They originated in New York’s Brooklyn, the 3rd district in Paris, Shoreditch in London, Berlin’s Kreuzberg and Prenzlauer Berg, and Södermalm in Stockholm....

The term “hipster” was coined in the jazz age of the 1940s, a catch-all for trendily dressed young people.

Today’s hipsters are a particular type of nonconformist, yet some would say they all look the same.

Truly “hip” people now tend to be entrepreneurs, buying and selling local products and running micro-businesses.

And in Carlisle there are quite a few.

Barber Kyle Fisher, 23, said: “I am wearing the hippest shirt right now. I got it online for £15. It’s like a woman’s blouse crossed with something your grandad would wear to the beach.”

Kyle, who owns Dirty Filthy Barbers on Castle Street in Carlisle, used to live in the trendy Shoreditch area of London and in Bondi in Sydney, Australia.

Channel 4 once ran a TV sitcom called Nathan Barley, satirising the hipsters of Shoreditch.

Kyle said: “The hipster trend is definitely getting bigger but I don’t really like that word. I prefer unique. Hipster is a broad term for someone.

“I’ve had my big beard for about two years on and off. I grew it out of laziness to be honest and then fell in love with it.

“I would say about 60 per cent of my customers now have beards and tattoos. It’s a trend. I think my customers come in for the vibe.

“Living in Shoreditch was really trendy. I moved there when I was 18 and cut hair but came back to Carlisle to run my own business. There were plenty of people there like Nathan Barley, but I’ve never seen the show.

“In Bondi there are two guys called the Bondi hipsters and they have their own channel on You Tube.”

Kyle, who lives in Stanwix, hangs around with other hipsters like coffee guru Luke Jackson from Foxes on Abbey Street.

“We do tend to hang out together. I think coffee and beards and tattoos go together, Carlisle is definitely a lot more hip. A lot of bands from here are starting to play bigger festivals,” he said.

Kyle, who spends his spare time looking after his six-month-old son and driving around in a dark green VW T2 camper van, likes Ska music and old 90s hip hop like Ice Cube and the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack.

“I don’t like EDM or house music,” he said.

Hipster culture has become a global commercial and social phenomenon.

Luke Jackson is one of Carlisle’s most popular hipsters, although he says he simply “fell into” that style rather than trying to be hip.

He said: “Some people take offence when you say they are a hipster.

“For me, I don’t mind. I wouldn’t say I’m a hipster. I’d say I’m more northern than hipster but I do wear skinny jeans and plain t-shirts. It’s because they’re easy rather than anything else. I don’t deliberately set out to look cool. I wear pretty much the same thing every day as it’s one less thing for me to worry about.”

Luke has had his big beard for about two years.

He said: “I became good friends with Kyle when he opened his business and I wanted to support him. I knew Kyle could groom my beard because all I want to do in the morning is get to work. I don’t want to fiddle around.

“I visit Kyle about once a fortnight and we have a good conversation.”

Luke is full of praise for Carlisle and says he thinks the hipster trend grew from Devonshire Street.

“We’re got a lot to thank Devonshire Street for. The trendy scene stems from there. I also think Sam Norman is doing good things at the Shabby Scholar/Dutch Uncle in Carlyle’s Court and the guys at Foxborough (on Cecil Street) are amazing.

“I think hipsters like independent culture and something a bit more alternative. They like food that is well sourced and made. Coffee and barbers go well together at the moment. It’s a cool scene,” he said.

Extreme sports and the great outdoors are also something that appeals to Carlisle’s hipsters.

Luke, who runs Foxes cafe lounge on Abbey Street and Bruce and Luke’s Coffee, can regularly be seen on Facebook and twitter competing in extreme sports.

He said: “I like my fixed gears bike and I drive around mainly in the work van as I can throw all my gear in the back.”

In recent weeks Luke has been wakeboarding on Ullswater and running up and down the 99 steps at Wetheral with Carlisle snowboarder Rory Ewart.

“You’ve got to enjoy the Lake District when it’s on your doorstep. I suppose extreme sports are kind of hip too. I recently went cliff diving with my cousin. I’m not one for really sitting and watching the TV but I am glued to the Olympics right now.”

Last year Luke flew to New York to check out the hipster scene there.

“I went to visit my friend Connor Palomino in Brooklyn. He used to live in Carlisle. He used to organise fixed gear bike races in Carlisle. He showed me round and they do deliveries over there on fixed gear bikes. They’re everywhere. It was amazing to see. You can order something on Amazon and have it delivered within three hours. We ordered something at 11pm at night and it arrived at 1am - on a bike!”

Every year Luke and his business partner Bruce Brown visit the London Coffee Festival.

“Now that is hip,” he said. “I think if you try too hard then you’re not really a hipster, but there are plenty of hip people at that event.”

Luke says there are plenty of cool people in Carlisle who look like hipsters but dislike the term.

“My friend Imran Malik at the Dutch Uncle looks like a hipster but he hates that word. He’s always been into his alternative novels and visiting nice artisan places. It’s all part of his lifestyle and he’s not trying to be a hipster. He’s just like that.”