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TIE-DYE-TA-DAH

My Style / February 7, 2020

SHE'S GOT EVERYTHING DELIGHTFUL,

SHE'S GOT EVERYTHING I NEED (THAT'S TIE-DYED).

-THE GRATEFUL DEAD.  AND ME.

I have several points to make - stay with me.

I realized a couple of years ago I can't wear colorful things.  I gravitate towards the rainbow, but when I put on a bright happy thing, I feel the opposite.  I feel like an imposter, or a real housewife on the reunion show (they never make the right call on that do they?).  So I edited most of the color out of my wardrobe, and I stopped touching the pink items on the rack at Zara, chastising myself into a strict adherence to my new doctrine color absence.

I'm happier in my black hole - it's working.  But then tie-dye shows back up like message on Facebook from your boyfriend freshman year of high school who always tasted like bongwater and had a camo bedspread : 'Hey girl, you look great!  Remember me?'.'  That metaphor doesn't really hold, because I don't want to talk to him, but I do want to wear tie-dye.

My best friend in elementary school was Allison Coble - she had shiny long brown hair, wore her socks perfectly slouched, her jeans expertly tight-rolled, and her house had everything.  So many markers and stickers!, a playroom/gym upstairs were we practiced our 'routines' (we nailed them), a built-in bookcase full of swim team trophies, and tiny computer room we could shut ourselves in and flirt with boys in AOL chat rooms.  Her mom always had a craft magically ready for us when we hopped off the schoolbus in the afternoon, and tie-dying was in the regular rotation.  We designed dyed shirts for the entire swim team one summer (that was probably the only trophy I earned), and when we were really at the peak our of craft, you could catch us sporting our eponymous tees UNDER a Surfstyle windbreaker - and next-level, at the arcade in Myrtle Beach.

Additionally, I would be remiss not to point out that year at Furbish when we hand-dyed teepees.  Things I have learned since then: why cultural heritage is important and appropriation sucks.  And, selling hand-dyed one-of-a-kind teepees is not a profit generating business.  But they were attractive.  Another photo to reference, and I found this one featuring a different style of ridiculousness.

So here we are, on our tie-dye journey, and I'm wearing a pink sweatshirt and starting blog posts with Grateful Dead lyrics.  I've rounded up a few eye-catching items that spark joy in my hyper color heart. You can find even more tie-dyed doo-dads over at Furbish, with our newest Edit.

MADEWORN ROCK GRATEFUL DEAD SWEATSHIRT

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HAYWOOD MINI SHOPPER BAG IN MAGIC

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CHINATOWN MARKET X SMILEY BASKETBALL

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TIE-DYE FLANGED LUMBAR PILLOW

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ASTR THE LABEL BODYSUIT

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URBAN OUTFITTERS CREW SOCKS

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ELECTRIC & ROSE HIGHWAIST LEGGINGS

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FOUND MY ANIMAL TIE-DYE DOG SWEATSHIRT

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MIDNIGHT BAKER SATIN PAJAMAS

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3-PACK OF TIE-DYE SCRUNCHIES

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LIONESS TIE-DYED SKIRT (ON MAJOR SALE!)

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PINK DYED COTTON DINNER NAPKINS

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And btw, we shot these photos at the new Long Leaf Hotel in downtown Raleigh.  Locals - I suggest a Friday night stop-in for a drink at the bar, and a few treats from their excellent snack menu (including Ruffles and French onion dip). Be sure to check out that tie-dyed skirt - on sale for 23 American dollars.

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Written by Jamie Meares, Founder + Creative Director of retailer Furbish Studio.

I Suwannee is a daily chronicle of her wants and whims, her interior design and styling work, her goings and doings, and a place to share her never-ending discoveries and inspirations.

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