With the lockdown resulting from the pandemic, nature once again took over the places that humanity had taken away from it in World 224. Vines, seeds, fungi, and other beings began to creep through windows and cracks in clothing stores, growing on both synthetic and natural textile surfaces.
Nature’s power acted swiftly, restoring the lost ecological balance on the planet. During this process, nature became an active agent within the fashion industry, participating in the clothes’ design.
This raised awareness among people, who began to understand the value and purpose of nature and to respect its role within our surroundings. Consequently, a process of adopting garments was established, with care systems and benefits for specific plants, allowing them to coexist with us in our daily lives.
This World was contributed by Manuela Cadena, Santiago Colmenares, Mariana León, Estefania Mariño and Mariana Rojas (located in Colombia) 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 author and share their material using the same Creative Commons licence.
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