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The urban hipster movement of today is closely associated with another cultural fad – that of the fixed-gear bicycle. In areas where driving a car like a real grown-up isn’t as practical or convenient, these bikes and their hip young owners seem to flourish. Their uniforms are easy enough to recognize: there’s the ironic faded t-shirt, the European cycling cap and the low-top Vans with socks.

This youth subculture has also picked up on a fashion accessory of old – the Gucci messenger bag. Courier bags were first created out of necessity, allowing bike messengers to deliver papers and packages on the move with ease. These days, the bag is more of a fashion accessory than anything that serves a distinctive purpose. Now you have all the information you need to spot a hipster.

Long before our time – and our parents’ time, and perhaps even our grandparents’ time – in the 19th century, rural doctors made routine house calls around the American countryside. They would ride hundreds of miles at a stretch over rugged terrain to reach ailing farmers and under-the-weather widows. Of course this practice predated the advent of the automobile, so doctors had no choice but to travel by horse and buggy.

Even more interesting to today’s fashion-savvy ladies, however, is the fact that those doctors became famous for toting a little black bag with them. A cutting-edge line of Prada purses has even been modeled after the classic doctor’s bag, but the contents are much different. Whereas old-timey physicians came bearing aspirin, stethoscopes, syringes and ligatures, trendy ladies are more likely to have makeup, cell phones and breath mints.