Hippies Buying Guide, Stores, and Prices
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Basic Guide to Hippies

The Hippie movement all started with the Summer of Love of 1967 and the Woodstock Festival of 1969  in the United States. Hippies were into psychedelic rock, creative expression, experimenting with drugs, and making love--not war. Today, the hippie lifestyle lives on. Hippies don't care for conformity; they're all about expressing themselves freely, promoting peace and harmony, being green, and generally living what they believe. If you want to cultivate or express your inner hippie, here is your guide.

Hippie Clothes

How To Look Like a Hippie

A psychedelic t shirt  or a tye-die shirt , preferably one featuring the peace sign, is a must for any hippie.

Flares  are a hippie staple. Cords  and velvet pants  also work well.

Every hippie should own a pair of vintage boots , including cowboy boots .Leather sandals  are a must for the summertime.

Female hippies need a floaty dress  or blouse  for those lazy summer music festivals.

A vintage poncho  or a denim jacket  keeps the top half warm.

Hippie Accessories

Hippie Bits and Pieces

Accessories are a key part of the hippie look. Female hippies should go for gold bangles ,beaded necklaces , and other vintage jewelry .

Hippies tend to have big scarf collections. Go for printed  and bright scarves , and wear them around your neck, head, or waist.

Hippies get around with a boho  or hemp  bag. The brighter the better.

Forget over-sized sunglasses. Hippies go for round, often colorful sunglasses , the kind that John Lennon wore.

For a quintessential hippie look, try a peace necklace .

Hippie Hobbies

You Know You're a Hippie When...

Hippies are green people who celebrate organic food. They're likely to need gardening equipment  to tend to their vegetable patches.

It's a well-known fact that hippies like to chill out. And what better way to do it than with some incense .

A guitar  is an item commonly found in the arms of a hippie.

To help them express their creativity, hippies always need art supplies , from oil pastels  to watercolors  to charcoals .

Hippies are thinking people, and love to be inspired by books .

Hippie Music

Hippie Tunes

Legendary blues-rock singer-songwriter Janis Joplin  was a hit with hippies in the 1960s.

The Doors , with their trademark riffs, are one of the world's most popular and influential rock bands.

Hippies can't go past the poetic and philosophical lyrics of American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan .

Singer-songwriter Paul Simon's  hits of the 1960s include 'The Sounds of Silence' and 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'.

Mexican-born Carlos Santana's  music is a fiery, soulful blend of rock, blues, and Latin sounds.

Hippie Films

What Hippies Like To Watch

Easy Rider  is an American road movie involving sex, drugs, and the search for freedom.

Almost Famous  is about a teen writing for rock magazine Rolling Stone in the 1970s.

Ang Lee's comedy Taking Woodstock  celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival.

Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange  is a dark social commentary on violence, death, politics, and psychology.

Alice's Restaurant  is a 1969 talking blues movie based on the song by Arlo Guthrie.

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