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**What is the Counter Culture Movement?** In the United States, the counterculture of the 1960s became identified with the rejection of conventional social norms of the 1950s. Counterculture youth rejected the cultural standards of  their parents, especially with respect to racial segregation and initial widespread support for the Vietnam War.

Who were Hippies? The hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s, swiftly spreading to other countries around the world. The Hippie culture remains evident in 2011.In January 1967, the Human Be-In in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco popularized hippie culture, leading to the legendary Summer of Love on the West Coast of the United States, and the 1969 Woodstock Festival on the East Coast Hippie fashions and values had a major effect on culture, influencing popular music, television, film, literature, and the arts. Since the widespread movement in the 1960s, many aspects of hippie culture have been assimilated by mainstream society. The religious and cultural diversity espoused by the hippies has gained widespread acceptance, and Eastern philosophy and spiritual concepts have reached a wide audience. The hippie legacy can be observed in contemporary culture in myriad forms — from health food, to music festivals, to contemporary sexual mores, and even to the cyberspace revolution.

What did Hippies Wear ? Hippies wore wire-rim color glasses, t-shirt preferably t-tied or with some kind of band on it, beads - small beads - they called them "love" beads, head band, jeans with patches sewn on them and worn out with the hem hanging. Sandals or bare foot. There were alot of macrame or suede belts and suede purses. The purses were like a big pocket and if there was leather or suede fringe, even better. Daisy in hair would be cool for girls. And any kind of peace sign emblem.