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If you haven't heard about the legendary Woodstock, believe me, you've missed a lot. In 1969 a music festival, organized by a bunch of 20-year-olds, took place in Bethel, New York in a cow pasture owned by a farmer Max Yasgur. The organizers had anticipated for the crowd to be around 200.000 people, but the lineup of the most iconic bands of the time such as Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Joe Cocker have more than doubled the number of attendees to around 500.000. The Woodstock festival ran out of food the first day, the traffic was like hell, drugs were flowing free, and still, there were no violent incidents registered. All in all, it was the most iconic and the most peaceful music festival ever.

The legendary festival with it's half a million attendees illustrates the era perfectly — the groovy vibes, peaceful mindset, and of course, the 60s fashion. This time, hippie girls are what we will cover in our Woodstock pictures compilation.

The key details in the hippie fashion were free and flowy dresses, knee boots, anything native American themed, Indian patterns and everything that associated with being open and peaceful, often showing quite a lot of skin. After all, the hippie movement declared free love for all!

Scroll down below to check the vintage fashionistas and the free love vibe below in the authentic Woodstock photos.

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Woodstock Women Fashion

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I find these photographs most wonderful. I must comment though about the comment concerning weight.--I happen to be an ectomorph and as Grace Jones would say very aerodynamic in design. I have very little body fat. Not all of us thin folk are anorexic. Three years ago I purchased a car after not having one for 40 years and used my bike, public transportation or walked to and fro to work--ten miles round trip. So at 60 years of age I have retained my very lean body. Sorry but the comment concerning weight and drugs hit a nerve. We all have different body types--embrace them.

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Ken Aldrich
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Walk down any street today and you won't see hardly anyone dressed like this. If this is the origin of todays fashion, I'm living in another universe.

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2 weeks ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Considering the chaotic mess the rain caused,it just brought the people who were lucky enough to have gone that much closer,they banded together and helped one another anyway they could. It was a time of true brotherly and sisterly love and peace ✌ A time when you could really express yourself and just truly be yourself without fear of judgment. Wish I could've been there. But as the saying goes "If you can remember being there,then you weren't really there"🤪💃🎸🏳️‍🌈🥂🕊☮

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Today's fashion is not anything like this, so this is not the origin of it. Todays fashion is T-shirts, sweatshirts, shorts and a baseball cap. Or its tight fitting everything that does nothing but show off all your unsightly bulges. Hippie garb OTOH has not aged all that well in the minds of most people. These people in the pics look great, but you have emphasized the sexy, free spirited angle when in reality, hippie culture and dress was a lot easier for ordinary people to accept without that. This fashion beats what we've come to accept as "fashion" today, but only when its not flaunted as "sexier", or "more peaceful" or more creative. This is basically what you've done. Strip it of its excesses which invariably attract the attention whores, and cater to everyone of all shapes and sizes. Popular fashion is not just for "beautiful people" with time and money to dress up. Its for everybody.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This, is my deceased sister-in-law (though they were never married, she was family like that). Sandy Martinez.

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John Stout
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My friend was 12 when Woodstock happened . And he swears he would have found this women . Anyone with any information regarding her status. please contact John Stout on fb thanks

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Janis Joplin At Woodstock Festival

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When it was normal for artists to act like a human being and chill with their fellow humans.

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had a pair of those lace up boots in grade school! And yes, it probably was about 1969. Psychedelic flowers and tie dyes were common, choker necklaces, and fringe on everything. Good times!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not funny you dummies! This is Margareta Kaukonen Jorma's wife at the time. Jorma was the lead guitarist for Jefferson Airplane. Margareta passed away in 1997 at 54 years of age.

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Peasant blouses have made a huge comeback and hers would definitely be in fashion today!

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Hippie Couple Standing Barefoot On A Road Holding A Bundle & Wine Bottle At Woodstock

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A Young Woman In A Fringed Buckskin Top At The Woodstock Music Festival

A Young Woman In A Fringed Buckskin Top At The Woodstock Music Festival

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now days if someone wrote that they would be accused of being culturally insensitive....

