The HOPECHEST2090 project, Zaans Regional Dress after the Worst Thinkable Flood, explores the central question of how survivors – pioneers on a new Wadden Island in the former Zaan region in the year 2090 – will dress. What do they wear and what do they make, within the limits of lost knowledge about textiles and clothing construction – one of the more dire problems of post-consumer society – and scarce materials.
A woman on the Wadden Island of Zaankogerland, let’s call her Stientje Molenaar, will make five sets of clothing for herself. One for each season of the year, and one for special occasions, part of which will be saved for when she dies – her bridal gown is also her chemise for in the coffin. Her clothes are made of the little fabric she can afford (some new, most old and secondhand) simply and sparingly put together with pleats, wrinkles, smocking and creases to make the clothes fit and also to make it possible to re-use the materials again.
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