About Us
Our Name
OMKARA is the sacred monosyllable OM that finds its origin in Hindu and Buddhist religion. OM is the most sacred of words with great mystical powers. Om was the first sound of the universe, the sound of creation. It is used in Yoga and meditation.
Many of our designers find their inspiration in Hindu and Buddhist religion, spirituality and mysticism.
On a personal level OMKARA symbolizes our own personal connection with India and the psychedelic trance scene.
Earth & Space Wear should speak for itself, just look at the clothes...
Our Story
We are Linda and Aaron, originally from Belgium and Australia.
After living in Europe and traveling through Asia and the Middle East, we found ourselves in Perth, Western Australia (the most isolated city in the world) in 2004.
We quickly discovered that Perth has very little to offer in the way of alternative well designed, high quality, but affordable clothing; and having a little experience with running a market stall with UV reactive “candy” jewellery and piercing jewellery at European Trance festivals, we decided to expand our range with clothing and start a more permanent shop in Fremantle (Perth’s little alternative sister).
For our clothing range, we decided to stock from small independent labels and designers that we discovered during our travels and whilst doing trance festivals in Europe. We wear and love the clothing we sell.
Our Philosophy
We offer a unique range of alternative day wear (our Earth Wear) and psychedelic UV party wear (our Space Wear) for Goa Trance, Psychedelic Trance, doof, rave, clubbing or whatever electronica you are into.
We have selected a group of international (and some Australian) designers that take creativity and originality to a new level.
Our chosen designers do not abide by standard fashion rules and create their own unique style in a global spirit of change and awareness.
We are always on the look out for new designers and ideas, and try to travel regularly in order to find them.
In order to guarantee you with a quality product, we always “road-test” a new label before we decide to stock it. With care, our clothing should last you many seasons.
We try to keep our clothing affordable even though we only stock clothing that has been produced on an ethically conscious basis. It is our principle to not stock “sweat shop” clothing. Please read more about our ethical principles on our Happy Clothing page.
Our chosen clothing labels and the people behind them :
EARTH WEAR
GODDESS CLOTHES
Goddess Clothes are designed by Lies De Peuter from Belgium, a costume and theatre designer since 1993.
She produces her clothing in small, locally owned and run workshops in Indonesia. All garments are hand crafted with great care and the tailoring is excellent.
The most influ...Read More
PSYLO
Founded in 1999, the Israeli/Iranian team, traveling between cities world-wide, began making the comfortable, stylish, durable and fun clothes they needed for their personal expression and their adventurous lifestyles. In time, they learned to design for functionality and to apply their origin...Read More
GADO GADO VIENNA
Gado Gado means "to mix" in Indonesian and Vienna was where founders Issy and Pitzi lived when they first got together.
They came from the Vienna punk and metal scene, with their background in tattoo art.
The main aim behind Gado Gado Vienna has always been to produce individua...Read More
FREE SPIRIT
A Wearable Life Concept
Yael and Nath from Israel are the Free Spirit girlz.
They were originally graphic designers, but became unsatisfied with their commitments and the way their lives were going. They decided to finish off their projects, quit their jobs, se...Read More
FLOWER OF LIFE
Flower of Life is designed by Luka from Italy since 1997. He's our only male designer and specializes in alternative men's wear.
The Flower of Life label grew with the seeds of the early trance parties as Luka traveled around the world organizing and doing parties in Bali, Brazil and G...Read More
AJNA ORGANIC
Ajna Design is designed by Tanja and Asaf from Germany and Israel.
Their designs are a reflection of nature; the colours, shape and the general feel of Ajna Designs always has the smell and touch of the forest and the trees.
Ajna's production has always been free from harmful c...Read More
TIMJAN DESIGN
My name is Emelie Stina Viola Ekenberg..
I'was born in a small town called Eksjo in the deep dark forests of Sweden among faeries and forest creatures.
Since I was a child I have been creating clothes (for my Barbie dolls at first). I moved to Amsterdam when I was 1...Read More
IZWOZ
Izwoz art is the work of a couple of creative creatures currently living in a rainforest arts sanctuary in Northern New South Wales, Australia. We are curious creatures who spend most of our time in creative flow working on solo and collaborative projects, always learning, sharing and exp...Read More
SPACE WEAR
SPACE TRIBE
Space Tribe grew from the seeds of the early psychedelic trance parties in the late eighties and early nineties on Koh Phangan (Thailand) and in Goa (India).
Olli Wisdom first started traveling and organizing parties all over the world. In 1993, Olli, his brother Miki and Richmond (all...Read More
PUBLIC BETA WEAR
Public Beta Wear represents a new generation of psychedelic clothing, using vibrant, high-tech immersive art printed on t-shirts, shirts, hoodies .
The project is inspired by the psytrance, goa spirit. Public Beta combines spiritual and futuristic visions creating ...Read More
TRIP-O-NATION
"Hello! Bom Shankar! Namaste!
Welcome to the ultraviolet, magical world of Trip-O-Nation, manufacturer of unique psy clothes! We are the tribe living fluoro-travel, we are always on the go,and we are always in search of the new and unknown in the wa...Read More
MENTAL PEACE
Mental Peace was founded by Shaun Herron (from South Africa) and Simon Jones (from Australia) in 1995. They started out in a damp basement in Amsterdam with their own self-built (and rather primitive) printing system.
Specializing in unique designs (by Shaun) with UV and Gl...Read More
OMKARA EARTH & SPACE WEAR
We started off with making UV "candy" jewellery for the festivals in Europe. We still carry on the trend and offer a range of in hand-made "candy" produced in our store. Custom designs are possible, so please let us know if you have any ideas or suggestions. We also offer a large colour range ...Read More
YANTRAS
HEALING HERE AND NOW
The Yantras are being produced in India by Dariya and Jean-Pierre from Germany and France. They have 3 children an...Read More
GOA BOOK
INCENSE
More New Labels Expected Soon...
