“Beats look cooler than any other Bohemian. They are the toughest, most tautly attired of all the Bohemians. Indigo, white, putty and black are the main colors, black being the most dominant. Black jeans, black jackets, black wingtips, black sneakers, black ballet slippers, black berets, black sweaters, black shirts, black coffee. . . .

Outerwear is generally the same for Beats of all sexes and will include a trench coat in black, navy or beige, a camel’s-hair coat from a thrift shop ar a navy blue peacoat. A corduroy jacket may appear from time to time in the academic as well as the non-academic Beat wardrobe. This will be brown, forest green or burgundy.”

—Laren Stover, from Bohemian Manifesto: A Field Guide to Living on the Edge, 2004.