Slideshow: Style From the Music Festivals of Yesteryear
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The annual Coachella music festival begins tomorrow, and this year, the party will run two full weekends and feature dozens of bands, from Radiohead and M83 to tUnE-yArDs and Girls. In order to prepare you for what will surely be a riot of style — replete with shirtless dudes, long-haired teenagers, and the never-disappointing looks of the musicians themselves — we’ve compiled an album of vintage pics from the early days of rock rebellion. Click through our slideshow to see Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, and Bob Dylan … along with a bunch of splendid hippie hairdos that will put anything you come across on this season’s circuit to shame.
Bob Dylan, Donovan, and Mary Travers of Peter Paul and Mary looking quite contemporary. Newport Folk Festival, July 1965.
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Bob Dylan, Donovan, and Mary Travers of Peter Paul and Mary looking quite contemporary. Newport Folk Festival, July 1965.
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Nothing says summer like a leather bikini. Woodstock Music Festival, August 1969.
Photo: Archive Photos
Jane Fonda, giving those glasses a workout. Isle of Wight Festival, September 1969
Photo: Norman Potter
Between them, they have one complete outfit — but who's counting? Hyde Park Pop Festival, July 1970.
Photo: David Redfern
The Gap launched that year, and this could have been their advertising.
Woodstock Music Festival, August 1969.
Photo: Three Lions
British actor Terence Stamp — too cool to crack a smile, even at a concert. Isle of Wight Festival, August 1969.
Photo: Anwar Hussein
Style bonus points for clutching a bag from the era-defining Biba store. Bardney Pop Festival, June 1972.
Photo: Evening Standard
Couples' perms. Festival in Windsor, August 1967.
Photo: John Williams
Joan Baez in an L.L.Bean–worthy look that somehow feels totally hip on her. Newport Folk Festival, Summer 1968.
Photo: Elliott Landy
Imagine how stoned you'd have to be to enjoy a grown man blowing bubbles. The 14 Hour Technicolour Dream festival, April 1967.
Photo: Keystone
An early prototype of the Cuddle Puddle. Isle of Wight Festival, September 1969.
Photo: William Lovelace
It wouldn't be a hippie music festival without some nekked kids to feel worried about. Hyde Park Pop Festival, July 1970.
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It wouldn't be a hippie music festival without some nekked kids to feel worried about. Hyde Park Pop Festival, July 1970.
Photo: Evening Standard
Sha Na Na was ahead of the curve on the whole fifties-style appropriation thing. Woodstock Music Festival, August 1969.
Photo: Barry Z Levine
At first glance, we thought he might have been wearing a sleeveless shearling hoodie. But no. Ray Dorset of Mungo Jerry, circa 1970.
Photo: Mich...
At first glance, we thought he might have been wearing a sleeveless shearling hoodie. But no. Ray Dorset of Mungo Jerry, circa 1970.
Photo: Michael Putland/1970 Michael Putland
Brian Jones: always ready to party in his Queen Elizabeth–meets-shaman getup. Monterey Pop Festival, June 1967.
Photo: Bruce Fleming
Teddy Boys were a striking contrast to all the hippies. Wembley Rock and Roll Festival, Summer 1972.
Photo: Evening Standard
Some things never change: One girl always has the long hair, and one always has the thick bangs.
Hyde Park Music Festival, July 1969.
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Some things never change: One girl always has the long hair, and one always has the thick bangs.
Hyde Park Music Festival, July 1969.
Photo: Michael Putland/1969 Michael Putland
Chris Hillman of The Byrds, co-starring his 'fro. Monterey Pop Festival, June 1967.
Photo: Michael Ochs Archives
Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell arm in arm — somebody write a folk ballad immediately! Newport Folk Festival, July 1967.
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Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell arm in arm — somebody write a folk ballad immediately! Newport Folk Festival, July 1967.
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