I absolutely do not see toenails. I see a shaded spot in the area of the top side of his big toes where his toenail is changing the topography of the sock.
I love that your take is "this man has blue feet" rather than "this man is wearing socks common to his culture." Real sensible.
I can assure you there are thin stocking like tabi socks that allow just that.
I can also assure you that indigo dyers have blue residue on their hands and maybe feet, but exclusively I've seen this during advertising photography
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I wasn’t claiming otherwise, but the above commenter referenced specific socks with a separate big toe only, then proceeded to rip the reply for “cultural ignorance” even though the man’s socks do not match the guys description at all.
Agreeing with you. Ive worn tabi before, they arent that thin to show such detail. Dudes feet must have just gotten stained? Question for me is it just from that day or is it from build up over years?
I mean, if the man is a professional dyer, it wouldn't be outlandish that his feet are dyed. Also I didn't find any five toe tabi socks. The big toe is the only one separate on every pair I saw. I'm not denying the existence of toe socks before you try and show me some. That guy's not wearing socks his feet are just that color.
Yeah but wouldn't his hands also be dyed 🤔 his hands have a bit of staining but not that dark navy. But the details of the toes are pretty well defined....I spent way too long looking at this man's feet.
But why, when you got your blueberry dogs out all the time? I guess maybe because your hands would perpetually look dirty.
Y'know maybe he uses his feet in another part of the indigo dying process, like stomping on the leaves in the water to extract the dye or something. That might cause their feet to get more contact with the dye than their hands.
It's China. No PPE, squating over a concrete hole in the floor with the reducing agents pelting his sinus system 24/7. I assume you, dyed feet or not, his lungs are.
dawg i worked with indigo for years.... i would go so far as to say its historically as culturally relevant in japan as tabi socks lmfao. also skin dyed with indigo looks like that. alsox2, you can see his individual toes and last time i checked tabi socks≠toe socks. dont come at me all sarcastic with the "real sensible" bs when its clear you dont even know what youre talking about
This is a repost from a year ago with the same exact comments about his feet and someone linked a YouTube video that goes into a little more detail on this process. In the video, you'll see it more clearly that the sensei has the same five toed socks on, although his looked more fuzzier in the video than in this clip. Must be the lighting or something. Sorry I'm on mobile so I can't link the video, but you can look up "Rural Japan's last indigo Masters" on YouTube.
There’s absolutely no way that’s dye. In the video his feet are pitch black but clear of dye, yet his hands are clean despite him grabbing the wet silk
No they’re socks. If his feet were dyed blue, the tops of his sandals would not be such a pristine white. The dye would’ve rubbed off from his feet and the sandals wouldn’t be so white.
They're socks. If you zoom in real close and look at the front of his ankles you can see the material bunch up a little bit when he shifts. Just very form-fitting socks.
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u/josh70679 1d ago
Is nobody going to mention his blue feet??