Thai fashionistas will be thrilled with the new collection of fashion icon’s Vivienne Westwood Anglomania brand, for which she was inspired by her trip to a Thailand beach.

But be warned: it was not the pristine white sands and azure seas that sparked her creativity but the pollution and destruction of the oceans and the plastic waste covering the sand.

The main print used in the collection is called “Grateful” and has been directly lifted from a washed-up plastic shopping bag found on the shore line of a Thai beach. The rose print, with the ironic words “thank you”, both in English and Thai. overlap repeatedly on cotton jersey and satin, creating the look of being engulfed in carrier bags and other plastic debris.

The print is also stamped in black across the Hope Gypsy blouse deconstructed corset, the ruffled Golden skirt and billowing Gabelle shirt dress, creating the look of indelible stains from an oil slick. Finally, the print is used across a matelot stripe jersey, referencing Brigitte Bardot, often portrayed as the shipwrecked goddess, and across pyjama stripe jersey – as if you’ve been shipwrecked at night.

Another key print in the collection is the Cold Dye Check, used across Calico suiting and emanating from the sun-bleached beams and remnants from the hull of a ship washed-up on the shore.

As part of the journey towards sustainable fashion, the new Anglomania collection uses organic jersey and hemp.

Organic cotton jersey farming is the only farming system by under which cotton is produced entirely free of chemical pesticides, avoiding the risks that such chemicals pose to human health and the environment.

Hemp, meanwhile, is one of the strongest natural fibres on Earth, three times the strength of cotton, giving it unparalleled durability as a fabric.

Hemp farming requires very little water and does not use any chemical pesticides or fertilisers. In addition, nothing is wasted in its production, the seeds being used for oil and food supplements and the stalks for fibre.

The brand is now inviting everyone to participate in this eco-friendly campaign through the “First Exhibition”, which runs until Monday at ThaiThai Zone, Central Chitlom. Curated by Note Panayanggool, the show invites celebrities and influencers such as Pearypie, Toni Rakkean, Machanot Suwanmas, Arikanta “Gypso” Mahapreukpong, and Eric Tobua to create art sculptors and installations.