The hippie movement has been known for over half a century. Representatives of the direction, as well as fans of other youth movements, can be immediately recognized by clothing, hairstyles, and behavior. Hippies are perhaps the most harmless subculture promoting a nomadic lifestyle. “Flower Children" are pacifists by nature, not harming any living organism on earth. Freedom-loving, they prefer freedom in everything: art, hairstyles, clothing.
History of the origin of the hippie style
The movement was born in the mid 60-ies of the last century in the United States of America. Fresh flowers and buds, which the representatives of the movement handed out to everyone who met on their way, became its peculiar symbol. Therefore, floral motifs are present in hippie-style clothing.
The causes of the subculture was the injustice of the customs of the social environment: worship of wealth, leveling of spiritual values, the dominance of materialism. All this hurt the tender souls of some young people who decided to unite in a new direction. The name of the movement "hippie" is translated from English as "understanding, knowing." Indeed, the "children of flowers" try to understand and love the world around them, no matter how cruel it may be.
Clothing Features
A distinctive feature of the style of eternal wanderers is a minimum of clothing. Hippies do not consider it shameful on hot days to strip to the waist. The naked body emphasizes the freedom and defenselessness of the "children of flowers."
Nevertheless, you have to dress. Hippy-style dresses cannot be confused with any other clothing. The main principles of the direction are:
- Loose, non-constraining movements, sewn in a simple cut. Underwear may be completely absent, as it is inconvenient to be in. Often girls put on sundresses on their naked bodies, which makes them extremely attractive. However, an open bra is appropriate today.
- The hippie style is characterized by eclecticism, that is, a kind of mixture of different directions. Sometimes these things may not be combined with each other. But this makes clothes only more interesting and original. The main thing is to rely on your own intuition and imagination.
- In the things themselves there is a combination of tissues, which at first glance can not be combined. Leather or denim patches can be sewn on top of the spacious linen blouse, and the seams are processed with woolen threads.
- All hippie-style clothing is new or specially aged. It should not have any identification marks - all kinds of labels or company labels.
- Hippie-style clothes for girls have different ethnic motifs. Folk ornaments abundantly decorate wardrobe items. There are also inserts made of genuine leather, suede or quality substitutes.
- An important thing in the wardrobe is a vest, and best of all, if there are several. Sleeveless jackets can be made from different fabrics, as well as leather and suede.
Fabrics and colors
The main principle of this style is naturalness, so clothing from natural materials is preferred. A unique image is created through a combination of seemingly incongruous elements and bright colors.
The materials from which wardrobe items are made are:
- cotton fabrics;
- linen;
- suede leather;
- leather cuts;
- fur;
- denim that is artificially aged.
Since today mankind is fighting for animal rights, quality substitutes are increasingly being used instead of genuine leather and suede. Recently, fabrics with woven synthetic fibers have been used in the creation of clothing.
The coloring of wearable things is very diverse. As evidenced by the photo, hippie style is characterized by optimistic colors, bright, rich, and sometimes acid tones. But most preferred, as a tribute to the past, remains a natural warm gamut:
- all shades of brown;
- burgundy color and its derivatives;
- red, orange and yellow tones;
- green and blue.
Such colors are by no means bright, but pastel, muted.
Summertime clothing
Silhouettes of modern outfits for girls are spacious hippie dresses, sundresses and loose blouses. Fabrics mainly natural: cotton or linen. If the top is a free t-shirt or T-shirt, then the bottom is a wide maxi skirt with frills or linen / denim shorts or breeches.
Hippie-style clothing used to be unisex. Therefore, both men and women could wear similar things. Today, women's clothing is significantly different from men's. She is more coquettish, decorated with a lot of ruffles and flounces, with a fitted silhouette. Summer tops - short T-shirts with elastic at the bottom, which make the girl’s figure more attractive, very popular. Such tops are successfully combined with non-replaceable jeans or denim breeches. They also create a beautiful ensemble with a wide skirt and a loose sundress on straps.
