love-beads

Counterculture strand jewelry

Love-beads are strings of colorful beads worn as necklaces, associated with 1960s and 1970s counterculture.

They symbolized peace, love, and rejection of mainstream values, often handmade and exchanged as tokens of affection or solidarity among hippies: She still has the love-beads her boyfriend made her at Woodstock.

counterculture

hippies

Countercultural youth of the sixties

psychedelic · tie-dye · bohemian · commune · Haight-Ashbury · beatniks · folk music · protest · bell-bottoms · headband

jewelry

necklace

Neck-worn ornament

wooden · ceramic · macramé · pendant · choker · artisan · clasp · knotted · colorful · layered

Opposites
cultural/aesthetic identity

love-beadspearls

Iridescent oyster-made gems

pearl necklace · diamond necklace · power tie · fine jewelry · class ring

formality and social context

love-beadspearls

Iridescent oyster-made gems

military insignia · business attire · conservative dress · dog tags · class ring

material value and class

love-beadspearls

Iridescent oyster-made gems

diamonds · gold chains · fine jewelry · luxury watches

Family

love, bead, loves, loved, loving, lovely, lover, lovers, loveless

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Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G