Staff at the National Portrait Gallery will be wearing new gender-neutral uniforms when it reopens this month. The outfits include ties from charity shops, shirts and t-shirts made from recycled material and waistcoats designed to last long enough they can be handed down through the generations to new members of staff.
The gallery, which has been closed for a multi-million pound refit, said: “all items in the new uniform selection are intended to be gender-neutral, giving staff the freedom to choose from different options to best suit their individual needs, as well as seasons and occasions”.
Designer Wayne Hemingway said: “We don’t know of another uniform in the world that combines fabric offcuts and locally sourced materials and manufacturing, with pre-worn elements and fabrics made from waste.”
