hypebeast
noun
a person who avidly pursues trending fashions and newly released products in streetwear, primarily as signifiers of social prestige and financial means.
hypebeasts
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pluralof hypebeast.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Normally, sneaker restocks are something you don’t expect anyone other than hypebeasts to get excited about, but it’s a bit different with Nike’s hands-free shoes.
From The Verge ● May 2, 2022
In the late 1980s and early ’90s, long before hypebeasts spent hours waiting for coveted drops outside the Supreme store in SoHo, skaters assembled at a smaller shop on Lafayette Street.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
The limitless brilliance of the city inspires us: artists, writers, designers, illustrators, photographers, filmmakers, stylists, workers, fashionistas, hypebeasts, creatives we been seen you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2021
Abloh says that he wants to design for both “the tourist and the purist”—the hypebeasts and the fashion élite.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 11, 2019
The league needs middle-aged men as much as they need hypebeasts who spend most of their day in line in front of the Supreme store.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2016
