/fa/ - Fashion

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tl;dr: If I want to give some bright clean socks a vintage, and slightly faded look without any color bleeding, then should I hand wash them in something like lightly brewed tea or coffee?

They look like pic related. I just want to know /diy/'s opinion on the matter. Because I know bewing them with some tea would play nicely with the white in it, but I don't want it to screw with the blue in it and potentially turn it into some doo-doo brown looking color.


I just purchased some socks to wear, but the colors are much brighter than the rest of my clothing. I just want to find a way to give the socks that slightly vintage & faded look.

I know I could just go running on dirt trails with them on & continuously hand wash them afterwards or something to achieve a similar look over time, but I don't necessarily want them to look slightly stained and dirt. I just want to turn the chalk white in them into an off-color white/cream & the rest of the colors I want to be slightly faded.