SHIRT#110 - SHULIANG SILK OXBLOOD by Jan-Jan Van Essche from PROJECT#13 - REVERENCE (AW25).

SHIRT JACKET WITH HIGH, STANDING COLLAR, POCKETS AND DRAWSTRING IN THE BACK. A TRADITIONAL FABRIC FROM SOUTHERN CHINA OF SILK THAT HAS GONE THROUGH AN ELABORATE PROCESS OF NATURAL DYEING AND OXIDATION, LENDING IT A METALLIC SHEEN. THE MEASURED PROCESS INVOLVES DYEING THE FABRIC REPEATEDLY WITH THE TANNIN-RICH YELLOW AND RED JUICE OF THE LOCAL SHULIANG YAM ROOT AND EXTENSIVE SUN EXPOSURE ON OPEN FIELDS.

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