Whatever Happened To... Hypercolor?

[Technoid]

Pink for girls and blue for boys went out the window in the late '80s when Generra introduced the transexual of t-shirts, Hypercolor, to the world.

As I'm sure you all remember, Hypercolor t-shirts were one color when cool and changed to a different color in warmer areas of your body. Who didn't love leaving a handprint on the back of the Hypercolor-clad kid in front of you in middle school?

While this thermochromic fashion phenomenon lasted into the early '90s, it vanished as quickly as it appeared. So whatever happened to Hypercolor? Where did it go and why?

hehe...permanently smurf....rofl

[ZokesPro]

It was a fad, came and went like... tie dye?

[TnT]

In Eugene, Oregon there are a lot of hippies that still wear tie dye.

[az]

What's tie dye?

[Dr Mordrid]

Tie dye:

a fabric arts technique popularized by the 60's hippies and similar to Japanese Shibori & similar methods used in the Hausa region of west Africa.

IIRC it's thought that the Hausa technique came over with slaves taken to the Caribbean then was passed down at a limited level in the black & Caribbean communities until taken up by the hippies.

FYI it's resurgent, so get used to it. Margies been getting orders for months

How to:

http://www.pburch.net/dyeing.shtml

Shibori:



Tie dye: