Thaidye got a chance to play with the big kids – a few weeks ago they got a message from somebody at Women’s Health Magazine offering to shoot some footage of their shoulder and buddha bags for possible inclusion in one of their upcoming editions.

Obviously Thaidye was fast to get some samples out to New York. Soon thereafter it became obvious that the next round had been reached when the request for the official name, web site and contact info came in.

And then it really happened – the June issue 2010 featured Iron Man 2 actress Kate Mara, modeling “8 Easy Pieces – This Summer’s Essentials” and they are pretty, relaxed, and ready for a good time – Just like you! (Women’s Health’s words – not mine!)

In case you wonder what these 8 Easy pieces are – here you go…

1. Peasant Blouse
2. Skinny Cargos
3. Corset Sundress
4. Raffia Accessories
5. Paper Bag Shorts
6. Tie-Dyed Bag
7. Tiered Skirt
8. Safari Vest

And indeed, this point #6 introduces Thaidye’s buddha bags to the world of fashion, playing with the big kids.

What I mean by “playing with the big kids”?

It is standard operating procedure that the magazine lists all the item the model is wearing in these fashion shots. Look what Kate presents…

• Just Zen bag, $29, thaidye.com
• Etro blouse, 212-317-9096
• Textile Elizabeth and James jeans, $245, at Neiman Marcus,877-777-5321
• Stuart Weitzman shoes, $345, stuartweitzman.com
• Miguel Ases earrings, $345, fragments.com
• Lena Skategard agate necklace, $180, fragments.com
• Chan Luu beaded necklace, $190, chanluu.com
• Arrows & Hearts ring, $29, at Callalilai, 212-219-2645

Gotta tell ThaiDye that they steep-up their prices, don’t you think?

I have watched, with my family, especially our nine year old, Miley Cyrus’ Disney Show Hanna Montana pretty much from the  beginning and we all like it – even though I think the coolest person in the show is Daddy – sorry to all your Miley-only fans, but at least it’s the real daddy so the genes are right

Now I ran into a nice image of Miley the other day, probably taken somewhere in the greater Los Angeles area – anybody know where exactly? – which I liked…

Allow me to dream a bit that all star, starlets and celebrities are eager to wear the mudmee tie-dye we offer the world.  I am sure if they would find out about us that would be certainly true anyways.

I have alredy started to dress one of our female astronauts properly for her accomplishments in space and so now it was Miley’s turn to be be chiqued up.

Out came good old photoshop and suddenly we have some exquisitely dressed Miley Cyrus…

I would have loved to dress Miley in one of the all natural cotton skirts – but that would have taxed my photoshop abilities too much, so instead here you have Destinee modeling on of the mudmee skirts.

She looks a bit like Miley anyways and even is the same age. She and her friend actually came to us offering to model for us – cool, huh?

Many of us will have noticed that there pronounced cycles in fashion. The most obvious is, in my opinion, the skirt’s hemline. The reason for a repetition here is obvious because there are only so many length variations. It can be all the way to the floor, half calf, below the knee, just to the knee and above it. Then a few inches above the knee, half thigh and then all the way where the skirt hardly deserves its name any more.

The hem has to go somewhere and that is pretty much the range, so there must be repetition. Sometime int he past that range was much small and from my own personal experience know what an uproar the expansion of these limits created when the hem dared to rise above the knee, way above the knee. I was still very little, but you can imagine if I can remember the uproar, as a kid where I certainly did not follow any fashion trends.

But now the whole leg is discovered, the range is maximized. I just realized that actually these mini skirts were not all new. Think back to the Roman Empire. OK, it were not women, but these soldiers did wear these cute little mini skirts.

Now, hem-line is one variable, but there are many more. For one there is the prevalent color scheme, pant legs – straight, bell-shaped, low waist, high waist. Then shoulder width, narrow waist or loose. Taking all these factors into account there should be enough combinations that there should be no repetition for a long time.

Maybe it’s the same principle as browsing through the closet once in a while – sometimes you discover something you totally forgot, but when you see it, good old memories come back, you pull it out and wear it. I could imagine that this is the same with fashion designers and trend setters. There are just some things that make us feel good, and we want to regain that feeling when we remember it.

If we just pull out an old outfit to get this old feeling back we often combine this with some of the new experiences we had in the meantime. This way the old becomes new and fresh again.

If we accept the idea that bringing out old trends and outfits re-creates the emotions of the time past, we can understand the endurance of tie-dye. Its first big epoch were the revolting 60s and 70s; definitely a time of full experience of life, the feeling of freedom and accomplishments. There are now some new designs beside the all-prevalent big spiral on the chest, but it is getting a bit dated, and usually, if you see someone wearing the typical tie-dye shirt, you get the feeling of not quite in present time.

This is why the new fresh tie-dye from ThaiDye.com is such a big success. Nothing realy new was invented, just a creative combination of the traditional mudme, prevalent in the bigger area of Thailand and Laos, with the tie-dye of the hippie days. A very interesting facet of this combination is the addition of subdued color ways. Or have you ever seen such a quiet, warm tie-dye jacket as the one accompanying this article?