How to Dress Hippie Style
Peace, love and bell-bottom jeans -- these are just a few of the things you need to get a hippie style. You may not have lived during the 1960s, but you can get your hippie style on and let everyone know just how groovy you are.
Instructions
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Let your hair down. Hippie style usually involves long and natural locks, parted right down the center. Girls used to iron their hair to make it straight, but you can use hair relaxers to get the same result. African-Americans, though, can skip the relaxers and go for the Afro.
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Flaunt bell-bottom jeans. If you want to dress like a hippie, you have to have them. You don't want them to look new, though -- faded and frayed is the look, maybe with a patch or two if needed.
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Wear loose tops of natural materials. Other choices to pair with your jeans include halter tops in summer, vintage T-shirts, macrame vests and suede leather vests or jackets with fringe. Hippie clothes can often be found in bulk in such places as vintage clothing shops or thrift stores.
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Wear a headband around your forehead; the perfect accent for your hippie clothing. This style of headband is unisex!
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Adorn yourself with a peace sign; it's quintessential hippie style. You can wear peace sign jewelry, from necklaces to earrings to rings, or you can make a patch or just draw the sign in permanent marker on your jeans.
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Tie-dye your own clothes. You can buy tie-dyed clothing, but hippies made their own. It wasn't usually as precise and multicolored as the commercially made clothing you can find now, but be creative with the folding and rubber-banding you do, and wear your tie-dye with pride.
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Wear a flower in your hair, whether you're in San Francisco or not.
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Go for the natural hippie style and wear minimal or no makeup. Let your natural beauty shine through.
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Wear long flowing hippie dresses or skirts, especially in ethnic fabrics such as Indian or batik prints. Simple styles are best in light materials.
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Go barefoot or wear casual sandals in the summer; work boots can keep your hippie toes warm in winter.
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Tips & Warnings
Unless you're going to a costume party, don't overdo it. Most hippies didn't spend a lot of money on clothing.
References
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