Recipient of the 2022 ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD
FASHION REIMAGINED
THURS, 12/1, 5:00pm, 92 min, BAY STREET THEATER
Zoom Q/A with Director Becky Hutner and Roger Sherman
“Amy Powney was an absolute beginner in the realm of sustainable fashion when she began her quest in 2018. And Fashion Reimagined similarly functions as an eye-opening primer on how the clothes you buy today will shape the world of tomorrow. This film is a valuable resource not only for students of fashion, but to anyone who knows the power of small gestures to make a big impact.”--Jose Rodriguez
Director: Becky Hutner
Producers: Becky Hutner, Lindsay Lowe, Andrea van Beuren
Editors: Becky Hutner, Sam Rogers
Cinematographer: Daniel Götz
Fashion is among the most polluting industries in the world. The accelerated turnaround of trends known as “fast fashion” is only escalating the impact with global clothing production doubling between 2000-2014 and the average American now discarding 70 pounds of clothing per year, 85% of which ends up in landfills. Fashion designer Amy Powney is on a quest to change that. After she won the coveted Vogue award for Best Young Designer, this fiercely determined young woman decided to use her large cash award to create a sustainable collection from field to finished garment and, in the process, transformed her entire business.
Becky Hutner is a Toronto-born filmmaker living in coastal England. Her filmmaking journey includes five years in London creating short-form work in the fashion and culture space for DUCK Productions. Notable DUCK projects include Painting Her Story, a series about the gender gap in art for the National Gallery. Fashion Reimagined is Becky’s first feature.