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So, I’d recently stopped wearing a number of my clothes because of their fading, worn-out color. But instead of kicking them to the curb, I decided to do a some dyeing. Here are the little saturated sweeties:

Feathered gray shirt + scarlet dye

Obnoxious bright purple shirt + scarlet dye | Faded light green tunic + royal dye

Light green tunic + royal dye

Bright purple shirt + scarlet dye

White shirt with black print + black dye

Faded teal shirt + royal dye

Faded teal shirt + royal dye | White shirt + lemon dye

White shirt + lemon dye

Faded blue tunic + royal dye

Faded black tunic + black dye

Faded black tunic + black dye

Light blue T-shirt + royal dye | Black T-shirt + black dye

And here’s how it went down:

Materials
~ 8 oz. containers of Rit Liquid Dye (found at Walmart)
~ 5 oz. paint bucket
~ A paint stick
~ Latex gloves
~ Water (derp derp)
~ Laundry detergent

My Approach
~ Add half a container of dye to three gallons of hot water. Stir thoroughly with a paint stick or something of the sort.
~ Add clothing. I put three pieces in at a time. Stir occasionally for 30 minutes.
~ Put plastic gloves on. Ring a piece of clothing out above bucket. Rub a little bit of laundry detergent on the clothing while rinsing it with warm water in a sink. Hang to dry and repeat with other clothing. (Make sure you thoroughly rinse the sink after doing this. I used an old sink in my basement, so I could be a little sloppy. But be careful if you’re using your kitchen sink, ahh!)
~ I plan to wash the clothes according to dye color in the washing machine before wearing them. I also plan to wash them by dye color the first time after wearing them for good measure. I’ll let you know how it goes…

It’s a dirty shame someone in corporate America felt the need to label jeans as too casual for work. Seriously though. Who made khakis king of everything? And why is it OK for me to wear yoga pants (disguised as leggings) but not jeans? I totally understand that nasty, holey, torn-up jeans are not so professional. But there are good jeans out there that play well with accessories and deserve a chance. If I could wear jeans to work, it’d go a little like this:

Thank you for letting me vent.

Appearances by Tillie the pug and my have-not-been-to-yoga-in-forever-I-hate-you-Jenn body. Photos by my mom, who was quick to inform me she earned a minor in photography. Check out her jewelry, which is worn in a few of these photos, on her Facebook page.