In World 55 shared community wardrobes can be found in each city and village: one city, one wardrobe. The origins of this culture can be traced back to the crisis where there were not enough clothes for every individual in the early 1950s.
Bringing together all different types of garments by the collective, fashion becomes part of the greater good of the society. Because of the diversity of garments in size, colour and style everyone can play around with this and there are no boundaries anymore. Fashion, in this collective wardrobe, is a party.
在第 55 个世界中，每个城市和村庄都设有共享社区衣橱，形成了“一城一衣橱”的独特景象。这种文化起源于 20 世纪 50 年代初的危机，当时每个人都面临着衣物短缺的困境。
集体将各种款式的服装汇集到一起，时尚成了社会集体的福祉。丰富多样的服装尺寸、颜色和款式，让每个人都能尽情展现自我，无拘无束。在集体衣橱里，时尚就是一场狂欢派对。
What if …
wardrobes belong to the collective instead of the individual, like municipalities in our society?
Issue targeted:
the overloaded closets everyone has nowadays
Inspiration:
collective instead of the individual – the Linen project provided by MA Practice Held in Common of ArtEZ University of the Arts
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