Beat generation fashion

The Beat Generation was a group of writers that wrote about the post-war era. They were popularized during the 50's but were relevant and a subculture during war-times.

Let’s take a walk along the towpath by the Thames, breathing in the heady scent of summer. See that island in the middle? That’s where we’re headed. And I’ve got a map, so I know it’s there! Past the gently bobbing riverboats moored at Twickenham, Until we reach a single footbridge. Here

In a look at some recently reprinted classic works by the Beats, Chronicle writer Dale Smith examines why being on the road was such a dangerous place -- and why it no longer is.

by Sally Norton, First published for the March/April 2006 issue of Finery The 1950s Beat Movement in San Francisco was a non-fashion moment. Clothing was of minimal importance to the San Francisco writers, poets and musicians in North Beach. Words, music and ideas mattered. Clothing was practical, necessary and of little aesthetic value. You would see people wearing ordinary, everyday […]

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Before there were Hippies, there were Beatniks. Beatniks were followers of the Beat Generation - influential poets and authors through the ...

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