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February 08, 2012 07:24AM
No not dying things. Meaning changing colors. Last night I dyed some pillow shams navy blue and to night I am doing some cotton understuff purple. So much fun and cheap. Reminds me of making tie-dyed shirts.
Lifts the spirits!
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February 08, 2012 01:04PM
I remember the days when we tie-dyed too. I still have a shirt and wear it when I'm feeling hippie-ish.

Her Serene Majesty, Cettie - Goat Queen of Zoltar, Sublime Empress of Her Caprine Domain
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February 08, 2012 03:44PM
Tye die went out with the 60's..had to comment as I was born in San Francisco, and certainly there through the 60's and Haight-Ashbury....thank god we moved on. I could say so much more, but, will bite my tongue!!

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February 09, 2012 07:02AM
Irene_L.A. Wrote:
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> Tye die went out with the 60's..had to comment as
> I was born in San Francisco, and certainly there
> through the 60's and Haight-Ashbury....thank god
> we moved on. I could say so much more, but, will
> bite my tongue!!


OK Irene. I was not making a sociological statement, just sayin it it fun to change colors sometimes. A cheap thrill. I was not ty-dyeing anything, thank goodness. And just because something "went out in the 60's" does not mean it has no value. Did the civil rights movement go out in the 60's or war protests?
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February 09, 2012 07:31AM
Cettie Wrote:
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> I remember the days when we tie-dyed too. I still
> have a shirt and wear it when I'm feeling
> hippie-ish.


Wow wish I had saved mine. The 60' had some good and not so good stuff going on, but what in interesting time to be around and politically active. My stepdaughter is so pissed that she missed it.
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February 09, 2012 04:17PM
I was in elementary school at the time but remember many things from that time so clearly. We made tie-die stuff back in 1973 in art class and I saw some tie dye shirts for sale about 3 years ago so bought a couple. Come to think of it, I believe I'll go put one on today. I still have some "peace beads" from 1968 though.

Her Serene Majesty, Cettie - Goat Queen of Zoltar, Sublime Empress of Her Caprine Domain
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February 09, 2012 04:20PM
The 60's in general was an amazing time...Vietnam war, being the most signifiant....jobs were plentiful and having had a nephew protesting the war and the March going up my Mother's block, yes, it was a quite a time, with
tie-dying being started by the hippies and their (drug induced) love of color.
Since many of our shoppers don't remember, I'll stop.....

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February 10, 2012 05:23AM
Irene_L.A. Wrote:
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> The 60's in general was an amazing time...Vietnam
> war, being the most signifiant....jobs were
> plentiful and having had a nephew protesting the
> war and the March going up my Mother's block, yes,
> it was a quite a time, with
> tie-dying being started by the hippies and their
> (drug induced) love of color.
> Since many of our shoppers don't remember, I'll
> stop.....


I know that you lived in SF in the 60s and how wacky it was there because a lot of drugged out people flocked there and had no way to sustain them selves. It must have been very annoying.
However, I was a part time hippie w. a job and politically active. We had a great time ty-dying everything, shirts, curtains, pillow cases. It ws not drug induced, so please to set the record straight,a love of color is a perfectly cool thing to do. Without drugs.
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February 10, 2012 04:19PM
I agree, just brought back memories...funny thing, I never went to Haight-Ashbury, just to scared of that lifestyle..but, good things come out of everything, if done the right way.

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February 10, 2012 04:29PM
I grew up in a small Southern town, very sheltered ... to us, hippie was anybody with facial hair .... lol.....altho I did learn the real world when I went to the "big city" for college. I'm also one of maybe the few who actually loved tie-die .... doing it, wearing it, decorating with it ... and I agree with cyn, it stemmed from a love of color and combinations of patterns rather than drugs. Rather than tie-dying, I now mix and match colors in bright quilts that I make. AND ....wait for it .......tie die is not dead, at least not in the Music Capital....craftsmen sell their tie-dyed t-shirts, sheets, blankets, throws, etc., out of vans on street corners. Although I've never been tempted to stop and buy, some of the items they display are really attractive to me.
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February 10, 2012 04:35PM
Remember "everything old is new again." Out of some of the fashions that have been resurrected I've enjoyed seeing tie dye return and loved what they dubbed "bohemian chic." Better a return to the 60's than the 70's. The 70's was the absolute worst, way too much polyestersad smiley

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February 10, 2012 05:50PM
Agreed, everything is recycled sooner or later...but, tie-dye just didn't make it back in So. CA...now Santa Cruz is a different story, tie-dye is everywhere, as are left over hippies. I think the same applies for parts of Oregon. The new culture here is all about body tatto's. I'm waiting for shoulder pads to return...smiling smiley, and maybe hot pants, NOT!!

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February 10, 2012 07:54PM
I remember the shoulder pads and big hair from the 1980's. That was some scarey stuff. I still have some platform shoes from 1976 that made me about 6'2" unless I fell off them.

Her Serene Majesty, Cettie - Goat Queen of Zoltar, Sublime Empress of Her Caprine Domain
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February 10, 2012 08:04PM
Speaking of "high" heels...you should see what they wear in L.A., heels with platforms at least 5 inches, everyone looks 7 feet, amazed at how they walk in them. I'm a flat shoe "girl", comfort first. I remember big hair, we used to tease it till it literally stood up...whew, glad I lived through that. I'm pretty happy with today's styles, but it is fun to look back.

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February 10, 2012 08:33PM
I must like that stuff because I'm kind of a "leftover hippie" even though I'm technically a little too young!smiling smiley

Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
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February 10, 2012 09:00PM
I was more bohemian than hippie....I remember sitting for hours in Italian No. Beach coffee house (Vesuvios)in S.F., drinking expresso and looking cool.....fun days, it was all about being cool.....still have a bit of it left, like the electic look.

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February 11, 2012 05:03AM
LisaSTL Wrote:
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> I must like that stuff because I'm kind of a
> "leftover hippie" even though I'm technically a
> little too young!smiling smiley


So interesting what a cool path this has taken. I am not a little too young and in retrospect had a great time. Went to a major Vietnam war protest in DC. and I do believe that it helped to some degree to end that war. We marched in front of the Whitehouse and it was reported that Nixon was inside watching football.
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