Often having long hair and wearing brightly coloured clothes, the Hippie subculture appeared in the U.S.A in the middle of the 50's taking a very stronger diffusion to U.K and Western Europe society.Such in unconventional appearance they were extremely careless in their aspect and clothes without taking up one residence or workplace. Frequently descending from traditional families, their ideology was based in a rejection of conventional values like an individual considered separately but a brotherly common life.
They also refused and contested the society as a consumer world depending on commodity of goods and services. Consciously critical they believed they could change the world exercising the "no-violence". Also sex was seen as a way of getting rid of all violence and sucess ardent desire inside of each one.
Often associated with drugs they criated the famous statement " Peace and Love".
Information Sources: The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 1993 Edition; Wikipédia, the free encyclopedia; Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, the 7th Edition.
London offers you the opportunity to visit and stand hours inside the amaising vintage and second hand clothing shops all over the city. There are several 20's, 30's, 50's or 60's pieces as shoes, bags, stand-out dresses and many, many other acessories you can use to create your own individual look for cheaper prices. 
'Streetlight by the River Thames with the Houses of Parliament', photo John Gay (1909-99). London, England, c.1940 from Victoria and Albert Museum Collection 
Often having long hair and wearing brightly coloured clothes, the Hippie subculture appeared in the U.S.A in the middle of the 50's taking a very stronger diffusion to U.K and Western Europe society.
"An ideology is a set of aims and beliefs that can be thought of as a way of looking at things, tendencies or a set of ideas proposed by a particular group of a society to all members of this society. 
"Raver" it's a term that defines a “party animal”.It appeared in London in late 50's as describing the Soho bohemian parties with a strange underground beat sound. By the beginning of the 60's it was used to make reference to young people who were attending to wild parties with extreme regularity. From the 80's the word " rave" describes particulary dance parties ( often all-night events). It was predominantly a London-based phenomenon, but definitely have became a UK-main underground youth movement. 
