In World 5, selections of garments are given to towns and are chosen through a voting based system, allowing personal alterations and styling to differ from person to person, using limited resources from the ban on fabric sales. Clothing is unisex, gender neutral, through styling and personal customizations to be made, natural dyeing of clothing maximizing the usage of all garments, further encouraging individuality and personal identity. As a result of restricted access to materials and resources, civilization has overcome social expectations and judgement to personal expression.
This Exploration was contributed by Siobhan Ward, Anaise Walton, Charlotte Wootten, Francesca Winwood Bratchell and Alice Watts (located in the UK), 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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