Hippie clothes today no longer represent rebellion as they once did. Models dress in costly hippie-like fashion and are photographed in hippie-like settings. Yet in these photographs, little thought is given to the underlying ideology and daring lifestyle the hippies originally practiced.
For the hippies, their outfits suited their life of moderation. But they also dressed that way to set themselves apart from a society they disagreed with. Making costly dresses out of their modest attire and marketing these outfits to mainstream is contradictory to the values the hippie movement represented.
Certainly, the movement never officially ended. Rebelling against the unrelenting expectations and suffocating rigidness of society will always continue.
Background story:
With this I come to an end with my Hippie obsessed project. It was really fun to make this idea successful with my roommate and classmate. I shot this long time back because I wanted to try my hands on styling and photography. But wasn't confident enough to post it but this quarantine made me do this and I really enjoyed the editing part but it was very difficult to select few pictures from 285 pictures. Yes, it took us a lot of tries but I'm glad I ended up here.
Cant wait for this quarantine to get over and shoot again with my bros before hoes.
Stay safe
Thank you
