Over the next two days we have two good reasons to celebrate with a 1960s fancy dress party: Today it’s the Sixties of Woodstock, the Summer of Love, Hippies and Protest songs as one of those who wrote the soundtrack to the era, Robert Zimmerman, better known as Bob Dylan, celebrates his 70^th birthday – he was born in 1941. One of his best known works was the song ‘The Times They Are A’ Changin’ and during the Sixties they certainly were – new attitudes, new fashions and new technologies culminating in challenges to the Establishment, and, unfortunately outbreaks of violence. Despite this, with the benefit of hindsight, through rose-tinted sun-shades, today we celebrate the heady days of Hippy Flower Power.

There are lots of costume choices available on the market, Props n frocks stocks a great selection of adult hippy costumes and even boys and girl flower power style outfits. This is one costume that you can also put together at home quite easily.

How to put your hippy costume together…
Take some old jeans, just cut up the outside seam to between halfway up your calf and below your knee. Cut out a triangle from a contrasting piece of material (measure how long it needs to be before cutting) and sow the two sloping sides to each side of the cut seam of your jeans. This will give you some instant flares! Decorate with flowers etc. as required.

Find an old tee shirt and decorate with either tie dye, and emblems or flowers. A fabric paint is probably the easiest way of doing this.

There are plenty of hippy accessories on the market to add to your costume to complete the desired effect.

Our hippy accessories include:

• Hippy Kit – includes Glasses, peace medallion and belt/headband
• Hippy Wigs
• Round Glasses
• Flower Power Glasses
• Wacky Weed
• Giant Spliffs
• Peace Medallion & Jewellery Kits