The Beginning of the Boho Style
The word ‘bohemian’ has been used for more than 200 years, with the first known use occurring during the French Revolution. It referred to an alternative sense of style and was usually associated with and used to describe creative people such as artists and writers, as well as well-known eccentric intellectuals, who often lived in poverty and wore old, mismatched, used clothing as a result.
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Society’s general perception was that this style was similar to that of nomadic gypsies, who originated from the Balkans in Eastern Europe – more specifically, in an area called Bohemia. Consequently, ‘bohemian’ began to be used to describe people that made up a culture associated with artistic expression and creativity, as well as disregard to social constructs and mainstream aesthetics – i.e., a ‘counter-culture.’