VERY close enough indy shirt on kenneth cole site $24

[Obi Sean Kenobi]

Very close to being SA, a little RIT pearl gray with the white one and you are there:

box-pleat military shirt

http://m.kennethcole.com/mt/www.kenneth ... d=22948366" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Magnum]

Ooooh that's nice. I might have to pick up a couple. Good find!

[Red_Fox]

Thanks for the head's up! I bought two of these and they were even more on sale, so they were just under $15 each. I went with the white and dyed them with a full bottle of RIT Taupe and half a bottle of RIT Pearl Grey. The dye job turned out reasonably well, but there are a couple things. First the stitching is done with a different material than the shirt, and it didn't take the dye at all. So now the shirt has white contrast stitching, it's not a big deal or even noticeable from a distance. Also the white shirt has dark buttons, so if you want a more SA shirt you would have to swap out the buttons for lighter ones.

[ShadowX81]

Hey, new member here. Sorry for the newbie question but I have looked around with no luck.

What process did you use for dying your shirt? I ask because I followed the recipe you used in a 5 gallon bucket for a half hour and it turned out way too dark.

How big was the bucket? Did you put salt in the water? How long did you leave it in for?

[Red_Fox]

Hey Shadow,
I'm also pretty new myself, and this was my first time dying anything. I did the dying in the washing machine with hot water, following the directions on the bottle. When I first pulled it out of the machine, and particularly when it was wet, it was really dark. I've washed them both since and it looks reasonably accurate, but I don't have anything to compare it to other than screen shots from the movies. All I can say is to try washing it again (alone in case the dye runs) and see if it fades a little bit.

[ShadowX81]

Do you have a picture of the shirt?

[Red_Fox]

Here's a picture in sunlight with a white and black shirt for color calibration.
(http://imgur.com/lW9Yh2U" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; link in case photo doesn't post)