As you may or may not know, I am not a huge fan of wearing black. I am, however, a huge fan of really cheap, natural-fiber clothing that fits fabulously.
Enter Contemporary Dyecraft: Over 50 Tie-dye Projects for Scarves, Dresses, T-shirts and More
This concept has tremendous potential! For those on a budget, black clothing is abundantly available at thrift; for bleaching, who cares if it’s faded-out? If the look were perfect for one’s idiom and lifestyle, indeed, an entire wardrobe could be built around this one look.
Have you ever purposely used bleach to transform a garment?
dye craft books)
with not good results. But this is wonderful. So tawny. We have very hard water here
and cannot normally use bleach in laundry or to, say, clean a bathtub. It interacts with
the high amount of iron in the water. Things become pink-y.
You’ve just given me the inspiration to try this on a shirt I was going to toss out for being too contrast-y.
Amy – actually you inspired me! lol. Can you tell I was thinking about your desire for a limited color pallette? Hope it goes really well!
I have re-dyed blacks ‘really black’ this successfully. Working with dye can be messy though, and can alter the hand of the piece.