Hippie

Hippie is a youth philosophy and subculture popular in the United States in the 1960s.Most often, these people have neither a permanent job nor a permanent family. Most of them degraded and became drug addicts, homeless or mentally ill persons. "New system" unites young people aged 14 to 20 years. Hippie clothes are, first of all, comfort and many colors. Hippie style, like boho, focuses on free cuts and a whole palette of colors interwoven with ethnic and floral motifs. Hippie clothes are also associated with fringes. It is everywhere: on jackets, shirts, women's handbags and even on shoes. Ethnic and religious jewelry, also made by hand, marked the religion and culture of the Earth. Well, the famous flared pants were a symbol of freedom. Hippies were always strange people, they always dreamed of independence and peace in the world, so they tried to prove it with their strange behavior.

Bikers outfit

The description of the appearance of bikers deserves special attention. You can also write about this in a work about subculture. The choice of clothes is influenced by the image of existence and belonging to a certain club.

Bikers prefer to wear clothes made of dense fabrics that will not turn into rags after riding at high speed. These are usually jeans or leather pants, tank tops and t-shirts with the image of rock bands or skulls. The top layer is a kosukha, which is the slang term for a black leather jacket. It is decorated with patches and club logos.Bikers (women can also ride motorcycles) wear corsets, leather shorts or pants. For shoes, massive boots on a thick platform or army Berets are better. Standard accessories are bandanas, studded leather wristbands, chains, fingerless gloves.

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HIP HOPPERS

HIP HOPPERS ARE A CULTURAL MOVEMENT THAT ORIGINATED IN THE BRONX, NEW YORK, IN THE EARLY 1970S.

HIP-HOPPERS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY THEIR STYLISH LOOKS BASED ON URBAN ELEMENTS SUCH AS CAPS, SNEAKERS, OVERSIZED T-SHIRTS AND JEWELRY.

HIP-HOPPERS PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIP-HOP CULTURE, WHICH COMBINES MUSIC, DANCE, GRAPHIC ART AND LIFESTYLE.

THIS MOVEMENT IS MARKED BY ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT IN SOCIAL ISSUES SUCH AS RACISM, INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.

MANY HIP-HOPPERS TRY TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON THE PROBLEMS OF MODERN SOCIETY IN THEIR LYRICS.

IN HIP-HOP CULTURE, GREAT EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON RHYTHMICITY AND CREATIVITY IN MUSIC.

MANY HIP-HOPPERS HAVE A UNIQUE STYLE THAT INCLUDES SPECIAL TURNS OF SPEECH, SLANG AND WORDPLAY.

HIP-HOPPERS FOCUS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR OWN VOICE AND SELF-EXPRESSION TO EXPRESS THEIR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS.

AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF HIP-HOP CULTURE IS BATTLING, OR RAP BATTLES, WHERE ARTISTS COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER IN THEIR ABILITY TO WRITE AND RAP.

HIP-HOPPERS CAN HAVE A GREAT INFLUENCE ON YOUTH AND THEIR FORMATION

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Vintage style is a style of revival of fashion trends of past generations or eras. Vintage style can be represented by things from the twenties to the eighties. Things from the nineties are already considered modern. In this style, things made of natural fabrics are popular. This style can be decorated with earrings, a scarf or a headdress.

People who admire vintage style usually appreciate the history and uniqueness of the clothes. They can create a unique impression about themselves. Usually these people collect it. Dita Von Teese likes to wear this style. You can also find such clothes second-hand.

Ravers: Exploring the Heartbeat of Nightlife

Discover the electrifying world of ravers and delve into the pulsating energy of underground dance culture.

Ravers are individuals who immerse themselves in the vibrant and euphoric world of electronic music, seeking freedom, connection, and self-expression.

