In World 269, instead of limiting oneself, people found out that their garments were very precious and radical innovations. They only used the most socially responsible production process, involved bio-materials and sustainable stitches from local and hyperlocal sources. People were proud to learn textile resourcefulness techniques and wear garments that demonstrate their authenticity and beliefs.
This World was contributed by Jennifer Agu (located in the UK), building on fictions contributed by Souporni Nath; Salome Egger; Gisèle Legionnet-Klees; Annebella Pollen; Iris Do Tho Uyen, Cheryl Chueh Xin Yi, Woo Miko, Lee Jimin and Tasya Aurellia; and other Fashion Fictions contributors, 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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