If there’s one thing our world leaders have had in common, it’s that they’ve all had strong personalities. If you’re going to run a country, how could you not?
But imagine for a moment that each of these leaders were secretly hipsters. Why would a person imagine such a thing? I have absolutely no idea, but… one man did, Amit Shimoni. He’s taken some of the world’s greatest, and most sinister, leaders of our time and re-imagined them as hipsters wearing “Mod” style clothing, wild hair, and pretentious mustaches.
Hipstory Art Prints by Amit Shimoni
“It is my hope that this series will encourage us to reflect: upon our leaders, our society, and ourselves,” Amit wrote on Bored Panda. “HIPSTORY wishes not to criticize, but to shed new light on the way we think of ourselves and the figures who inspire us.”
In no particular order, here are the hipster leaders in all their glory.
Who is your favorite leader? Mine is John F. Kennedy, both the illustration and the man himself. It’s a shame he didn’t live just a little bit longer.
