The "bohemian" Style

The Bohemian style has been popular for a long time; the word Bohemian always reminds us the beautiful gypsy girl Esmeralda in Notre Dame de Paris, also the rebellious Carmen.


The word hobo-chic has the same meaning with Bohemian. A hobo is a migratory worker or homeless and penniless vagabond. they were workers who wandered. The term originated in the western, specifically northwestern, United States during the last decade of the 19th century. That seems pretty like the wandering Bohemians that were travelers or refugees from central Europe (hence, the French bohmien, for "gypsy"). Bohemians are good at singing and dancing, they are independent, always pursuing freedom. They never goes back on their words. Their songs are sad, because they wander around without homes.

In modern usage, the term "Bohemian" is applied to people who live unconventional, usually artistic, lives. The famous American writer Virginia Woolf of the early 20th century is the best-known example. So in nowadays, the term is usually used to describe painters, actors and actresses, singers and writers, in one word, the artists.


There are many Hollywood celebrities who favor the bohemian style, or boho-chic, most commonly young actresses, singers and models, such as Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Sienna Miller, and Joss Stone.

And for all the young girls who wants to live in a Bohemian way. There is one thing they can't miss. The hobo-bag, almost a symbol of boho-chic style, is a style of handbag or purse that is typically characterized by a crescent shape and a long strap. They are designed to wear over the shoulder and made out of soft, flexible materials, usually leather. In china, it is called the dumpling bag because the big crescent-shaped bag looks like a dumpling. You can find hobo-bags in every shop for fashion bags.

Now since Bohemian style has become an important element of fashion, here comes the funny thing. According to the Sunday Times when it talks about the fashion style of "boho-chic" in the 21st century, "The Bohemian girls or gypsy girls "are sexy and delightful precisely because they do not give a hoot for fashion", but now "fashionable girls wore ruffly floral skirts in the hope of looking bohemian, spirited and non-bourgeois".


This is a little ironic and hypercritical. Aren't these girls deceiving themselves by pretending to be Bohemians while all they do are following the trend without any idea about the real Bohemian spirit? But anyway, fashion is fashion. As long as it looks great, who cares what the real meaning is.