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The Village Voice & Counterculture Fashion Journalism

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Laura McLaws Helms
Apr 22, 2022
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When we think of the late sixties counterculture, all of us conjure up in our minds images of their fashion looks. Dress was such an essential part of countercultural identity, regardless if one was a hippie, a Hells Angel, a Black Panther, or a feminist. The mass media, then and now, reinforced how each of these groups was supposed to dress. The ideolo…

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