Almost half a century has passed since universal worship of hippie culture. During this time, the style managed to modernize, mature, grow up, get rid of the husks, preserving and multiplying the best. It is not worth seriously talking about the fact that he is experiencing a second youth today, but some of his tendencies are perfectly embodied in today's fashion. Moreover, it is from this style that boho originates, and it is definitely relevant.
Hippie hairstyles, like their crazy outfits, inspire modern masters. After all, what completeness of the image can we talk about if the hair is not laid properly? Today we’ll talk about the hippie heritage in hairdressing.
Debunked Myths
The hippie worldview implied an indispensable craving for travel and life in nature. Of course, this romance is very tempting, but the dust of long roads and river water affect the hair condition not in the best way. Perhaps some representatives of the subculture did not pay due attention to caring for hair, but this does not mean at all that the hippie hairstyles were exclusively disheveled manes.
At the expense of monotony, too, do not be mistaken. Do not believe those who claim that hippie fantasies were enough only for loose hair, maximum decorated with a couple of daisies.
Philosophy of style
For hippies, a hairstyle is not just a touch to the image, but one of the ways of self-expression. Freedom, naturalness, chanting of natural beauty - this is what the leitmotif passes through the whole worldview of hippies. Such ideas are reflected in the approach to hair styling.
Hippie hairstyles are a combination of simplicity, naturalness, fantasy. Often they are decorated with accessories made of natural materials: leather, wood, bone, ornamental stones, feathers. Deprived of glamor and pretensions to the trend, such hairstyles are suitable for everyday life. However, among them there are many options worthy of publication.
Locks
What can decorate a woman better than well-groomed hair flowing onto her shoulders? Most hippie hairstyles are built on this basis. An invariable feature is the rim around the head, resembling the strap of an ancient blacksmith, magician or warrior. It is not only beautiful, but also practical, because it does not allow hair to fly apart.
If you plan to style your hair in this style, remember that the usual hippie hairstyle should not seem the result of hard work. Traces of styling products, the use of plates and irons should not be visible. To create curly hair, it is better not to use a professional machine, but to braid the braids the day before.
Dreadlocks and braids
It is difficult to say who and when started fashion for dreadlocks, but they fit into the hippie style very organically. Dreadlocks are unpretentious in leaving, they can be laid in many ways. Skeptics will say that such a hairstyle is unacceptable for an office style. "But not all work in the office!" - we will answer. Nowadays, this cheerful hairstyle can be found in completely different places and cultural sectors of society.
But if you think dreadlocks are too radical a measure, pay attention to braids that can not only be worn in the usual form, but also made from them the most diverse hairstyles. Hippies just love braids! They can be natural and natural, like the hairstyle of a first grader, but they are artsy and incredible, like Grebenshchikov's beard.
On taste and color
Could the "flower children" do without bright colors? Hippies of the 60s wore the craziest colors, but their hair coloring was indescribably less than their followers. Today, new colors adorn hippy hairstyles. Female curls are painted in unusual colors, and not always in natural ones. Of course, this style is more inclined to shades of light brown, red and chocolate, but among modern followers there are lovers of turquoise, greenish, pink and purple curls.
Special Occasion Images
Hippie hairstyles are often used to create unusual bows. Not necessarily in this case we are talking about triumph or publication. A great idea to try on an unusual image - a photo shoot. Here you can certainly give free rein to fantasy without worrying about stamina and practicality.
To create an image, use accessories: bores, pendants, beads, shells. Something more radical is also suitable - a dream catcher, for example, or a piece of bobbin lace from grandma's stocks. Do not forget about shawls, scarves, bandanas.
But sparkling rhinestones and pearls are unlikely to be useful to you.
Hippy hairstyles in high fashion
The recent Atelier Versace Couture collection is made in a painfully familiar style, which clearly shows the influence of hippies. The hair of the models displayed at the collection is slightly curled in curls and decorated with simple floral accessories. It is worth saying that the Versace house is not alone in this matter. Hippy hairstyles are stubbornly returning to fashion.