Tie-dye Is Everywhere!

[Sephora_Socialite]

And my bro and I were just joking after watching Troy..Tie Dye is back.

 

[vintage_princess]

I normally hate tie-dye stuff which looks cheap and tacky no matter how expensive it is, but the subtle ones that were posted look ok

 

[impossibleprincess]

Now i'm thinking the only tie-dye you could get away with is of the Prada/other catwalk variety-I went to Camden market and saw some pieces that were just wrong-you would have to be Kate Moss to get away with them. I guess it workes if you tone everything else down and accesorise well-in that case, i can look classy.

 

[impossibleprincess]

oops, meant to write "it" can look classy-not i-...lol

 

[TheSoCalledPrep]

SO PRETTY!

But loud, wild, primary colors tie-dye is so.. RUPERT-ISH!

 

[saad]

ive always liked tie and die (remembre, lena?! )....i dont know why? but its fascination.
be it tees or skirts or shirts.

 

[hollyslookingdry]

Isn't most of what we're seeing ombre? Tie-dying is such a hippie term and always makes me think of Girl Scout camp and rainbow colors.

 

[pointup]

yeah lots of it is ombre... i love the effect!!

 

[paprika_hiccup]

I am loving this as a "new" trend- interesting dye-techniques

Tie-dyed, dip-dyed, clamp-dyed, splattered, smeared- I love it all - the most beautiful and unique colors can be produced

FYI- Lena is correct that many of the garments in the pics are not tie-dyed, but they use other "resists"- like clamps in dying and wax in batiking- to prevent the dye in specific places. And some are just directly squirted and smeared with dye-

I Japanese Shibori dying- you may have seen very old kimonos made through this techniques- such a time consuming process- that can be ruined very easily if an mistake is made. It was even outlawed at one point because it was considered "too luxurious" As if that's even possible!

I love how the tied-up fabric looks llike some sort of jelly fish before it is dyed--

And then it turns out like this - they look like jelly fish, too- amazing. But there are millions are variations- Shibori gallery

I design knitwear and I would love to dye all of my own yarns, but I can't devote that much time to it right now- but here is a close-up of a squirt-dyed and hand-knitted lace scarf by yours truly

Its supposed to resemble climbing leaves but the complicated dye-job disguises it a little. I have to be an extremely self-hating mood to hand-make lace, because the yarn is actually only a little thicker than dental floss Missoni does a lot of scarves using this dying tech.- but their machines can't do lace like this! Take that Missoni!

 

[paprika_hiccup]

Ombre is a dip-dye technique where fabric is put into one color and it absorbs more of the color at the bottom, creating a graduated color effect. The Prada pieces are more than one color and must have used some sort of resist to block the dye from one block of color to the next

 

[nqth]

Originally posted by Spacemiu@May 28th, 2004 - 7:35 pm
yes they a re wonderful, they have some at aloha rag

They are lovely (and double-seamed). I also like the flowers (roses?:-) in pattern.

 

[Lena]

Originally posted by paprika_hiccup@May 29th, 2004 - 6:14 am
I design knitwear and I would love to dye all of my own yarns, but I can't devote that much time to it right now- but here is a close-up of a squirt-dyed and hand-knitted lace scarf by yours truly

i cant see your post..
very much interested in your knits paprica

saad Posted :

ive always liked tie and die (remembre, lena?! )....i dont know why? but its fascination.

hmm of course i remember saad
you were much 'forward' as usual

 

[Acid]

there have been a lot of tie-dye fabrics in the fabric stores recently also
the silks actually look GREAT

 

[Alejandro]

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Originally posted by Alejandro@May 28th, 2004 - 7:55 pm
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@May 28th, 2004 - 1:25 pm


True batik/tie-dye effects are creating unique paterns and this is what i like about the tie-dye fabrics. If the colours are mixed in a 'fresh' way one can have glorious effects.

Batik is a really expensive fabric, and it's more because of the hard work it takes to make it... there's a fake version, which is a real batik printed on muslin or calico... I bought 10 yards for my textile class, which came up to 100 dollars in total...which I think is a great price,because the detailing is so unique... Now im wondering what to do with it...

its not that expensive if it is not handmade or silk,
even when mass produced on cotton, jerseys or mixes
it's really unique, beautiful and alive.

-Lena notes down to create small batik line for ss05- [/b][/quote]
Well I bought mine from this lady who comes from the islands, and she hand dyes them

 

[paprika_hiccup]

Sorry- the pics will not post-I will try later when I get home

 

[Lena]

Originally posted by Alejandro@May 29th, 2004 - 8:03 pm
[ Well I bought mine from this lady who comes from the islands, and she hand dyes them

sounds very interesting, pictures please ale

looking forward paprica

sample from my client's batic dye fabric collection

 

[Lena]

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[Alejandro]

That's gorgeous... the print on my fabrics are blah, they even have small little star like shape patterns w/ blue yellow and orange... I want to do something with it