This is with a grateful thank-you to all of you who acknowledged us for our work here at JustZen.com and telling us how much you love our mudmee tie-dyes.

Apparently you loved them so much that even though the winter is by far not over we ran out of the small hooded jackets in green and black base colors – – we never thought that was possible, but then, deep down we must have wanted it still.

But not to worry, we still have plenty of items from henley shirts, over tanks and t-shirts, and we are already in the process of producing a new batch.

As a little thank you for your support we would like to offer you all a 10% discount on all purchases during the next week. To claim this promotion please enter the code xxxxxxxx (sorry, expired – but there will be another sale!) into the promo field on checkout.

All of us here at JustZen.com wishing you a

Happy New Year!

This has been a very interesting year for JustZen.com.

We designed a whole new line of items. And we are so grateful for all of our customers who liked our tie dye items and now proudly wear them.

We had good sales before the holidays and during the last week before they are really ready we will do another big sale to get and hopefully meet our target that we have set for us.

So we will send out an email to all of our valued customers and offer one great discount for the last possible order before Christmas.

So look forward to our email announcing a sale for

1. Hooded Jackets
2. Henley Shirts
3. Lace Tanks
4. Strappy and Boy Tanks
5. T-Shirts

The reason for dyeing a fabric is obvious – more color = more attention – just as the feathers in the animal kingdom – and let’s be honest, we want to be beautiful and like to be noticed.

So, if we start with a white piece of clothing and then dip it into dyes, something more than just plain white will ensue. Now a single color will soon be just plain also, so historically we started to experiment with different colors and different ways to apply the dye to the fabric.

Tie-dying is the technique to fold or tie the finished garment and then submerse it into the dye. The parts of the garment that are tightly touching each other like in a knot, will not be exposed to the dye or only slightly so.

For example to create stripes we can fold the garment in pleats, and then apply the dye.

The big spiral on the chest that we usually associate with tie-dye is created by laying out the garment flat and then starting in the middle of the chest grabbing the fabric and starting to twist, in the process folding pleats in a circular pattern.

The mudmee style of tie-dye used in producing the hoodies, henleys and tanks of JustZen.com is very different and is pretty much native to parts of South-East Asia. Our artist Gigi, who creates our items, was allowed to study the techniques used in that area only after promising to kept this process and technique very secret. So, sorry to everybody who wants to know how we do it, she can’t tell you  🙁