Society & Culture
My guest today is Amy Powney, creative director for the “It-girl” sustainable fashion brand Mother of Pearl in London. Amy is an environmental force in British fashion and speaks often publicly on the importance of sustainability in fashion, and she has transformed Mother of Pearl from a traditional fashion company to one that fully embraces green practices. In 2021, film director Becky Hutner made “Fashion Reimagined,” a film that follows Powney as she traces Mother of Pearl’s supply chain and discovers a host of environmental and humanitarian issues, including water pollution, deforestation and global warming. Vogue has called Powney: “One of the most clued up designers on the subject of sustainable fashion.” And the Sunday Times in London described her as “a voice for a new generation of designers.” Read the https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E3GV-ErVYjqBt92Xoa8UJCFmKwtqFmcWRhbl7VjeTtU/edit?usp=sharing (transcript of this episode) Get to know https://www.danathomas.com/index.html (Dana Thomas) and her book https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554229/fashionopolis-by-dana-thomas/ (Fashionopolis) Read more about https://tribecafilm.com/films/fashion-reimagined-2022 (Fashion Reimagined), premiering at the https://tribecafilm.com/festival?utm_source=google&utm_medium=SEM&utm_campaign=GENTRIBECA&utm_id=SEM&gclid=CjwKCAjwy_aUBhACEiwA2IHHQDfi5OYF76gpjfw1bb_RywrD2qfNNqFhhWTB3guqUIU5nE0SWGUyvRoCZaIQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds (Tribeca Film Festival) Discover the fashion brand http://anothertomorrow.co (Another Tomorrow) Meet Barry Lopez and his books https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/672448/embrace-fearlessly-the-burning-world-by-barry-lopez/ (Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World) and https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/103565/arctic-dreams-by-barry-lopez/ (Arctic Dreams) Visit literary critic http://hermionehoby.com (Hermione Hoby) Music by Eric Brace of https://redbeetrecords.com/ (Red Beet Records) Cover art by http://www.studionumberone.com (Studio Number One) Learn more about https://dumfries-house.org.uk (Dumfries House), Prince Charles’ wellness and sustainability center in Ayrshire, Scotland