Conscious clothing

Comprising a series of window displays, a retail experience and capsule collection, the campaign examines sustainable innovation and will run until March 2017.

Featuring works by some of the fashion industry’s most renowned designers, the exhibition highlights the properties and processes behind eight materials including leather, luxury fibres, cotton, linen, plastic, wool, denim and viscose.

Denim is represented by Californian brand Tortoise Denim, which uses a manufacturing process that requires up to 90% less water than a typical denim washhouse to produce its products. According to the World Wildlife Fund, it takes around 11,000 litres of water to produce one pair of jeans using traditional methods.

‘We are a shop selling stuff, so let’s take a closer look at the materiality that makes it,’ says Linda Hewson, creative director at Selfridges. ‘Material World examines sustainable textile development with a focus on social, local and global production stories.’