Ancient Purple Dyes

Shirt dyed with red cabbage pigment exploring ancient purple dye sources

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This shirt was colored with natural dyes. However, most of your clothing is made from synthetic dyes, which have major negative consequences to the earth and its inhabitants

Naturally dyed purple garments have been a valuable commodity for thousands of years. In ancient times, snail mucus was used for pigment. Today, these snails and other natural resources that don’t contain toxic chemicals can be used to create a new era of valuable naturally dyed purple garments

It’s time to return to roots - support natural dyes over synthetic dyes