Hippies - the brightest and the very first subculture in the history of mankind. It has had a huge impact not only on modern fashion trends, but also on the philosophy of people's thoughts.
The movement arose in the 60s of the last century and in a short period of time became not only a subculture, but also a way of thinking. The period from the late 60's to the early 70's is called the time of the great rebellion. It was for this period that the peak of the movement occurred. Hippies opposed stereotypes, habitual and unjust rules of society.
Today, the style of the hippie is experiencing rebirth. The latest collections, issued by Armani and Prada, confirm that it is again in vogue. The main principles of clothing are: simplicity, practicality, lack of standards, natural materials, brightest living colors and absolute denial of branded things.
The hippy style allows you to look stylish and fashionable even with small financial opportunities. Ideas for their clothing and image in general, representatives of this subculture borrowed from peoples who led the correct way of life. This includes Eastern nomads, Gypsies, tribes from the island of Bali and others. Hippies were able to combine all these styles together and create beautiful, distinctive and comfortable clothes.
In addition to all of the above, it can be noted that the appearance of hippies are inherent in three other factors. First, it is worth noting unrestricted sexuality. After all, hippies propagandize love without stereotypes and social restrictions, prohibitions. Secondly, the presence of an abundant number of patches. The fact is that the hippies considered it wrong to spend money on new clothes, so they repaired the old with all the convenient methods. Third, the blending of different styles is put together.
In addition to clothing, hippies stood out from the rest and the availability of a variety of accessories. It is fashionable to include colorful baubles and amazing jewelry made of beads and silver. In addition, hippies widely use leather bracelets, hats, bandanas, bright sunglasses, scarves, bags-bags, hair ribbons and colored laces. All these little things contributed to the formation of a unique style of clothing hippies. Hippy style is very popular on modern fashion shows.
Fashion jeans made it hippies. They quickly appreciated that jeans are easily repaired, washed and are strong enough material. Due to the fact that in those days jeans was only dark blue, the hippies cut it into pieces and sewn bright strips. Thus the flare appeared. Modern couturiers draw inspiration from this style, working on new collections.
In a similar way, women sewed dresses, skirts, shirts and sarafans from bright, colored stripes. The way of sewing explains also a huge amount of fringe, holes, rough edges and other, actual and fashionable raisins.