Women's Boho Clothes: Vintage Style Bohemian Clothing

Women's boho is a unique style of fashion that has become popular once again.  Find out where the boho style came from and how to dress boho.  Then add assessories to enhance your boho look.  Use this hub to get yourself started wearing the boho clothing that you were meant to wear.

Boho or boho-chic are terms used for Bohemian style fashion. Boho started being worn in the 60's by popular free-spirited artist types. Boho style, as with punk and more recently goth, was not a mainstream style when created. As with most symbolical breaks from the mainstream, boho style clothing has become a very hot fashion trend.

Other common terms that can be synonymous include retro and vintage. The vintage style is known for extreme ornate colorful flowery patterned fabrics with ruffles and large artistic accessories such as over-sized wood bead jewelry. Think of Jimi Hendrix or Janis Joplin as icons of boho style. Merriam-Webster's online defines Bohemian as, "a person (as a writer or an artist) living an unconventional life usually in a colony with others."

You can almost see 60's rock legends wearing the bohemian top on the right. Notice the embroidered design making the piece extremely decorated. That's the key to boho clothing. The more ornate, the closer you are to true boho. There are many items poping up now that are not as true to the pure boho formula, but this top is a good example.

Boho tops wrok much better in the summer time when it is warm, and the light and natural materials can let the breeze blow through to your skin. Boho is natural ornate, meaning natural earthy looking materials and dyes are used to create these wearable art pieces.

The great thing about boho clothes is your ability to mix an match styles. So don't be limited by one design or designer, or you are most certainly not dressing boho. Boho clothes can be bought from a variety of sources. Anything from your local thrift store such as Goodwill to ebay.com are good sources of original boho clothing.

Charlotterusse.com, freepeople.com, and forever21.com are great sources of modern vintage boho clothes online. Simply type in "boho" in the search terms and you will be on your way.  Buying a boho dress is an easy way to give you the foundation for the boho look.

If you want to use your accessories to show your retro boho style, you shouldn't have too much trouble with these simple tips:

1. The more plain the fabric of your clothes, the more colorful you want your accessories.

2. Normal sized neclaces can be looped over and worn as boho bracelets.

3. Materials should be authentic whether it is a cuff bracelet or your shoes. Use wood, wool, metal, glass, and stone as opposed to plastic or any other fake material. So wear leather cuffs or leather shoes.

4. Peace signs are boho, but may make you appear like you are trying too hard. Go for more abstract symbols.

5. Try making your own boho accessories. You can knit a wool purse, buy some large beads and customize.

This video shows a bold boho look and how to apply makeup to get it. The boho look is created by using bold colors and dark eyes. This example includes brown and purple, and dark eyeliner. And she highlights the inner corner of the eyes. Adding accessories such as head bands and large jewelry will help you get the look.

Nowhere,  most fashion styles cycle through time.  So as boho will peak and drop as a popular style for years to come.   Two things are for sure, boho is not new and it is not going away soon.  As bohemian style fashion trends cool, some elements of boho will remain.  Those that are most likely to remain are the styles that will work with the next fashion trends.