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 AWESOME ZAD X-Wide Gold Seed Beads and Fringe Cuff Bracelet List Price: Sale Price: $17.00 You save: $25.99 (60%)  Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours DescriptionGreat item for a HOT Summer/Fall Look! ZAD Jewelry is High Quality Affordable Fashion Jewelry. Their Jewelry has been Featured in Glamour, O & People Magazines, American Idol, Good Morning America and More! More ZAD in our store!  |
 Beaded "Love" Necklace from the Artazia Collection #628 GN ONK List Price: Sale Price: $19.50 You save: $25.50 (57%) Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours DescriptionLike wearing a miniature artwork, each piece is truly unique with the intricate design hand painted and set within a very light stainless steel frame. Austrian crystals, beads and a variety of other materials are delicately assembled and set in artists resin resulting in a beautifully finished and durable piece... |
 Bob Marley - One Love Beaded Necklace Sale Price: $11.95 Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days DescriptionA Bob Marley "One Love" medallion hangs from this beaded necklace. A jammin' way to accent your wardrobe. |
 60's Love Heart with Rose Quartz Bead Dangle Earrings from Organic Wood of a Cherry Tree List Price: Sale Price: $12.99 You save: $6.00 (32%) Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days DescriptionRelive the 60's by wearing these unique earrings that are made from the wood of a cherry tree. The wood is precision laser cut producing a detailed uniform finish. A semi-precious rose quartz bead accents each earring... |
 Small Peace Symbol Charm or Pendant in Sterling Silver on a 16" Bead Chain, #8444 Sale Price: $20.00 Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours DescriptionGive Peace a Chance! The Peace Symbol is one of the most widely known symbols in the world. In Britain it is recognized as standing for nuclear disarmament. In the United States and much of the rest of the world it is widely known more commonly as the peace symbol... |
 Beaded "Love, Faith, Hope" Necklace from the Artazia Collection #620 GN ONK List Price: Sale Price: $19.50 You save: $50.45 (72%) Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours DescriptionLike wearing a miniature artwork, each piece is truly unique with the intricate design hand painted and set within a very light stainless steel frame. Austrian crystals, beads and a variety of other materials are delicately assembled and set in artists resin resulting in a beautifully finished and durable piece... |
 Gorgeous ZAD 2 Line Faux Turqouise Stone Beaded Bracelet on Genuine Brown Leather Cord List Price: Sale Price: $19.00 You save: $17.99 (49%) Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours DescriptionGreat item for a HOT Summer/Fall Look! ZAD Jewelry is High Quality Affordable Fashion Jewelry. Their Jewelry has been Featured in Glamour, O & People Magazines, American Idol, Good Morning America and More! More ZAD in our store! |
 AWESOME ZAD Silver Metal Bugle Bead Bracelet Wrap on 15" Cord List Price: Sale Price: $21.00 You save: $11.99 (36%) Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours DescriptionGreat item for a HOT Summer/Fall Look! ZAD Jewelry is High Quality Affordable Fashion Jewelry. Their Jewelry has been Featured in Glamour, O & People Magazines, American Idol, Good Morning America and More! More ZAD in our store! |
 Double Sided Heart Pendant with Peace Symbol and Turquoise Beads in Sterling Silver on 16" Box Chain, #8404 Sale Price: $36.50 Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours DescriptionGive Peace a Chance! A great little double sided heart pendant with a peace symbol as the focal point is accented with a trio of turquoise beads. The Peace Symbol is one of the most widely known symbols in the world... |
 Rectangular Peace Tag with Cut Out Design in Sterling Silver with Citrine Gemstone Beads on an 18" Sterling Bead Chain, #8348 Sale Price: $36.50 Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours DescriptionExpress your ideas with this simple, yet meaningful sterling silver peace tag, accented with citrine beads. Give Peace a Chance! The Peace Symbol is one of the most widely known symbols in the world. In Britain it is recognized as standing for nuclear disarmament... |
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No More Chakra Tees! Can You be Spiritual And Stylish?
It's 1967. The Beatles releases their seminal Sergeant Pepper album, the first issue of Rolling Stone magazine is published and Flower Power is in full swing. The Summer of Love, baby! On one hand there was the Safari look pioneered by Yves St Laurent and on the other (perhaps its diametric opposite),'hippie fashion'. The individuals who tuned into an awakening consciousness were pioneers of the latter. Waists disappear, skirts get longer and shoes become optional. Hippies were a group to be sneered at for their 'naivety', perceived lack of personal hygiene and sartorial cluelessness. It seemd the more 'awakened' you are the less you cared about the way you look.
It has been much more fashionable for designers to be concerned with decay, darkness, nihilism or deliberate banality than to embrace love, awareness and acceptance. Notice also the insane pressure people in the fashion industry to be thin and have almost Teflon-coated chic and all times (has anyone seen Anna Wintour's hair actually move?). (That's a shout-out to you, Karl Lagerfeld!On the other hand, who has inadvertently laid eyes on (and immediately wishes they hadn't), the individual who has maybe found 'enlightenment' and is now wearing whatever they wanted...style be damned? Washed-out, hemp blend low-crotched pants accessorized with the de riguer mala beads and other assorted items? Or a T with yet another chakra graphic? Clothing in the yoga/spiritual world is generally pretty boring. No-one who reaches the upper echelons of spiritual growth is working a 'look' anymore. A shame. Or there is a disturbing 'sliding backwards' of if something is clean and comfortable, it's fine.
It is no wonder that in this age where spiritual practices such as yoga, meditation, Buddhism, etc. have become almost commonplace, the young, the influencers and the cool would rather die than wear something that actually means something. There is no-one who is a renowned spiritual teacher who inspires genuine style imitators. Perhaps there is no quick fix in sight. There's not even a middle ground! But as times are changing pretty rapidly with economies contracting and old ways of relating and doing things failing, there will be another re-emergence of heightened consciousness. It will shake the foundations of human culture. More and more designers have either been openly practicing yoga (such as Donna Karan) or doing it under cover, unrecognizable in discreetly branded active wear (everyone else). There may be hope yet. A simultaneous blossoming of planet-wide spiritual growth is coming; an awakening in those that shape human culture, including fashion designers. And the girl wearing her Self is the Guru T with her skinny jeans and Louboutin heels will be ready.
About the Author
Carmena Su is the co-founder of Yoga Tribe and Culture, a conscious clothing and award-winning media production company. Their goal is to make yoga and spirituality accessible to the modern seeker. For more information on stylish living and radiant health, download your free e-book 'Ten Essential Things Every Modern Yogi Must Know' at:
http://www.yogirenegadesunite.com
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Carving a "Far Out" Hippy Walking Stick
