About Dyelot

We dye the finished piece.

Dyelot is a small label of heavyweight basics. We sew everything in undyed cotton and dye it afterwards, in lots of about two hundred pieces. When a lot sells out, the next one gets a new number and, sometimes, a new colour.

The studio rail with Clay, Lichen and Rose pieces against a white wall

Lots, not seasons

We do not dye by season. We make a lot: a run of dye baths, one batch of pieces, one number. Lot 14 is Lichen, a grey sage we mixed for the Heavy Hoodie and then ran on the Loopback Crew, the Overshirt and the Chunky Knit too. The number is printed inside every label, so you can always find the same colour again.

Why heavy

Heavy cotton hangs straight, does not show through, and gets softer instead of thinner. Our tees are 240 g/m², the crewnecks 380 and the hoodie 420. A supermarket tee is around 150. The knits and the linen follow the same idea: thick yarn, dense weave.

Why dye it after

Dyeing a finished garment is slower and every lot comes out a little different. In return the stitching, the ribs and even the buttonholes take the same colour as the cloth, and the piece is washed and shrunk before it ever reaches you.

A steamer pressing a sleeve before the piece is folded

The lot register

Every lot we have dyed that is still in the shop.

Lot 14Lichen4 pieces
Lot 13Clay Cocoa Bone Oat Slate Sand Caramel Cream Khaki Charcoal Stone Pistachio17 pieces
Lot 12Oat Rose Moss Ink Bark Charcoal Poppy Bone13 pieces
Lot 11Bone Sky4 pieces
Lot 10Ink Bone and Ink2 pieces

The linen rail: a charcoal jacket, an ochre one, a grey shirt and olive trousers waiting to be steamed

What the weights mean

200g/m²Long Sleeve Top: fine, for layering
240g/m²Lot Tee: heavy for a tee
380g/m²Loopback Crew: autumn to spring
420g/m²Heavy Hoodie: our heaviest

Photo credits

All photos are from Pexels under the Pexels licence, cropped for this example and never recoloured: every colour on this site is a photo of a garment in that colour.

MART PRODUCTION: the grey studio photos of tees, shirts, long sleeves, the sand knit, chinos, jeans, the smock dress and the cap.
Ron Lach: the rail, hoodie, crewneck, overshirt, wide trouser, slide and steamer photos.
Artem Podrez: the Fine Tee, Heavy Long Sleeve, Light Hoodie, Straight Trouser and Canvas Tote.
nati: the Rib Jumper and Button Cardigan close-ups. Vlada Karpovich: the Wool Jumper stack. Arina Krasnikova: the Chunky Knit, Cable Scarf, Dyed Trench and the knit stack.
Pavel Danilyuk: the linen work jackets, the folded linen and the Long Linen Dress. ganinph: the Tiered Linen Dress. Ivan S: the Field Jacket. Skylar Kang: the Padded Jacket. tatianeherder: the Knit Beanie. A Pexels user (428084071): the Linen Pinafore.

The gift card and gift wrap drawings were made for this site. Fonts: Saira (SIL Open Font License). Dyelot, its lots, prices and stock are made up for this example.