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All About Gypsy Skirts

For those who enjoy wearing hippie clothes, gypsy skirts are a real treat. The sense of freedom and nostalgia coupled with what could only be called true femininity make these peasant skirts really attractive fashion options.

If you are unfamiliar with these boho skirts think back to what girls wore frequently in the 60s or might wear now to a Renaissance fair. Besides the bell bottom jeans, girls were most noted for wearing dresses and long skirts made of flowing materials. Sometimes they were broomstick skirts that were tie dyed or tiered. Either way gypsy skirts are now iconic symbols of the 60s fashion for women.

Because the clothing in the 60s was often patterned after that of other cultures, tribal Indian skirts or gypsy clothing and motifs were often worn. The light cotton fabrics were well suited to tie dye, or might be embroidered on the hem or around the pockets.

These hippie skirts were also often patterned after cholis like the harem skirts or pants you think of as well, tight fitting to the body, or draped over with a piece of matching fabric over the shoulder or over the face. For Renaissance fairs you might throw in a coned hat with matching cloth draped from it.

Such gypsy costume pieces were not readily available at the local 5 and dime and had to be handmade in the 60s. Today, you have more outlets for finding gypsy skirts like the internet, but you may also want to make your own like the women of the 60s did.

Embroidered skirt hems make a nice addition to your gypsy skirt. Yellows, golds, greens, and primary color embroidery floss were typical color choices for the skirt designs. Such lovely designs as flowers, rainbows, peace signs and the like were frequently used. However, in modern times, simple words could also be used to great effect, much like tattoos.

You can do this embellishing by hand with needle and thread or with a sewing machine as most typical sewing machines come with an embroidery stitch these days. Since we live in modern times, you can even pay someone to do it with an embroidery machine. This works great for gypsy costumes or hippie costumes because you can make several with the same template, but use different threads to make each costume different.

If you want to be really fancy you could choose to add a metallic embroidery thread to the mix. Gypsy clothing often had a metallic look, like sequins, which made them seem so mysterious and magical.

You can find a gypsy skirt pattern online or at your local sewing shop. Just check the section under Halloween costumes. If they don’t actually have a gypsy costume, look at the peasant skirts, or the belly dance skirt patterns. For all practical purposes any circle skirt pattern will do. It is this circle cut that makes these skirts flow loosely the way they do. You should be able to find them for most sizes including plus size patterns.

No matter whether you buy one new or used, or make your own, gypsy skirts makes a great fashion statement.

About the Author

Jacob Simon writes about gypsy skirts, bohemian outfits frequently on his site. He enjoys all kinds of hippie stuff including alternative energy, gaming, gardening, crochet, quilting and emergency preparedness. Visit he and his wife’s site to learn more.

Teen Halloween Costume? Fast Answers Please!?

Ok well I’m having trouble finding a costume I like… I’m a teen. I have found 2 costumes that I like… but theres one problem. These costumes don’t come in a size that fits because they only come in sizes small/medium or medium/large. I’ve looked everywhere for these costumes in adult sizes or at least bigger sizes. Could you please try to find either of these 2 costumes in women’s costumes or in bigger sizes? I don’t want plus sized but just bigger than small/medium and medium/large because costumes tend to run really small. They don’t have to be these exact costumes I guess but very similar? Also which one do you like better? Thanks guys.

I personally like the gyspy costume (second one) better. I might not really understand your question about the sizes but I’ll try my best to help. So from what I got, you need ADULT sizes NOT plus sizes and the only sizes you seem to be able to find are TEEN sizes. I’ll check for added details, so tell me if I’m not understanding. Haha. So this is what I found in ADULT sizes that I thought you might like:

Here’s an adult version of the teen gypsy costume you found:

http://www.halloweenexpress.com/crystal-ball-gypsy-adult-costume-p-19661.html

But I’m not really sure what the difference is! Lol. I would think that the adult Small is bigger than a teen Small, and adult Medium is bigger than teen Medium, etc. If you have questions though, you could probably find a phone number on that website.

I also thought this costume was similar, and it came in more sizes:

http://www.halloweenexpress.com/gypsy-princess-adult-costume-p-18833.html

There’s also this gypsy-like costume. It is cheaper and comes in S, M, L, XL:

http://www.halloweenexpress.com/miss-fortune-adult-costume-p-19829.html

Here’s a pirate costume, its a little cheaper but comes in S/M and M/L BUT its adult, not teen:

http://www.halloweenexpress.com/first-mate-adult-costume-p-3938.html

This pirate costume is also adult but only in S/M and M/L but its sorrrta sexual, I don’t know how much that matters to you:

http://www.halloweenexpress.com/buccaneer-babe-adult-costume-p-19658.html

Really hope I helped! And thanks SOO much for answering my question. (About the girl who was cheated on) Your answer did make me feel better and it was kind of you to put effort into it.

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