Warm clothes
The hippie style in clothes for girls involves a winter wardrobe. All the same loose denim jacket, nowadays often equipped with fur lining, acts as an insulated outerwear. Of particular popularity, as before, are coarse-knit sweaters trimmed with fur, feather and leather inserts. Now they, however, have somewhat changed. Sweaters became more accurate and flirty, warm cardigans with symbolic hippie patterns appeared. Warm knitted or knitted poncho wraps are also appropriate. They are also generously decorated with all kinds of ribbons, feathers and lacing. If earlier the poncho was made on the principle of a square with a hole for the head, now it can have a fastener in the center and even openings on the sides for the hands.
Eternal jeans
Both in hot and cool weather, those who like hippie clothes are happy to wear denim pants. The most stylish wardrobe items are considered slightly flared jeans with ethnic accents. Often they are decorated with embroidered patterns and all kinds of laces, fringe and wooden ornaments.
The length of the cult trousers reaches almost the ground, and in cut they resemble classic jeans. Allow only a slight flare.
Often denim pants are plain, but to emphasize their belonging to this direction, jeans are simply painted with original drawings or patterns, embroidered with threads and even beads. All manifestations of fantasy and handmaid by hippie-style girls are still welcome.
Shoes and hats
In the summer, real hippies prefer to walk barefoot to feel the warmth of mother earth. However, in modern style, shoes are used along with other wardrobe items. Unlike bright and catchy clothes, the characteristic shoe of this direction is minimal and completely invisible. Most often these are woven sandals, slippers or flip flops. Sneakers or rag loafers are also characteristic.
In the cold season, stylish boots or boots trimmed with fringe or lacing are used. Shoes are usually low-heeled for greater ease of movement. However, modern desperate fashionistas still use shoes with heels or on the platform.
Hippie style hats are also original. Wide-brimmed straw hats, cloth hats or fabric dressings are sometimes complemented with multi-colored berets in the style of rastaman. And if hats reliably cover your head from the scorching rays of the sun, then knitted hats are designed to protect in the winter.
Accessories
Typical decorations in this direction are all kinds of bracelets and wicker baubles, which young people can make with their own hands or order from masters.
As a symbolic decoration, the pacific sign or an inverted chicken leg is still used.
Baubles and dressings are made of all kinds of materials: wooden beads, beads, ribbons, feathers, mouline thread, etc.
A characteristic accessory is a handbag over the shoulder or on the neck - xivnik. The modern appearance of the xivnik has changed somewhat. It has become more accurate, and now not only strips of fabric can be used as straps, but also large beads, interwoven multi-colored ribbons, leather or suede handles, etc.
In addition to hats, girls are protected from the bright scorching sun by darkened glasses, the glasses of which can be of various sizes and shapes. Especially popular are heart glasses.
Colorful earrings are threaded into the girl’s ears, which are often the result of handmade. Today, natural materials of jewelry are intertwined with elements of jewelry.
Bright neckerchiefs, which are often used for other purposes, serve as an undoubted decoration: they tie jeans and skirts instead of a belt, or even just grab a knee or elbow.
Beads, rings, bracelets are worn in large quantities and in an unusual combination according to the principle of generously-richly.
Hippy Hairstyles
Nowadays, in addition to original clothes and attributes, there is a characteristic and special hairstyle. Actually, like everything natural, the curls of girls do not undergo any special styling. Or the use of styling products is minimal.
Girls prefer to wear long loose hair, intercepted with colorful ribbons, hoops or decorated with fresh flowers.
Hairstyles, like other attributes of the style, symbolize a freedom-loving nature. The classic hippie hairstyle is loose hair, intercepted by a bandage in the middle of the forehead. However, there are various modifications:
- two side braids with bright ribbons woven into them;
- two thin braids going from the temples and fixed on the back of the head;
- tails tied in several places with bright ribbons and elastic bands.
Today, for example, hippie curls are worn by famous Hollywood stars: Madonna, Nicole Richie, Misha Barton. The simplicity and sophistication contribute to the popularity of such styling to a large extent.