How to Create a '60s Costume for Men

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"1960's attire, this is a nice easy look out of your own closet, the beatnik era was very known during the 60's and is very simple to do. A simple turtleneck will get you a long way towards that beatnik attire, slacks or jeans are always a great fit for the beatnik as well as you always want a little bit of the medallion necklace action, something around the neck to bring it in. You could also do a vest as well but we chose the bling here. You'll also want to bring in a great kind of bold style hair cut. There is a few different hair style looks that you could do for a beatnik good mens' look but this week here this actually happens to be the Sonny style wig so you can see how that works out kind of well, some kind of beret cap worn appropriately would be the style for the man. Facial hair can go a long way here as well for a good beatnik look. Very simply done, very low budget. Do take note that if you have a half boot to choose from those kind of shoes are best for beatnik attire. And to finish off a beatnik look a pair of glasses, round rimmed are more preferred. There are square and rectangle shapes as well but the round is more period and better looking for the beatnik look. Another nice easy 1960's attire look of course is the hippie. We are going to follow a little bit more of the Jimmy Hendrix feel of the 1960's here. Very easily done with African style shirt here. You could also use shirts from Mexico or Columbia or Indian style shirts and any of those style ethnic shirts are all going to be great for hippie style as well as of course adding those love beads. You can't go wrong with love beads. Those can be purchased or made easily enough by simply collecting some fimo clay and rolling up little balls and adding strings, holes to it to string along on a string making some great love beads for you as well as the peace sign is a simple fix at home with some aluminum foil and cardboard if you don't have access to any peace bling and such for your hippie attire. As well you'll want to notice the moccasins are a good choice for shoes as well as leather sandals things of that nature are all good hippie shoe attire. You can't go wrong with a pair of jeans. Men were cutting them very short and wearing them kind of rough and that is also a good look. Not quite for Jimmy Hendrix style but it can work very well for a hippie. As well you can also add things like leather vests. Those work great as hippie attire, the more fringe the better, of course love beads and feathers and all of those are all great accessories for your hippie. You'll want to finish off your attire with some great hippie hair and that can be achieved many ways. If your hair is past an inch on your ear that technically qualifies for long hair during the 60's. See you do a simple push forward motion with the hair and wear it kind of in your face or you can add a long haired wig something with some nice length. You could also add some braids to it, add some beads and feathers to really give it a great hippie attire. In this case a wonderful afro. You'll want to make sure that you put your wig on correct. It is very easy to put the afros on backwards so you want to make sure that the back of the neck's lip is visible and your side firm pieces are to the side. Applying your wig on correctly is very important and of course like all wigs they can be adjusted from the inside. Your afros very often get dented up so you will want to make sure they are puffed up correctly and then of course making sure of visibility is always a good thing with your afro. If you sweat or the hair being in your eyes is a problem a headband here is a wonderful accessory that can be added as well and of course to finish off all hippie attire, some great glasses and the round Beatle styles of course are very appropriate. Another great things to add to it to show up with your bag of oregano and your cooked brownies are all great accessories to go with your hippie."