World 2, Exploration C

Instagram posts showing naturally dyed garments.

In World 2, synthetic dyes have been banned; as an alternative the people in this world have used natural dyes. This is a glimpse of a clothing brand from the world, incorporating the natural dye techniques and overall colour palettes that can been seen in this place. The shop’s Instagram page shows a wide range of products from this world and the different techniques and colours that are commonly used.

This Exploration was contributed by Emily Hollingsworth, Kyle Ferrell, Sophie Franz, Jack Firth, Lily Giblett, Barbara Jagiello and Charlotte Goldfinch (located in the UK, Poland and the Philippines), developed from a World contributed by Amy Twigger Holroyd, using a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence which allows others to share and adapt the work in any medium and for any purpose, providing that they credit the authors and share their material using the same Creative Commons licence.

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