"THEY SHALL BEAT THEIR SWORDS INTO PLOUGHSHARES, AND THEIR SPEARS INTO PRUNING-HOOKS: NATION SHALL NOT LIFT UP SWORD AGAINST NATION, NEITHER SHALL THEY LEARN WAR ANY MORE" - ISIAH (2:4)
Recycled military surplus has always been a permanent feature of Maharishi’s mainline collection, including rare surplus items that are recut, updated with accessory and cord systems, and heavily reworked with hand-stitched embroidery. These processes are carried out in India, where the clothing is smudged with herbal incense, blessed, and washed in saffron water to symbolically cleanse it of its military associations. The embroidery, often representative of peace or good luck, serves to re-present the garment as a symbol of beauty, rather than of war.
