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January 29, 2018

An Easy Way to Add Life to Old, Neutral Colored Clothing

January 29, 2018

As time goes by, I become more aware of how to re-purpose my clothing in order to give it more life rather than throwing or giving it away. For years, I’ve done this easy DIY (it’s honestly so easy I don’t even like to call it a DIY).

I dye it! If I have a neutral colored, lighter piece of clothing with some natural fiber content, I’ll go to a local craft store like Michael’s or even a drug store and buy some fabric dye for a couple of dollars. In order to effectively dye a piece of clothing, you typically only need a package or dye, hot water, a bucket, a large plastic stick or spoon to store and some disposable gloves. It’s really easy and cheap. Whenever my white or light colored blazers start looking sad, I just dye them. The last blazer I dyed a bright marigold color that will work nicely with my spring work outfits (pictures forthcoming).

This year I’d like to experiment using more natural, non-toxic dyes, but dying clothing is a practice as old as time basically. So before throwing away those light colored jeans you got a stain on last summer, experiment with dying your own!

Related: My favorite self dyed dress I still wear regularly

 

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My name is Shen Dove, I'm a Philadelphia native currently living in DC. I decided to turn my life-long love of style and fashion into a blog. I love books, films, traveling, cupcakes and pretty things. Thanks for stopping by!

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