It’s eight o’clock at the Hirschfeld Theatre in Manhattan. The audience is here is to see Hair, but one thing about this audience -- it isn’t a bunch of aged baby boomers reliving the old days. A substantial amount of the audience is young. Who, like the performers in the show, were not even alive in 1968.

Could there really be neo-hippies? Not just kids of hippies, but young people so directly affected by the economic and political climate it changed everything about them from the music they listened to and the way they thought about our nations wars to the way they dressed.

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There have always been companies that have specialized in "hippie wear" like Free People and Lucky Brand Jeans. Who could have expected fringe and paisley dresses coming from Larok or Rebecca Taylor though? It seems the fashion industry is ready to cash in on the nation's newfound spirit of change. They have accounted for everything a neo-hippie would ever need? Sandals, dresses of everything length, tie-dyed bathing suits, menswear. It seems like being a hippie is a bit more expensive in 2009 then it was ever described to be. Though knock-offs abound. H&M and Express are filled with the exact same stuff.

We may just be headed for the second coming of the Summer of Love except this time it will be accompanied by the Black Eyed Peas and skinny jeans.

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Recent "Fashion to Watch For" articles by LLH:

- Great Discounts

- Diamonds in the Downturn 

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