or jeans jacket pants gloves undergarments socks hats skirts aprons head coverings and t shirts a preferred garment or apparel is a denim or jeans the gradation of hues or fades is best illustrated with respect to fig1 where the dark blue denim fabric is dyed using the hypochlorite salt containing composition of the present invention the dark hue of the untreated fabric generally indicated by the reference numeral 10 is the untreated state of the color which in this example is dark blue as indicated in the color version of the drawings submitted herewith as noted above treatment of the fabric with the hypochlorite salt containing composition of the present invention at varying time intervals or treatment strengths results in patches of treated fabric of varying hues such as also depicted in fig2 5 described hereinbelow as indicated in fig1 applying the composition to the fabric for a short period or at reduced concentration strength results in a patch having a lighter hue generally indicated by the reference numeral 20 which is a lighter shade of blue in this example further application of the composition either for longer times greater concentration strengths or both results in additional patches of increasingly lighter hues generally indicated by the reference numerals 30 40 50 and 60 respectively until the color is substantially or entirely removed as is designated by the reference numeral 70 with reference to fig2 5 the varying application of the hypochlorite salt containing composition of the present invention onto the untreated fabric results in a variety of patterns of varying hues as indicated the patterns can be enhanced by use of.