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Looking out past next season…waaaaaaaaaaaay out to 2025, what will we be wearing? Print-on-demand clothing? Recycled vintage? Smart fibers? The Forum for the Future and Levi’s collaborated on FASHION FUTURES, a project designed to find answers, and they came up with four feasible scenarios. Here is #1:

#1. SLOW IS BEAUTIFUL

The drastic changes in climate have created, amongst other things, a new world order which recognizes we’re all in this sinking ship together. Along with political cooperation and global trade, our health & well-being is a top priority. To monitor our internal state of affairs, we wear clothing that is “smart”.  Far fewer items fill our closets, but what does tends to be of high quality; when we do splurge on cheaper, trend-driven clothes, retailers tempt us to open our wallets based on how sustainable we perceive a fashion item to be. Instead of trendy, disposable designs, vintage and second-hand is increasingly popular. Japan, in particular, specializes in re-manufacturing the world’s used garments. 

images: Marie Antoinette-style ensemble made from recycled trash; upcycled dress by Karishma Shahani 

archetypeatlas:

By the year 2025:

- Will clothes biodegrade?
- Will our outfits monitor our health?
- Will climate change refugees spread new fashion influences around the world?
- Will a shortage of raw materials see us renting our clothes from libraries?
- Will technological advances make it common to grow what we wear?

To try & answer these questions, Levi Strauss & Co. and sustainability experts Forum for the Future teamed up on FASHION FUTURES - a collaboration of fashion experts from every area of the biz, including manufacturing, design and retail, as well as universities, trade unions and NGOs.  The mission? To think-through possible scenarios for the future of fashion, starting with the raw materials and following them all the way up the chain to use & final disposal.

images: cyber coiffure; Goth

archetypeatlas:

• Be ready to explain to your Glamorous Drug Addict that the storm is really bad and that even though it looks like just a little rain, their life will be upended for a significant amount of time. Most Glamorous Drug Addicts usually don’t pay attention to these sort of potentially cataclysmic events unless a tree falls on top of them. And, yes, they probably should have closed their windows before they left their apartment, but, no, it’s probably not worth driving over the bridge to shut them because most of the other vehicles in the East Village appear to be underwater. Wait for them to process this information and brace for the temporary stress it has caused.
• They will sleep in your bed for extremely long hours and appear dead. Let them sleep. They are much better when they sleep. Just check in every hour to make sure they are not dead because you would hate to burden the city’s overworked Emergency Workers with the task of removing a dead Glamorous Drug Addict. Wake them periodically to pour water down their throats and put Neosporin on any open burn wounds they may have neglected.
• Create some space for the Glamorous Drug Addict to be alone so they can do work or spend quiet time thinking about themselves like they’re used to. It’s important. Otherwise, expect them to make you feel like a prisoner in your own home.
• Just some helpful tips should you happen to have to host a Glamorous Drug Addict during a storm, hurricane or other cataclysmic event.
• *Addicted* by Jeanne Susplugas at Les Bains - photo Stephane Bisseuil; glitter pills; Dior Addict ad via source