Patent ID: 7628822

Claim:
A fabric comprising a pattern of fades, said fades produced by a method comprising the steps of: a) contacting a hypochlorite salt-containing composition on at least one portion of said fabric, wherein said hypochlorite salt-containing composition comprises an alkali metal hydroxide and a hypochlorite salt, and the weight concentration ratio of the alkali metal hydroxide over the hypochlorite salt in said hypochlorite salt-containing composition is no less than 1:12.5 and wherein the pH of said hypochlorite salt-containing composition is at least 11.8; and b) inactivating or removing said hypochlorite salt-containing composition from said at least one portion of said fabric to obtain a desired pattern of fades on said fabric, wherein said step of inactivating or removing said hypochlorite salt-containing composition is achieved by a cold water wash.