Hipstory: 9 Remarkable Leaders Reimagined as Hipsters

SEP 28, 2016

Hipstory: 9 Remarkable Leaders Reimagined as Hipsters

Recently I came across a Reddit user named Nadiime's post of these pictures created by Amit Shimoni. I thought they were brilliant. Take a look for yourself.

Vladimir Lenin

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Mao Zedong, also Mao Tse-tung

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Margaret Thatcher

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Nelson Mandela

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Abe Lincoln

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John F. Kennedy

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Ernesto "Che" Guevara

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Mahatma Gandhi

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Winston Churchill

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