Babado USA on Instagram: "Few colors carry as much history as indigo blue, and in Japan, this shade holds even deeper meaning through Sukumo, a traditional dyeing technique that dates back more than 600 years. To this day, artisans keep this ancestral knowledge alive, blending botany, fermentation, chemistry, and a generous dose of patience. The process begins with the leaves of the Polygonum tinctorium plant, known in Japan as ai. After harvesting, the leaves are dried and stacked to ferment fo