The Design Museum in London has opened a new free display called ‘Tomorrow’s Wardrobe’, which explores a more sustainable future for fashion.
Tomorrow’s Wardrobe showcases research taking place across different parts of the fashion industry, from innovating with new materials and methods to producing longer lasting clothing.
Visitors will see textiles, technology and garments made using initiatives to reduce the fashion industry’s environmental and social impact.
Highlights in the new show include Ahluwalia upcycled polo shirt, a bag produced in collaboration with Stella McCartney and biomaterials company Ponda, garments from Toast’s recent visible repair line, and a pair of Salomon shoes made with Ranra for disassembly.
George Kafka, curator of Tomorrow’s Wardrobe, said: “Tomorrow’s Wardrobe demonstrates the diverse and far-reaching action being taken across the fashion industry to deal with the monumental environmental challenges it faces.
“The display shows that change can’t come from one group alone, but that collaboration across sectors – from farmers to manufacturers, brands to policymakers, and designers to consumers – will begin setting us in the right direction so that the clothes we wear don’t cost the earth.”
Tomorrow’s Wardrobe is the second display in the museum’s new ‘Future Observatory’ space, which offers a look at ongoing design research responding to the climate crisis.
Per a press release, the environmental and social impact of the fashion industry is felt across the world and includes textile manufacturing, the design process, and the way people consume clothing.
‘Tomorrow’s Wardrobe’
Annual garment production has doubled since 2000 and is expected to increase by 60 percent by 2030.
Cher Potter, curatorial director of Future Observatory, said: “The UK has long been considered a ‘laboratory for fashion’, a site for brave experimentation and unbridled creativity. Today we see these unique capabilities being applied to the reimagining of the fashion industry itself.
“Researchers are transforming not only the way we wear our clothing but also the way we grow, design and produce them. At Future Observatory, we believe it is this holistic systems-level design that will drive a green transition.”
Next month, the Design Museum is opening a reimagined exhibition on the career of Tim Burton.
Images courtesy of the Design Museum
