SHIRT#109 - HANDWOVEN INDIGO DASHES by Jan-Jan Van Essche from COLLECTION#15 - KHAYAL (SS25)

ERI SILK HANDWOVEN OVERSIZED KIMONO SHIRT.
FACING IN AN UNDYED 100% COTTON TYPEWRITER, WOVEN ON A JAPANESE SHUTTLE LOOM. MADE IN THE JAN-JAN VAN ESSCHE STUDIO.
THIS HAND WOVEN FABRIC, MADE FROM HAND SPUN YARN IN ERI SILK,
IS A RESULT OF A COLLABORATION BETWEEN JAN-JAN VAN ESSCHE AND 7WEAVES IN ASSAM, INDIA.
THE ‘INDIGO DASHES’ HAVE BEEN DYED USING INDIGO NATIVE TO THE ASSAM REGION OF INDIA.
IRREGULARITY OF THE MOTIVES THROUGHOUT THE FABRIC IS AN EFFECT OF FREEHAND PROCESS USED TO CREATE THE TEXTILES
AND ARE AN OUTCOME OF AN INTERPRETATIVE WORK OF ARTISANS CREATING THEM.

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