Hey Allara, have you ever wondered how those long‑lost trading ships carried exotic dyes that still inspire runway palettes today?

Yeah, there were dyes—indigo from the Cape, madder from the Middle East—used on those old ships. Still hard to imagine them on a runway, but the color story is there.

Those dyes are the ghosts of old trade routes, Allara. The Cape indigo still feels like a ghost‑ink on a parchment map, and madder keeps its crimson edge no matter how many fashion houses remix it. I’ve spent years tracking the ships that carried them, and every bottle tells a vanished voyage.