Tie-Dye | The hypest trend of 2018

Beyond neon and beige as the colors that have dyed the fashion drops this 2018, the Tie-Dye has climbed the hype like never before, with a psychedelic print that leads us to an eternal love of summer, to a permanent sicko mode. For their part, haute couture and streetwear firms have connected to reformat the print in countless versions, garments and accessories suitable for any type of season.

This technique of reactive dyes and colors, which originated in Japan in the 8th century, became the 60-70’s trend thanks to the hippie movement, like a multicolored print that was used from student protests to the pacifist movements in defense of a series of ideals of freedom.

The immortal cycle of fashion led to the resurgence of aesthetics in the 90s thanks to the grunge culture and the outsiders who wanted to differentiate themselves from the rest by their own creations, their DIY colorful looks, their garments with random graphics and images that come from the rave culture and immerse us in a trance of colors, materials and fabrics.

Leaving aside Stüssy’s many Tie-Dye proposals in t-shirts, sweatshirts, swimsuits, shirts or bucket-hats in streetwear / skatewear format, the trend began to consolidate in the SS and FW 2018 collections of haute couture brands such as Saint Laurent, and its ‘varsity’ version of the bomber jacket in vibrant rainbow colours, but also through emerging designers such as Alex Mullins (@alexmullins111) and his revival of sixties styles in vibrant and colourful tailoring.

Gosha Rubchinskiy was also part of the psychedelic crew with his Tie-Dye aliens in an ultra-oversize format with the aesthetics of the skaters of the 90s, or through the bomber jackets from the SS18 collection in green, red, blue and white tones, loaded with large doses of electronics and British football aesthetics.

In this sense, Ralph Lauren presented the FW18 collection at NYFW as a tropical fantasy with blue and white colors, making reference to nautical motifs. His vision of the movement of the waves was reflected through the Tie-Dye in an asymmetrical dress in blue and white with different fabrics that Bella Hadid (@bellahadid) took on the runway.

The Tie-Dye as Woodstock‘s psychedelic style in’69, and its atmosphere of acidic raves and house music in which they produced all that kind of oversized, ultra colorful and vibrant clothing. This was precisely the imaginary that Maria Ke Fisherman wanted to reflect in it latest proposal SS19 in the framework of MBFWM, through a festival and cosmic aesthetic of experimentation with materials, superimpositions, asymmetries and deconstructions, with technical and/or futuristic fabrics and prints such as iridescent trousers or shirts and skirts that made Tie-Dye with the heat.

Maria Ke Fisherman | SS19

In the same way, the jackets and trousers of Comme des Garçons SS19 were dyed for the summer season of this same random pattern in blue tones, or the one of Alyx through technical T-shirts in black and neon tones combined with snake print trousers. But for the next spring-summer, Virgil Abloh x Louis Vuitton‘s proposal, impregnated with different shades and tie prints in ultra-wide trousers or boxer shorts, transparent shirts or hoodies with different codes and combinations but that were joined by the same hype

Within this psycho-universe we also find other fashion hits such as the Nike Aire More Uptempo 96′ UK, which follows a line of dusty colours, the Gucci T-shirts with the logo, or the Burberry rucksack and maxi-plumes with the same print full of fresh colours and all-around stains on the classic plaid of the brand, which Skepta was in charge of wearing at the Burberry fashion show in February at LFW.

So the Tie-Dye has come back loaded with good vibes and colorful looks to leave aside the dark and gothic style that filled the streets and the catwalk.