The National Portrait Gallery staff will wear new uniforms that are gender neutral.
These uniforms comprise ties sourced from charity shops, shirts and T-shirts crafted from recycled materials, and waistcoats built to withstand the test of time so they can be passed down to future staff members for generations to come.
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.
“The National Portrait Gallery team have been fully supportive of this approach and helped push their new uniform to be such a sustainably ground-breaking one. We hope, this will be another reason to love this world-renowned cultural institution and most importantly to help attract forward thinking and caring team members”, adds further.
The gallery was set to reopen on June 22 after a £35 million refurbishment.
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