Saint Laurent matelassé zip card case — re-dyed black

A Saint Laurent zip card case in pale blue-grey with chevron quilting (matelassé). Being light, it had absorbed grime and stains, and it came in with a request to make it black.

Black — a change from a light colour to a darker one.

1. Cleaning
2. Preparing the base
3. Dyeing black
4. Finishing

The black was worked into the stitched grooves of the quilting.

The gold YSL logo and the zip were masked, and the card slot on the back was matched to the same black.

The front and the back card slot are black, the gold logo is unchanged, and the chevron quilting lines show.Before · photo 4 / After · photo 1

Depending on the lighting, the colour it came in with (light blue-grey) reads as beige, silver grey or pale sky blue in the photos.Before · photo 2

The same spot, shot from a similar angle. An overlay opens once the two photos have been checked for alignment.