Fashion Reimagined with Amy Powney

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 transcript of this episode
• Get to know Dana Thomas and her book Fashionopolis
• Read more about Fashion Reimagined, premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival
• Discover the fashion brand Another Tomorrow
• Meet Barry Lopez and his books Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World and Arctic Dreams
• Visit literary critic Hermione Hoby
• Music by Eric Brace of Red Beet Records
• Cover art by Studio Number One
• Learn more about Dumfries House, Prince Charles’ wellness and sustainability center in Ayrshire, Scotland