In World 226, Western health system found that an ancient indigenous method based on plants could cure cancer. This led to a set of medical trials that proved that being in contact with a plant improved health. A century later health start to be perceived differently: there are no hospitals, everyone receives basic medical training. Wellbeing is an everyday issue and the life of the community is organised around the values of peacefulness and harmony. Mindfullness, meditation and prana healing are common practices.
In this context fashion became also directly functional to the system, and garments are tools for healing and for health preservation. The fabrics contain powders of dried medicinal herbs. There are shared spaces to dye clothes with natural materials and changing the colour of a garment is frequent practice, as colour is considered a healing factor as well.
What if …
the positive impact of garments was considered as their basic function?
Issue targeted:
Overproduction and overconsumption have reduced the meanings and the mediative power of dress culture
Inspiration:
Colour therapy
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