Salt Dyed Silk Shirt

Short sleeve convertible collar shirt. Persimmon dyed silk with irregular patterns from salt resist dyeing. Mother-of-pearl buttons. Button closure at front. Patch pocket at chest. Box pleat at back yoke. Model also shown wearing the UMBER Printed Silk Skirt.

UMBER's natural patterns are created from resist dyeing using salt. In the natural dyeing process, salt is spread on the surface and the pattern is formed according to the shape in which the salt is sprayed. Where the salt is spread, the salt absorbs the dye out which results a difference in the saturation of colour and therefore forms various irregular natural patterns on the fabric.