The rebellion of the Colombian textile industry in 1991 in World 225 prevented the economic opening of the sector, thus the government opened clothing workshops to encourage creation; these rely on used clothing banks and national textiles for the customisation and making of own garments. People design their clothes from these materials, and their aesthetics are inspired by available everyday objects, consciously using textiles, and thus building a visual and material language that is distinctive of the country. As a result, the value of the production and development of a national aesthetic from everyday life was recognised.
This World was contributed by Natalia Bernal, Luisa Bula, Sofía Montagut, Joel Manevich and David Duarte (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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