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"This is a bleach-striped shirt I made in a daze of chlorine fumes this winter. I've had these floral curtains since I was 19 (so, for five years). They're probably one of my oldest possessions in NYC, and I found them at Church Street Surplus, just off Canal Street." "This is probably my favorite tie-dye, but I only wear it on special occasions these days. I found it on a road trip in Portland, Oregon." "This is a 'fish bone' style tie-dye I found at home in Santa Cruz, CA" "This is a denim shirt that I bleach-dyed this winter" "This was a tie-dye I made last year that turned out so ugly! I decided to try bleaching it, and it turned into this awesome earthy color." "This is a thermal I dyed purple—the color of heart, strength, and love." "This is actually a pair of vintage Romeo Gigli jeans (worn as a scarf)"  Center front: the Romeo Gigli jeans Morgan in a Christopher Shannon paneled nylon T-shirt A 1994 Interview, starring (baby-faced) Leo DiCaprio shot by Bruce Weber Party props "I found this shirt on a thrifting trip to New Jersey in February."   "I bleached this shirt and these jeans myself. I wanted to make the shirt a peace sign, but it turned out as a Mercedes sign!"    
Closet Collections: Morgan Rehbock's Tie-Dye
We admire anyone who has a look, and whose approach to fashion is as obsessive as ours. In this new column we ask OC friends and family to let us rifle through their collections and celebrate their hoarding situations.

For our first closet confessional, we stopped by our friend Morgan Rehbock's Brooklyn loft-turned-tree-house. Morgan has modeled for OC, worked at OCLA and OCNY, and writes mind-expanding astrology columns for DIS, but here we focus on his longest-running obsession: tie-dye.

Morgan's bedroom is a curtained-off area in the corner of a huge full-floor apartment. Hanging from the ceiling, hidden in drawers, and stacked on shelves, piles of clothes have been dyed in every color, and most in more than one. Morgan is a tie-dye connoisseur; he dyes his own pieces (at the moment he also likes dipping them in bleach) and thrifts for them wherever he goes. We asked Morgan to play dress-up and he modeled his collection for us in some Halloween costumes, the tree position, and a series of accidental "Between Two Ferns"–style portraits.

Photos by Brayden Olson



Tie-dye is like oxygen to me.

I like to wear it: behind closed doors, and in public.

I own: 17 pieces (whoa!!).

The best way to tie-dye something is: with friends!

My favorite piece is: my pink button-down because it reminds me of cotton candy.

The first piece in my collection was: I couldn't even say because I'm sure I started "collecting" before I could walk!

The weirdest place I ever found a piece was: in a Mormon thrift store in California.

In a fire, I would save my blue T-shirt first.

When I die, I will leave my collection to: Goodwill, or another very deserving thrift store.

I also collect: Anything! Clothing, curtains, vintage fabrics, and all kinds of crystals!

FILED UNDER: Closet Collections , Brayden Olson , Morgan Rehbock , Alice Newell-Hanson , Christopher Shannon
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THU, JUNE 28, 2012
14:54
ADORABLE AND PERFECT, ALWAYS. <3 u morgs!

also, amazing photos!
- Daria
2.
THU, JUNE 28, 2012
16:00
- joshua+michael+paulin
3.
THU, JUNE 28, 2012
19:27
what a cutie, tie dye is a great invention!

http://laulaunyc.tumblr.com/
- michele
4.
FRI, JUNE 29, 2012
13:25
i love u
- mike
5.
MON, JULY 2, 2012
18:33
You're so fu**ing awesome Morgan, LA misses you.
- Calvin
6.
WED, JULY 18, 2012
01:00
oh he is so cute!

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