Color Matching Dexter's Baby Thermal / Kill Top

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DaftJester

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I'm sure we all know by now that the American Apparel Henley worn my Dexter is long discontinued, fortunately some factories still make it just in the wrong color!
I was able to track down a light grey as well as a yellow version of the shirt, but I was curious if anyone out there had ANY success dying these things to the correct "army green" off-brown color
 
DaftJester said:
I'm sure we all know by now that the American Apparel Henley worn my Dexter is long discontinued, fortunately some factories still make it just in the wrong color!
I was able to track down a light grey as well as a yellow version of the shirt, but I was curious if anyone out there had ANY success dying these things to the correct "army green" off-brown color
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No, but I'd like to try. I just got one with the correct color, but no buttons from ebay. I'll update here if I do it.
 
Always wondered if anybody would dye a grey henley or another with a greyish/brown colour to match that of the one he wore in the very first episode as I believe that version was never an official top made by American Apparel and just one that the costume designers dyed themselves.
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jehudmx said:
Always wondered if anybody would dye a grey henley or another with a greyish/brown colour to match that of the one he wore in the very first episode as I believe that version was never an official top made by American Apparel and just one that the costume designers dyed themselves.
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LOVED this look, if Magnoli ever does their replicas hopefully they offer this one.
If I get around to dying any of my alt shirts I'll see if I can reproduce this look - So far I think I found a VERY good alt for the original AA shirt, just waiting on it to get in.
 
DaftJester said:
LOVED this look, if Magnoli ever does their replicas hopefully they offer this one.
If I get around to dying any of my alt shirts I'll see if I can reproduce this look - So far I think I found a VERY good alt for the original AA shirt, just waiting on it to get in.
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Easily my favourite version of the stalk outfit by far, like I say though I do not believe the henley was an official colour. So far though I have managed to get my hands on a dirty brown coloured top which has the light seams just like the original one, all I need to do is replace the buttons to be black and it'll be as close as I can get unless anybody makes a good rep. And do show some pics of the henley you got, would love to see
 
jehudmx said:
Always wondered if anybody would dye a grey henley or another with a greyish/brown colour to match that of the one he wore in the very first episode as I believe that version was never an official top made by American Apparel and just one that the costume designers dyed themselves.
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Here's my attempt. I don't think it's perfect yet, but I'm fairly happy with it. I based it on your photo since he's outside in the sun. I'll try again next weekend.
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jehudmx said:
Looks good, what base henley did you use? It's fairly hard to tell what colour it really is, seems to change over the episodes from brown to grey
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Used the white shirt. I dyed it dark green first, then gave it a cocoa brown overdye. Both rit dyes. I think I’m going to try to go for more grey next time.

Also, to be fair, if it was custom dyed as we suspect, there’s a possibility that they dyed multiple and they came all came out slightly different.
 
clekgeggs said:
Used the white shirt. I dyed it dark green first, then gave it a cocoa brown overdye. Both rit dyes. I think I’m going to try to go for more grey next time.

Also, to be fair, if it was custom dyed as we suspect, there’s a possibility that they dyed multiple and they came all came out slightly different.
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I think this is the best colour to aim for, as it's the one they promoted along with Season 1. Would start with a white and go for a brown/grey mix. Just not sure how they managed to keep the seams light, suppose the dye didn't stick to it though

Also, is that his lockpick tools to the right of the pic? Sorry if it's not
 
jehudmx said:
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I think this is the best colour to aim for, as it's the one they promoted along with Season 1. Would start with a white and go for a brown/grey mix. Just not sure how they managed to keep the seams light, suppose the dye didn't stick to it though

Also, is that his lockpick tools to the right of the pic? Sorry if it's not
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It is! SouthOrd PXS-17. He uses the MPXS-20 in New Blood, still gotta buy that one.
 
Doubling down on my multiple different dyed henleys theory. Noticed last night that he wears one that still has clear buttons in episode two.
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