Friday 8 February 2013

Painting it brown

♫ Dreamtale – The Awakening

A while ago I rummaged through my wardrobe, picking out clothes I hadn't worn lately and probably wouldn't in the future either. It hadn't actually been so long since the last time I had done the same, so I didn't find so many unnecessary pieces this time.

While some clothes ended up in the "get rid of these NOW" pile immediately, there were some pieces with different flaws which I still wanted to save one way or another. This ex-black-and-white striped shirt was one of them. As much as I would like to wear white, or black-and-white, I'm not good at keeping white as white as it should. It's a bit embarrassing to admit this because I've had to study housekeeping and such (cleaning, laundry and that kind of stuff too, on a professional level) so much in the past that washing clothes should be a piece of cake to me. :x This shirt, for example, had turned yellowish in a very dirty way merely by staying in my closet, unused for a few years.

Thus, I decided to try to dye it – a procedure I had already used to save a b'n'w striped T-shirt some years ago. I tried to turn it red and black, but it turned out pink instead. The hue wasn't too bad – at that time, when I was more into pink. This time I really had trouble deciding on the color though! I haven't felt comfortable wearing red or pink lately to contrast my mostly black wardrobe (I've even worn my pink eyeshadow quite a little lately! But it's not the problem, only such clothes are) and I didn't want to try those colors on the shirt. I'm not much into wearing orange, yellow, green or purple, even though I like every color in some context. Then I thought of blue, ocean blue. I turned the city upside down hunting for such textile dye. Eventually I found some, but the selection in the store was quite wide and I began to reconsider. I thought of all things which have inspired me lately, and dressing up in neutral tones, or muted tones, has been the thing. I thought of pirates and steampunk and such, and then picked up terracotta brown instead.

I didn't use all the dye because it would have been enough to dye 600g of fabric and the shirt only weighed 200g, and I was afraid of the result being too unpredictable. But I'm not even sure what I really wanted of it. This is how it turned out:


I figured I would try to redye it gray if I didn't like the outcome, but I'm not sure yet. I'm not disappointed, I have to wear it a bit to see if it was a good choice or not. What do you think, is the terracotta brown hue ugly or maybe nice and warm?

8 comments:

  1. No mutta, tuohan on itse asiassa makea väri! Ja nimenomaan piraattiuskottava. Käy sinulle oikein hyvin. :>

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    1. Tänks, piraattiuskottavuus oli nyt kyllä tärkeä tekijä! Jos olisi vielä pystyraitaa niin entistä enemmän.

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  2. I like it! If it were me, I'd wear it for a while just as it is - in case the gray doesn't cover nicely and you end up not wanting to wear it at all! :D

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    1. Oh yes, I thought about the gray option before I even dyed it, just in case something went wrong! :) I'll certainly keep wearing it like that for now.

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  3. Jag är inte så säker på att färgen är brun, snarare teracotta-orange. Men jag tycker att det blev jättesnyggt!

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    1. Det kan vara fotot som förvränger färger också, men den var kallad "terracotta brun". :) Men tack!

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  4. I like how this turned out! A little unexpected, but very becoming on you! I can also see a lot of potential if it was paired with various steampunk accessories!

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    1. Thank you. :) I've found myself dreaming of some accessories in warm browns or other neutral tones!

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