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 We are not sure today whether the hippie movement would be perceived as intensely
and with enthusiasm if not followed the decades of conventional, monotonous, unemotional,
of blameless elegance and still «blush» fashion. And the provocative bright
flower of hippie movement distinguished on the background of the white, grey and
blue and pink colors, the beautiful flower in shape and color.
Hippie style is presented as the comfort and beauty that do not depend on
the cost of clothes. This is functionality from comfortable sandals, plentiful purses
and handbags decorated with embroidery and beads, to bandanas and leather bands
to support long hair. Hippie colors included all possible color of bright shades
of orange, red, green and azure.
Designers from all over the world still keep adhered to the hippy
fashion to some extent showed in this or that elements of their collections.
The hippie-styled accessories are like spice herbs for the dishes when cooking since
they are bracing, teasing and remind that the meal should be nutrient and nice-looking
to eat, while the clothes should be functional, practical and be the sign of
social status and arise the pleasant feelings.
The slogan of hippie movement is love and freedom. And the most essential
rule in hippie fashion is freedom from any rules. This style is perfect to match
everything and to any extent. This could be a long noname skirt, and trousers
with embroidered color fabric applications, and a wide Trussardi belt with
embroidery made from color threads, the belts with knitted elements and beads, jeans
and various chains.
Denim is one of the actual and widely practiced fabrics for hippie
fashion. The trousers, skirts, jackets, and even shoes and handbags made from
denim could attenuate any harsh ensemble making it somewhat hippy. Vivid
plastic handbags also go with this fashion of orange, blue, pink and green
colors, roomy as the beach bags to excite as a bright spot in the grey masses
of megalopolis. Sometimes when you feel like adding something hippy to your
look, funny looking watches with a bright wristlet or beads or bright laces for
your snickers are enough to awake the fancy.
The style of hippie life is free journey, free love, full and uncontrollable
self-expression and liking for the stimulants of ecstasy, namely marijuana and psychedelics.
The hippie fashion mainly consists of ethnic elements, based on
traditional costumes of Nepal,
India and Africa.
Hippie style assumes the high involvement of those who wear such clothes to the
process of its creation: a color cloth is sewed into the tear of jeans, a vivid
color bandana is made from any cloth liked by the wearer, second-hand jackets,
bracelets and necklaces which should be more in number to look more like hippie.
The «flower children», respectively, prefer flowery scents, including lavender,
rose, gardenia and patchouli.
The color gamut for hippie is not limited, though the shades should be brilliant
and eye-catching, the fabric they chose is varied in color, texture and cost,
but the preference is given to velvet, cotton, silk and leather. The shoes
should be comfortable and expressive, like sandals, high boots, and platform
patent-leather shoes.
The accessories and decorative elements for the hippie period is presented
as cheap bracelets, and rings decorated with hieroglyphs, the symbols of peace,
semiprecious stones attractive for hippies thanks to their liking for bright
colors only. By the way, hippies were the first to wear rings and bracelets on ankles
and toes.
Hippie fashion accepted and admired the elements that we now would find weird
and eccentric, like many hippy girls never epilated the hair on their body and
avoid wearing bras, considering that the society wanted to control them while
they wanted to be free unlike other people. And they did not want anyone
suppress their sexual appeal.
The hippie fashion
confronted the ideas of the «brand» fashion when they refused to wear clothes with
logotypes of brand companies. Hippie found ridiculous to pay more for the clothes
only because the logo of the manufacturer was stamped on them. In their opinion,
the clothes should be comfortable and pleasing to eye. And the clothes
decorated and embroidered with the word «mantra», colorful rainbow and golden
stars were found more appropriate and enjoyable for hippies.
Today we
may borrow some of the hippie elements under the slogan that «A thing looks gorgeous
if made with love!» and some flamboyant accessories to add lucidity and fresh
look to our image.
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