New in the hippie culture, where to get those clothes?

Hello!

Just started to take interest in the hippie-culture, and I'm looking for a special kind of shirt. Some kind of poncho-like shirt, or that kind of shirt with really wide, open sleeves. I live in europe, so mostly look for clothes online.

Anyone who knows any good site, or something like that?

 

You've already failed at being a hippie by giving in to capitalism...

What kind of hippie buys a god damn shirt off the internet?

I really can't believe how dumb kids are these days.... I thought maybe the Euro kids were a little smarter but I guess I was wrong.

lol, Back in the 60's people you're age were protesting and making those shirts with their bare hands.... You could always just wait till halloween.....

 

I think what the poster above is trying to express I might be wrong is charity / thrift store shopping, or looking up your local clothes swop...

'going hippie' is about your state of mind not what you wear, look out for things you like i have a diverse wardrobe mainly tatted clothes, charity shops and the odd here and there!

 

Exactly, Dancing til Dawn! Where do you live in Europe? I'm in Spain but have shopped in second hand places and at local markets very successfully in France and Portugal as well. Checking out dumpsters is quite good if you're not afraid to get your hands dirty. Imagination is what's required. Buy a second hand sewing machine!

 

You have a real knack for being rude, and that's not really "hippie" in itself either.

Try being polite or nice.

 

Quite agree with the above - Recyling materials is not only good for the environment, serves causes, and holds the spririt of a.n.others past within
Also Hippie is not a fashion it is a state of mind and consceince -
The picture is not always the story - one should be confident of themselves and actions regardless of a visual effect.

 

What is a hippie anymore? What does a person do to be a hippie these days. Do you simply say "I'm a hippie" and like magic you are? I think hippie is an outdated term and does not represent the group of people it once did. Hippies used to organize, have sit ins, chain themselves to trees, have protests and draw attention to their cause. Now it is just a bunch of people who join communes, dred their hair and do nothing but talk trash on the internet. Seriously when was the last time you heard of a "hippie" doing anything constructive? I'll tell you when, never.

PS. I and my friends would be considered "hippies" today but do not call ourselves that.


Bracing for attack.

 

It is a matter iThinks of standing by one's principles (True, as much as IS, as opposed TO, possible, with conviction of consceince - Standing alone in ridicule, but with an inner contentment and peace of mind is better than following the convention of normality - Just me then?
Well I guess I am ,that "Fool on the Hill"

 

I am not completely a hippie, but strongly influeded by them in my whole lifestyle. You don't seem to be that big kind of hippie either, talking like that on the other hand...
I know what i like, and my clothes i use now are mostly my dads 20-30 years old clothes, because i like them the best ^^
I can't really see what's so wrong getting it by the web, even if it not is how they did in the 60's?

 

No I totally agree. But I have been told by an old very wise man once that you are not what you think you are, you are what others call you.
At first I didn't trust him. The more I thought about it, the more sense it made.
And on the whole "hippies are dead" subject, the term hippie is more of a label than anything, and it seems to me that the people who do live like the old way of the "hippies" aren't really called that anymore. Not sure if that makes sense. It's like teenagers and my generation seem to base judgments are such on appearance rather than actions. So I guess the definition of hippie has evolved into a more materialistic one.

 

There's nothing wrong with buying off the internet or buying a shirt I know many hippies that buy on the internet including and wear shirts. Be abit nicer maby the way you explain things.

 

OK I call myself a hippie to save time. The fact of the matter is that I embrace alot of the values that I got from my hippie parents (I know how square). As for not doing anything I go to work every day Monday through Friday I work with an 8 year old Autistic boy at an inner city youth program helping him to integrate and interact with the other kids and helping the kids there understand people with disabilities and hopefully helping them break the cycle of poverty and drugs that they have known since birth. (Ironically I still smoke pot after work but we're splitting hairs).

Saturday and Sunday I get up early and help a Quadrapalegic man get dressed, fed and in his wheelchair. After I'm done with that I get a break for an hour and a half then I go help another Quadrapalegic get dressed put in his chair, run errands, put back in bed and fed.

That is what I've learned from my first 35 years is that is what hippies do we help the world and society move forward. I can't do anything about the huge picture but I can help make a difference for these people.

I also like tie-die and the other trappings. But I order clothes on line that don't fit Hippie Stereotypes. I love Tribal Gear and swear by their clothes. They look cool to me and they are comfy as all hell. All of their designs are done by Tattoo and Graffiti artists but it also is a company that gives back to communities.

Wear what is comfy and what you like it's only a package anyway.

Stay Brown,
Rev J

 

I also work aswell I am a carer for the elderly. But yes I do like to live the simple life but I do like to work I find I get bored If I just sit around at home and I don't think It's good to be like that.

 

Here is my opinion: It's perfectly okay to buy a shirt that somebody else has made, because they're an artist and you are buying their wares. Now, on the other hand, if you're buying from a big box store or major retailer, you have no way of knowing how much the person who made your shirt is making.

I love buying clothing at a little store near where I live, because everything is handmade and the artists get almost all of the money.

As an artist myself, I would never discourage somebody from purchasing from an online shop that offers sustainably produced goods. But always order in bulk- buying just one thing is silly because you'll end up with a bunch of different trucks all spewing their carbon just to get you a single t-shirt.

It's alllll about researching where the products come from.

 

Try this site

http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_query=tye+dye+t+shirts&search_type=handmade&ref=auto

 

Hippie: A person who opposes and rejects many of the conventional standards and customs of society, especially one who advocates extreme liberalism in sociopolitical attitudes and lifestyles.
all my none hippie friends (and probably most people) think hippies just smoke pot and do drugs. Thats because nowadays thats all they see us do. No matter what i tell my friends about what being a hippie really means, they dont change their views. We have to show them. Not like Captain Cannabis (who i think personaly) doesnt know what a hippie really is.

 

What about the hippies? Are they just a bunch of old folks who took a stand for a better way of life long ago? I think there's more to it than that. I know that some of them sold out, some of them were just dressed like hippies, but didn't have it in their hearts. But when the dust settled, there were those who couldn't give up everything they stand for.

Roma People (Gypsies) left their homeland in Kashmir a thousand or more years ago, but they are still a distinct people centuries later in dozens of countries.

Many Euskaldunak people left their Basque homeland in northern Spain to escape poverty and persecution. Many of them keep their heritage alive far from the homeland.

A series of events led to the birth of the hippie movement but we cannot be defined by what happened 50 years ago. We need our own reason for being what we are.
We are their children and grandchildren. (In my case their nephew). Are we a new people like the Roma once were? If we believe in something that is timeless, there's no reason not to carry the movement across national boundaries and down the centuries.

 

CC isn't a hippie, and I think I've seen him vigorously fight off that term when someone told him he was being a bad one. I'm no hippie, but I can still see that that's unfair to hippies, to try to group him with them.... Neither gets anything done, but at least the hippies heart is in the right place.

But a lot of hippie ideas involve having the last possible footprint, by making and recycling. Fashion is fine, but buying one steriotypical poncho hippie shirt off the internet is a trendwhore thing to do, not a hippie thing.

 

Like several other people have said, try to find or make clothes in unusual places for inexpensive prices. I got a sweet long sleeve paisley shirt at a little thrift shop for around $8, I got a cheap pair of flare jeans that I added patches and side inserts to, my dad picked me up a handmade poncho off of the street in Mexico, and I tie dye my own shirts. It's all about being creative and thinking outside the box.

 

did anyone say Walmart yet?.. (but seriously I think Etsy is probably the best answer so far)