The Beatnik movement of 1958 was all about bettering yourself, finding your inner soul and above all material things. This generation was focused on soul searching and anti-materialism. The Beatnik movement influenced musicians such as Bob Dylan, The Beatles and Pink Floyd. At the time, that this term was coined, there was a trend amongst young college students to adopt the stereotype, with men wearing goatees and berets, rolling their own cigarettes and playing bongos. Fashion styles for women included black leotards and wearing their hair long, straight and unadorned, in a rebellion against the middle class culture of beauty salons. (www.beatnik.com). In this photo you will see men and women dressed very plainy, the woman with no make up her hair straight and the men wearing beret hats and very plain looking clothes. (Photo- Group of Beatniks, 1958, wikipedia-Beatnik). Marc Jacobs Spring Summer 2010 Men's collection shows us his inspiration of the Beatnik movement. Blazers, the hat and the plain looking pants.
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