Bringing Tie-Dye Back in Style

It is safe to say that the tie-dye technique of textile coloring has been around for many centuries. Recorded history tells of tie-dye in China 1500 years ago and for several centuries thereafter in Japan. Sixteenth century Japan saw the production of incredible silk kimonos using the tie-dye technique. Since, the technique has spread throughout much of South East and Pacific Asia. Despite this long history, when most people think 'tie-dye', they think of the 1960s hippie movement.
And so, tie-dye has become impossibly tangled in the culture of San Francisco and Berkeley, ground zero of the hippie era. Fifty years later, tie-dye can still be found throughout both cities and not just hanging off the shoulders of aging hippies with long, white beards and Grateful Dead belt buckles. Every generation since has had a sub-culture, a group that has adopted tie-dye as their dress.
To help this fashion torch, the father of one of my students made a tie-dye onesie for your Rai. You received this gift soon after your birth last year but it was always much too big for you. Finally, you've grown big enough to wear it and, although you no longer wear onesies, we can make an exception in this case. I love this outfit so much, you've been wearing it for three days!