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A Young Woman At The Woodstock Music Festival

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American Singer/ Songwriter Grace Slick With Psychedelic Rock Group Jefferson Airplane

American Singer/ Songwriter Grace Slick With Psychedelic Rock Group Jefferson Airplane

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A Man And Woman Lie On The Grass During A Performance On The 'Free Stage' At Woodstock

A Man And Woman Lie On The Grass During A Performance On The 'Free Stage' At Woodstock

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Hippie Mom At The Woodstock Music Festival

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Shirtless Male Drummer & Dress-Wearing Female Flutist Jamming During Woodstock Music Festival

Shirtless Male Drummer & Dress-Wearing Female Flutist Jamming During Woodstock Music Festival

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

look at their own world at this pic!!! flute,drum aand they...and all those people around- by music taken..ohhhh i'm like 30 years too young :(

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Christina 'licorice' Mckechnie, Of English Pop Group The Incredible String Band, Performing At The Woodstock Music Festival

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Young Woman Member Of The White Panthers, At The Woodstock Music Festival

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A Naked Young Woman Stands Up Amidst The Crowd During The Woodstock Festival

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow, she is standing there naked as a free bird and not a single person is trying to s**t shame her or grope her.

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Fans At The Woodstock Music Festival

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People these days sure scrutinise the human body as if God makes mistakes. Then they spend deplorable amounts of money to change it.

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A Pair Of Women Eat Grapes On The Bus To Yasgur's Farm, On Their Way To Attend The Woodstock Music And Arts Fair

A Pair Of Women Eat Grapes On The Bus To Yasgur's Farm, On Their Way To Attend The Woodstock Music And Arts Fair

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is Sally Mann (not the famous photographer), who hung out with the Jefferson Airplane. She was a friend of Grace and girlfriend of drummer Spencer Dryden.

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Young Couple Relaxing During Woodstock Music Festival

Young Couple Relaxing During Woodstock Music Festival

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Woman Picks Her Way Barefoot Through Mud And Sleeping Bags

Woman Picks Her Way Barefoot Through Mud And Sleeping Bags

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Toe Ring At Woodstock

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

what, you never walked bear foot??? After just 10 minutes bear foot your feet get like that when walking in grass and mud.....its WOODSTOCK!

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Hippie Girl Enthusiastically Playing Flute And Dancing At Woodstock Music Festival

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Close-Up Of A Young Woman As She Kneels On The Grass

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

check out the message board in the background. that's where all the rides to new places hooked up.

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A Young Woman Lies On Grass And Reads Newspaper, A Young Man Beside Her, During The Woodstock Music And Arts Fair

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Blonde-Haired Woman Dances To Music From Free Stage

Blonde-Haired Woman Dances To Music From Free Stage

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Girl In Woodstock

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This photo is a winner. It captures the fearlessness and innocence of youth.

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Women Sit On The Grass And Wait For A Bus To Take Them To The Woodstock Music And Arts Fair

Women Sit On The Grass And Wait For A Bus To Take Them To The Woodstock Music And Arts Fair

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My sister had this orange bag in 1972. I found one on Etsy and bought it for her for her upcoming 60th birthday. I'm going to pack it full of memorabilia.

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Jackie Barg Siting On The Ground & Blowing Bubbles, During The Woodstock Music & Art Fair

Jackie Barg Siting On The Ground & Blowing Bubbles, During The Woodstock Music & Art Fair

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Profile View Of A Young Woman As She Watches A Performance On The 'free Stage' At The Woodstock Music And Arts Fair

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Two Young Women Walking Along The Fence With Sleeping Bags At The Woodstock Music Festival

Two Young Women Walking Along The Fence With Sleeping Bags At The Woodstock Music Festival

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Fashion In Woodstock

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Women At The Woodstock Music Festival

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Two Blonde Women At The Woodstock Music Festival

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