In World 107, fashion operates within a circular economy where garments are no longer discarded but continuously exchanged, modified, and repurposed. Clothing is treated as a valuable asset, with each component—zippers, buttons, and fabrics—holding its own market worth based on craftsmanship, material quality, and cultural significance.
A Fashion Bank enables people to deposit, trade, or withdraw garments as if they were money, ensuring that fashion waste is minimized while creativity and personal expression thrive. Users can manage their wardrobe finances through both physical and online banking systems, seamlessly integrating sustainability with everyday life.
This prototype illustrates how World 107 has eliminated fast fashion, replacing it with a dynamic and modular system where clothing is designed for longevity. Here, fashion is more than just style—it is an investment in culture, sustainability, and the future of the planet.
This Exploration was contributed by Xiaoyun Wu, Jiaxi Wang and Yi Hong (located in the UK), developed from a World contributed by Ann-Sophie Maria Mueller, Natasha Tjandradinata, Payal Vinod Harilela, Reyhan Faustino and Vivian Darlene Utomo, 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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