Trend Of The Week: Tie-dye

Whether you think tie-dye is totally rad or totally not your style, the psychedelic print from the '60s is back in a major way.

It's become a hot quarantine fashion trend that doesn't seem to be going anywhere.

Today's tie-dye admittedly looks a lot different than the flashy print that made a major mark in the 1960s. Tie-dye loungewear sets, in particular, are having a moment. Over the past several weeks, people have had a lot of extra time on their hands while social distancing and staying home to slow the spread of coronavirus.

Some have been tackling reading lists, others have honed their cooking skills and many others are trying their hand at craft projects, including tie-dyeing. Searches for "how to crumple tie-dye," a popular technique, are up 376% on Pinterest. Tie-dye sweatpants and sweatshirts might be the quarantine look du jour, but the pattern itself has been working its way back into fashion for several years.

The Japanese art of Shibori, a precursor to modern tie-dye, surged in popularity a few years ago and tie-dye showed up on both the 2019 and 2020 spring runways. The latest season of "Project Runway" even dedicated an entire episode to the groovy print earlier this year.