Drugs, Dreams, and a Wilderness of Stoned Harlequins

Rock Music, London's mini -skirted birds, and California bohemia gave the strange collage of hippie-ethnic style a currency throughout mass culture. The look was a Pre-Raphaelite silhouette, and crushed velvets. Ragamuffin curls fell round dreamy, druggy faces onto tiny shoulders. Long sleeve granny vests over bell-bottom pants or long, floaty gypsy skirts. Materials consisted of satin, embossed velvet, jersey, 1940's flower prints, and an occasional hint of fake leopard or snakeskin. Sometimes, there would also be some patchwork that included moons and stars on an already decadent dress or jacket. The dirty, muted colors, and metallics were: sludge brown, brick dust, airforce blue, sage green, cream, or dusty pink.