1960's

With the arrival of the Vietnam war, the Beatles and Joan Baez, came 'flower children', or hippies. They defied the conformity of the 50's fashion code. Both girls and boys wore tight Levis bell-bottoms that flared wide at the knee; and decorations like patches, drawings and fabrics were added as well. Men wore leather vests with bare chests or tee shirts. The women wore loose fitting blouses of cotton, frequently patterned with intricate designs as well as flowery loose dresses. These were called 'peasant blouses.'
The basic undertone for the 'flower children' look was to be loose and comfortable yet wearing what you wanted yet still maintaining their protest with their 'counter-culture'( sprinkled with the ocasional undertone of illegal drugs, and free love.)