| One thing that so many people don't realize is that | | | | children did with clothing during that era but there is a |
| many hippies were in their own way fashion designers. | | | | risk that they will only save what can easily be |
| While a true hippie would have never dreamed of | | | | reproduced. |
| joining the “capitalists” and “exploiting the | | | | Also, because so much of what the hippies did with |
| masses” to market their creations commercially, | | | | their jeans was done on “Levis”, to remain |
| many of their children have had no problem doing it. | | | | authentic it has to be reproduced by hand on a pair of |
| It was the hippies and flower children that planted the | | | | Levis. For instance, a hole in a pair of Levis was never |
| seeds of designer jeans when they took out their | | | | “patched” in the normal sense of the word. |
| scissors and sewing needles and began to experiment | | | | Rather, there was a few ways that it would be |
| on their “Levis”. Often the motive for their | | | | covered up. |
| clothing experimentations was financial necessity, due | | | | When a hole was covered up it was always done |
| to the fact that they spent all of their money on pot | | | | with a color and pattern of fabric that completely |
| and had to make do with their clothes. | | | | contrasted with the light blue color of the faded Levis. |
| So much of the clever work that was done on clothes | | | | Also, there was really no rules when covering up a |
| by flower children of that ere is at risk of being | | | | hole on a pair of faded Levis, so bead work was |
| forgotten. Of course clothing manufacturers are now | | | | often incorporated into the total look when a hole was |
| scrambling to recreate a lot of what the flower | | | | being covered up. |