Name: Joan

Message: Can you dye silk taffeta wedding dress material for my wedding dress? Starting shade ivory and dyeing into dark pink gradient. Just like the material used in Gwen Steffani's wedding dress.

Are you asking whether someone can do it, or whether I personally can do it? I will not be able to find time to do it for you, but it certainly can be done. Custom dyers never want to dye polyester, but silk is easy to dye. 

Unfortunately, the risk of dyeing an expensive piece of fabric is that it might not work out, in which case another piece of fabric would have to be purchased and the process attempted again. A custom dyer is not going to be interested in taking this financial risk. You have to look at it as an investment, and be willing to pay all of the costs incurred by the dyer.

To find a custom dyer, I'd recommend that you look at the 'Find A Custom Dyer' list on my website, but none of the companies listed there are located in the UK, since no dyers in that area have signed up, so that will not be very helpful if that is where you are located. Try contacting a local tie-dyer, and in any case be sure to allow plenty of time, extra months in fact. If you want to try doing the dyeing yourself, use an acid dye, with a mild acid such as vinegar. Dylon Hand Dye can also be used on silk.

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