into a tightly buttoned, one size too small, wool jacket, a pathetic shade of a mustache, and a just-thrown-out-of-bed hair. Young Benito was a true hipster.

OK, so he never got the chance to actually be a dictator, but Trotsky might actually be the original hipster.

OK, so he never got the chance to actually be a dictator, but Trotsky might actually be the original hipster.

That look of existential boredom and contempt behind wide brimmed glasses, with a leopardskin hat, and a vintage shirt. This combination must beat being one of the most corrupt dictators ever.

That look of existential boredom and contempt behind wide brimmed glasses, with a leopardskin hat, and a vintage shirt. This combination must beat being one of the most corrupt dictators ever.

A black Adidas track top over a vintage check shirt, and a beard to die for. Dictators don’t come any hipsterer.

A black Adidas track top over a vintage check shirt, and a beard to die for. Dictators don’t come any hipsterer.

OK, nuclear capabilities and human rights violations are a problem, but something must be said about the hairstyle and the choice of sunglasses.

OK, nuclear capabilities and human rights violations are a problem, but something must be said about the hairstyle and the choice of sunglasses.

He might be one of the cruelest dictators ever, personally responsible for the death of millions, but given these glasses it probably was in an ironic and self conscious manner.

He might be one of the cruelest dictators ever, personally responsible for the death of millions, but given these glasses it probably was in an ironic and self conscious manner.

Might be a mistake, but we start with the ultimate hipstator.

Might be a mistake, but we start with the ultimate hipstator.