This is an Issey Miyake Shibori shirt, purchased by my teacher 15 years ago. It's still in perfect condition and fits most sizes. Someone tried it on in class and it looked amazing, just as good as it would of looked when it was first bought.
The technique used is Shibori, an ancient Japanese technique where polyester fabric (high thermoplasticity) is wrapped with threads into a certain shape, in this case spirals, boiled and the shapes are held in place after the threads are taken out.
The spirals appeared to be in perfect spacing, about 1cm apart. This makes me think that either someone is especially talented or it was wrapped using a machine. For $600 (15 years ago) it could be the former...
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