RG539 The Mindful Hemp Shirt

Eco-Serenity Collection By Rawganique.com. From breezy & crisp 100% hemp linen fabric.
Sustainably made in the EU: sweatshop-free and no child or under waged labor. $75.
5 great colors. 8 unisex sizes. Also known as Hemp Thai Fisherman's Shirt & Meditation Shirt.

RG539 The Mindful Hemp Shirt by Rawganique

Our Mindful Hemp Shirt is fashioned after Thai Fisherman's V Neck Shirt, which is worn in white by laypeople when they enter a monastery or Buddhis retreat. They are also very popular with farmers (worn with a wide-brimmed sraw hat) who need a light, breathable shirt that will protect their skin from the hot sun. Of course, the classicaly simple styling makes it a great favorite with everyone else for everyday wearing too!

We could not have hoped for a better reception to our RG672 Hemp Thai Fisherman's Pants. Our customers just love them -- they are so simple and fun to wear. Of course, right away we got requests for a matching shirt to go with it. So we went looking in Thailand for a suitable shirt to go with our Hemp Thai Fisherman's Pants and found not one but two items that we are happy to introduce to you: the RG539 Mindful Hemp Shirt and the RG684 Hemp Yoga Meditation Pants, both shown top of this page.

The RG539 Mindful Hemp Shirt sports a classic long-sleeve V neck construction that is truly versatile. There is something unique about the cut that allows for a one-size-fits-most construction and that looks great on both men and women. To allow for a complete coverage in sizes, we've added the XS and L and XL sizes to the original unisize too.

You just can't help but feel calm and peaceful when you slip into the RG539 Mindful Hemp Shirt. The name says it all: it's simple, sustainable, and mindfully made. It's perfect for meditation and Tai Chi because it already puts the mind in a slow state going into the meditation.

The special 100% European hemp linen fabric is light and crisp (so it floats caressingly on the skin) and breathes very well. In the Ivory color, i's perfect for keeping the heat out while still letting you benefit from the sun. And hemp is legendary for wicking away moisture at a fast pace, so you never feel trapped in perspiration, even on the hottest of days.

The RG539 Mindful Hemp Shirt is offered in Ivory, Black, Light Blue, and Wine Red in sizes XS, Unisize, L, and XL.

Only biodegradable fiber-reactive dyes were used and absolutely no heavy metals were used in the dyeing process of our RG539 Mindful Hemp Shirt. Made in Europe under fair labor conditions from organically grown European hemp. Fair trade: no sweatshop or child/underwaged labor.

Eco tidbits: Simplicity and Fairness: Simple living is less violent and less exploitative. When we live in complexity, our needs are so great in terms of energy and material goods that we live at the expense of others. As we simplify our homes, our clothes, and our eating habits, not only is less work needed to supply us but also less effort to maintain our way of life, as well.

As the people of the world who are now exploited begin to get a fair return for their labor, prices will rise. We must expect this and be willing to pay the costs, otherwise we are hypocrites of the first water, wanting the world's people to be well off yet still insisting that our bananas be cheap. When the people picking the bananas in Honduras, tapping the rubber trees in Malaysia, mining tin in Bolivia, and making shoes in Brazil get the same return for their labor that we do, our bananas and boots and tires and tin (and fair trade clothing--ed.) will cost more. -- from A Handmade Life by WM.S. Coperthwaite.

RG539 Eco-Serenity Organic Mindful Hemp Shirt

RG539 Hemp Shirt: $75.00

Note on sizing: The Mindful Hemp Shirt is designed to be a bit short in the sleeves for ease of movement in meditation and T'ai Chi. If you intend to wear it as a regular top or are deciding between two sizes, you may wish to go for a bigger size.

RG684 Hemp Pants: $75.00

Note on sizing: The Hemp Meditation pants are cut straight and have no elastic at the waist. The sizing is on the small side, especially around the thigh area, so if you're deciding between two sizes, we recommend that you go for the bigger size.