The hippie movement represents a trend driven by the youth in the United States starting in the 1960s. Hippie skirts got their name from the skirts worn by young adults during this time period. Essentially, a hippie skirt contains an elastic waist and is completely ric rac in order and is entirely lined. Due to its ric rac style it got its name Hippie skirt, because the youngsters of the hippie movement to were quite ric rac in order and had no rules and regulation for them. Generally hippie skirts are made up of a special kind of wispy material. There was no specific design or style defined for the Hippie skirts they were randomly designed and styled. These were considered as a part of fun and funky clothing styles for the teenaged girls.

These hippie skirts were highly influenced by the fashion of 1960s. These hippie skirts have exotic, funky and floral wave prints on them which symbolize the fashion of 1960s. Hippie skirts have elastic waist. These hippie skirts were extremely popular among the kids. Some hand crafted hippie skirts with some patch work got popularity among the adults and was taken as occasional wearing dress. These patchwork hippie skirts were extremely decent in look and were quite attractive. As some of the hippie skirts were hand made they were extensively comfortable and hence was adapted by many of working women. Hippie skirts were simple to design and hence many people used to sew skirts by themselves. Besides all these features hippie skirts were never that much in the frontline fashion world.