Wikipedia on Tie-dye-HELP!

[deb]

A bit OT, but Paula, thanks for the link to that article - that was so cool to see it being discussed like that - almost a century ago!!!! 

[pburch]

I am pleased about having made footnotes to the Wikipedia article that point somewhere other than the obvious two sources, my site and the Tie-dye Wiki.

Who was wearing tie-dye before the Grateful Dead? The home dyeing pamphlets in the 1920s mostly recommend tie-dyeing curtains. Who first put tie-dye on a t-shirt?

Paula

[pburch]

I found a couple of articles, a 1970 Time magazine article and another 1970 article that appeared in a short-lived street fashion magazine called Rags, that referenced musicians other than the Grateful Dead, and used that as justification for a change in the Wikipedia article.

The Grateful Dead, or more specifically their followers, were huge in the popularity of tie-dye in later years, but these contemporary sources don't even mention them. I think that the Grateful Dead were not necessaily among the first popularizers of tie-dye in the 60 and 70s. There's even a 1994 quote in the New York Times from Bob Weir saying that he had always hated tie-dye.

(I've posted excerpts from these articles—including the whole Time article—in a long-running section of the Dye Forum on my site that is titled Tie-dye history in the West - 1960s influences?.)

-Paula

[steve]

Wow--that looks better!

Another tool of the wikipedia is the "discussion" tab where the needs of the page are discussed. There was a request for references (Thanks Paula) and pictures of the process. I don't think the pic that exists on the page does much of a job depicting the process.

I'm looking over the folds area and thinking about some revisions.

Steve