"It's incredible, to see woad and flax - plants native to the Northern England Fibershed's ecosystem transformed by community, and the passion and talent of Justine into the most functional and necessary garment. She weaves her clothes and her community into this materially and spiritually transformative project."
Rebecca Burgess - Founding Director of Fibershed
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Upcoming film screenings
In the industrial heartland of British textiles, a community sets out to do something unprecedented - grow jeans from scratch. With hopes of helping regenerate harmful fashion systems, they begin planting flax and indigo, spinning yarn, and weaving cloth.
When the dream of bringing them to market falters, the challenge of creating a prototype is taken on by Justine Aldersey-Williams, transforming the experiment into a personal rite of passage. What unfolds is a tender, radical act of reconnection: to land, lineage, lost skills, and the âmore-than-humanâ world.
Woman Grows Jeans is an uplifting film about what it really means to rewild our world, our wardrobesâand ourselves. At once a protest and a prayer, this is slow fashion as provocation: sown by hand, infused with love, and stitched with hope. For anyone whoâs ever wondered if a different future is possible, this pioneering story shows that
the power to create change is still in our hands.
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Online requests will open on 30th May. In the meantime, please email team [at] northernenglandfibreshed.org
