Flashback To The Sixties - 
Are You A Hippie?  
Would You Like To Be?

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Hippies can and do wear just about anything.  Clothes do not make the hippie! But back in the 60's the most popular types of clothes were tie-dyes, bellbottom pants, blue jeans (often patched), love beads, colorful bandanas, long dresses, mini-skirts.  Don't forget Nehru jackets, paisley fabrics, velvet, afros, wire frame granny glasses and turtlenecks. 

The dictionary defines a hippie as one who doesn’t conform to society’s standards and advocates a liberal attitude and lifestyle. It seems to me that all these definitions miss the point. By focusing on the most visible behavioral traits most definitions fail to truly define the essence of the way of the hippie. My view is that being a hippie is a matter of accepting a belief system which transcends the social, political, and moral norms of any established structure, be it a class, church, or government. Every hierarchy must set down its rules, which always differ from those of any other hierarchy. This has been the cause of wars, endless strife and misery for the masses. The way of the hippie is antithetical to the structure of hierarchies. This is why the establishment feared and suppressed the hippie movement of the 60’s as it was a revolution at the time.

Examples of some hippies!!