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COSPLAY

Nowadays, this is a very relevant topic. A lot of teenagers are engaged in it, and not only teenagers. In fact, it is a very interesting hobby, and someone can even do it as a job. People wear different clothes, makeup, wigs. They try to recreate the original of a certain hero or character. The characters can be different both from the movie and from the cartoon, different series, etc. There is also a very famous cartoon Anime. I am not interested in this topic, but I know that a lot of people are interested. There are a lot of different characters. These characters are played by both boys and girls. It is actually a very interesting topic. I have not tried to do cosplay. It is actually very expensive and difficult. Choosing a costume , make-up, wig, background, script, theme or excerpts of the video. In the future, I would like to try something in this style, it would be very interesting.

COSPLAY

ROCKERS

The main attribute of clothing is a leather jacket. Black leather clothing with a large amount of metal "spikes" and images of skulls and inscriptions "Satan" on it, although the clothes are clean and tidy! various wristbands, bracelets with spikes, gloves are also a wardrobe addition of a rocker!

The mohawk hairstyle is the most popular, especially for today's youth, long grown hair that falls on the face or, on the contrary, raised hair in the form of spikes is often painted in different colors!

PUNKS

Punk (from the English punk - "bad", "trash") is a youth subculture that arose in the 1970s in the United States and Great Britain around the then new New York music scene (punk rock). The main features are non-conformism, individual rebellion against the usual social norms, reasonable simplification, vulgarity in behavior, aggressiveness, anarchism. Musical creativity is characterized by a constant change of intonations, the use of percussion instruments, the predominance of rhythm over melody, and the deliberate simplicity of performed texts. The appearance of the performers was appropriate - sloppy and undesirable clothes, colorful make-up, rags, hung with all junk.

HIP HOPPERS

Hip hop-is a youth culture that appeared in the USA in the late 1970s among African Americans. Includes 4 main elements: DJing, graffiti, emceeing (rap), breaking. Street knowledge is also often considered the 5th main element. By the early 1990s, hip-hop became part of youth culture in many countries of the world. Although the elements listed above together make up hip-hop as a culture, they live separate lives. Therefore, in our time, hip-hop is often associated primarily with the style of music. Its features are highly social lyrics performed in recitative, as well as the cult of power.

HIPPIES

Hippe-is an international youth movement that arose in 1965 in San Francisco in the context of the liberalization and democratization of traditional society, one of the brightest manifestations of the counterculture, had a pacifist color, and had a significant impact on art, especially on rock music, such concepts as sexual revolution, psychedelic revolution are associated with it. Declined in the early 1970s, turning into one of the subcultures. He was one of the symbols of the era. Its members called themselves "Generation of flowers, Children of flowers, Love Generation".

BIKERS

Biker- someone who rides a motorcycle : motorcyclist. especially : a person who is a member of a mo Eysenck Personality Profiler (EPP) scores of 29 motorcycle enthusiasts were compared with population norms separately by sex. Male bikers (n = 22) appeared as tough, aggressive, dogmatic, sensation-seeking, impulsive, risk-taking, irresponsible and lacking in self-esteem and ambitiousness. The emergence of motorcycle clubs did not imply that biker subculture was originated. As such, it appeared only after the Second World War, in the second half of the 1940s. There is a legend that it was founded by American pilots from the 330 squadron who came home after the war and could not find their place in life.

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Metalist

Subculture of metal players-the community is original and viable. Her existence is closely connected with music. Public attitudes are mixed and often based on prejudice. Proponents of the movement often contrast themselves with popular culture. The desire to express oneself in this way attracts the attention of not only young people, but also adults.

These days reading is getting more and more popular.

Even there is a community in Tiktok so called ‘Booktok’,

where people of different nature talk about bookish things.

I wanted to show the Ukrainian side of it.

Two girls Violetta and Valerie organized a book club for everyone exactly one year ago. People loved the idea of this being a charity event. It got so wanted that thing got even further. The team of 5 girls arranged a charity ball with a dress code. In 3 days all the tickets were sold. The news channels were talking about it. Right now girls are planning on a second ball to help the soldiers with what they are the best at – books.