{"id":129,"date":"2008-04-14T22:04:07","date_gmt":"2008-04-15T03:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/2008\/04\/14\/dye-your-way-to-eco-chic\/"},"modified":"2008-04-14T22:04:07","modified_gmt":"2008-04-15T03:04:07","slug":"dye-your-way-to-eco-chic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/dye-your-way-to-eco-chic\/","title":{"rendered":"Dye Your Way to Eco-Chic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/pom-dyeing1.jpg\" align=\"left\" height=\"412\" width=\"309\" \/>While eco-friendly fabrics are showing up in more and more designer collections and stores, we often don&#8217;t hear enough about the <a href=\"http:\/\/organicclothing.blogs.com\/my_weblog\/2005\/10\/dyes_and_chemic.html\">dyeing and finishing processes<\/a> that accompany them. Conventional dyeing methods often involve toxic chemicals, harmful to the wearer and the environment.<\/p>\n<p>I recently hosted an event at Pivot where Chicago designer Annie Novotny of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freidesigns.com\">Frei Designs<\/a> demonstrated how she naturally dyes some of her garments and accessories with pomegranate juice. First, select a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deliciousorganics.com\/Products\/lakewoodjuice.htm\">100% pure juice<\/a> (no sugars or additives). Pour the juice in a large bowl and add some vinegar and water. The vinegar helps to set the color and also adds brown into the hue.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nLet your garment (Annie was dyeing scarves at our event) sit as long as you like, depending on the desired color. Next put the item in a hot salt water bath to set the dye. Then rinse in cold water until the water runs clear. Dry the item, and then finally  press it with a hot iron.<\/p>\n<p>Pretty simple, right? Annie acknowledges, that yes, after some time and washings the color might fade. But, if you are unhappy with how your item is aging &#8211; simply get some more pomegranate juice. I myself think that this process is a simple reminder of the impermanence of our environment and resources.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, you don&#8217;t need to be a designer to try this out on your own. Have some white pants you love, but just can&#8217;t bear to wear them with that tiny stain you can&#8217;t get out? Give them new life with a fresh color!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dyers-Garden-Growing-Natural-Fibers\/dp\/1883010071\"><em>A Dyer&#8217;s Garden<\/em><\/a> is a handy resource for more ideas on other materials to use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While eco-friendly fabrics are showing up in more and more designer collections and stores, we often don&#8217;t hear enough about the dyeing and finishing processes that accompany them. Conventional dyeing methods often involve toxic chemicals, harmful to the wearer and the environment. I recently hosted an event at Pivot where Chicago designer Annie Novotny of [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/dye-your-way-to-eco-chic\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":11723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[94,106,75],"tags":[176,201,202,124,200],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/pom-dyeing.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}