Skip to main content
The Morning Star 2026 Conference
Shock frocks
MARIA DUARTE is fascinated by a documentary that pulls back the curtain on how our clothes are made
Fashion Reimagined [Pic: IMDb]

Fashion Reimagined (12A)
Directed by Becky Hutner 


“Fashion is one of the most destructive industries on our planet,” asserts British fashion designer Amy Powney whose journey to create a sustainable collection is captured in this eye-opening debut documentary by Becky Hutner. 

The statistics are truly disturbing. Over 100 billion items of clothing are made a year and three out of five end up in landfill within one year of purchase. It is claimed that fashion is the fourth largest contributor to climate change in Europe and the third largest consumer of water. 

Powney is an outsider, who lived off the grid in rural Lancashire as a child with her activist parents, and she is trying to make a difference in an industry which was startled by the success of her No Frills collection which turned Mother of Pearl into one of the first sustainable luxury brands.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
round up
Cinema / 22 August 2025
22 August 2025

ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review The Ceremony, Eddington, The Life of Chuck, and The Thursday Murder Club

round up
Cinema / 26 June 2025
26 June 2025

MARJORIE MAYO, JOHN GREEN and MARIA DUARTE review Sudan, Remember Us, From Hilde, With Love, The Road to Patagonia, and F1

round up
Cinema / 19 June 2025
19 June 2025

JOHN GREEN, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review Holloway, The Last Journey, Red Path and Elio

THE PERILS OF INTERNET DATING: (L) Ruaridh Mollica in Sebast
Cinema / 3 April 2025
3 April 2025
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Sebastian, Four Mothers, Restless, and The Most Precious of Cargoes