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Hipster history: From Postmodern Lincoln to beatnik JFK

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Published Dec. 18, 2014, 4:15 p.m. ET
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PIC FROM CATERS NEWS - (Pictured: Artist, Amit Shimoni in his studio) - A young illustrator has imagined a world where our most iconic world leaders wouldnt look out of place grabbing a low fat chai latte and a wheat free bagel from an edgy Dalston cafe. In a new series called HIPSTORY Amti Shimoni, a designer and illustrator from Israel has created a collection of pictures imagining our former global leaders as colourful, cutting edge, urban, hipsters. SEE CATERS COPY.
Illustrator Amit Shimoni reimagines historical figures as hipsters … and the results are hilarious. Caters News
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PIC FROM CATERS NEWS - (Pictured: Beatnik John F Kennedy) - A young illustrator has imagined a world where our most iconic world leaders wouldnt look out of place grabbing a low fat chai latte and a wheat free bagel from an edgy Dalston cafe. In a new series called HIPSTORY Amti Shimoni, a designer and illustrator from Israel has created a collection of pictures imagining our former global leaders as colourful, cutting edge, urban, hipsters. SEE CATERS COPY.
Beatnik John F. Kennedy Caters News
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PIC FROM CATERS NEWS - (Pictured: Che Guevara portrait displayed) - A young illustrator has imagined a world where our most iconic world leaders wouldnt look out of place grabbing a low fat chai latte and a wheat free bagel from an edgy Dalston cafe. In a new series called HIPSTORY Amti Shimoni, a designer and illustrator from Israel has created a collection of pictures imagining our former global leaders as colourful, cutting edge, urban, hipsters. SEE CATERS COPY.
Che Guevara as a hipster who probably owns a shirt with his own face on it Caters News
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PIC FROM CATERS NEWS - (Pictured: Gandhi portrait displayed) - A young illustrator has imagined a world where our most iconic world leaders wouldnt look out of place grabbing a low fat chai latte and a wheat free bagel from an edgy Dalston cafe. In a new series called HIPSTORY Amti Shimoni, a designer and illustrator from Israel has created a collection of pictures imagining our former global leaders as colourful, cutting edge, urban, hipsters. SEE CATERS COPY.
Hippie Gandhi Caters News
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PIC FROM CATERS NEWS - (Pictured: Street chic Nelson Mandela) - A young illustrator has imagined a world where our most iconic world leaders wouldnt look out of place grabbing a low fat chai latte and a wheat free bagel from an edgy Dalston cafe. In a new series called HIPSTORY Amti Shimoni, a designer and illustrator from Israel has created a collection of pictures imagining our former global leaders as colourful, cutting edge, urban, hipsters. SEE CATERS COPY.
Street chic Nelson Mandela Caters News
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PIC FROM CATERS NEWS - (Pictured: Hardcore Punk Vladimir Lenin) - A young illustrator has imagined a world where our most iconic world leaders wouldnt look out of place grabbing a low fat chai latte and a wheat free bagel from an edgy Dalston cafe. In a new series called HIPSTORY Amti Shimoni, a designer and illustrator from Israel has created a collection of pictures imagining our former global leaders as colourful, cutting edge, urban, hipsters. SEE CATERS COPY.
Punk Vladimir Lenin Caters News
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PIC FROM CATERS NEWS - (Pictured: Post modern Abraham Lincoln) - A young illustrator has imagined a world where our most iconic world leaders wouldnt look out of place grabbing a low fat chai latte and a wheat free bagel from an edgy Dalston cafe. In a new series called HIPSTORY Amti Shimoni, a designer and illustrator from Israel has created a collection of pictures imagining our former global leaders as colourful, cutting edge, urban, hipsters. SEE CATERS COPY.
Postmodern Abraham Lincoln
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PIC FROM CATERS NEWS - (Pictured: Fashionista Winston Churchill) - A young illustrator has imagined a world where our most iconic world leaders wouldnt look out of place grabbing a low fat chai latte and a wheat free bagel from an edgy Dalston cafe. In a new series called HIPSTORY Amti Shimoni, a designer and illustrator from Israel has created a collection of pictures imagining our former global leaders as colourful, cutting edge, urban, hipsters. SEE CATERS COPY.
Fashionista Winston Churchill Caters News
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PIC FROM CATERS NEWS - (Pictured: Self portrait of the artist, Amit Shimoni) - A young illustrator has imagined a world where our most iconic world leaders wouldnt look out of place grabbing a low fat chai latte and a wheat free bagel from an edgy Dalston cafe. In a new series called HIPSTORY Amti Shimoni, a designer and illustrator from Israel has created a collection of pictures imagining our former global leaders as colourful, cutting edge, urban, hipsters. SEE CATERS COPY.
Amit Shimoni’s self-portrait Caters News
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