Amy Twigger Holroyd

World 15

in which people wear a single outfit for the rest of their lives

in which subsidised clothing factories are accessible to local people

in which a radical global environmental strategy has led to nomadic lifestyles

in which every high street has a repair salon, each with its own unique style

in which commercial clothes production has ceased and people dress ‘by chance’

in which making by hand is a quasi-devotional act and path to ‘enlightenment’

in which learning to sew is a teenage rite of passage, like learning to drive

in which clothing is deeply embedded in enduring subcultural communities

in which the WWII Utility Clothing Scheme continues to the present day

in which local councils run free libraries of occasional and formal wear