TEXTILE ARTIST ALLAN BROWN SPENDS SEVEN YEARS MAKING A DRESS BY HAND
JUST FROM THE FIBRE OF LOCALLY FORAGED STINGING NETTLES.
THIS IS ‘HEDGEROW COUTURE’, THE GREENEST OF SLOW FASHION AND ALSO HIS MEDICINE.
IT'S HOW HE SURVIVES THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE AND FINDS A BEAUTIFUL WAY TO HONOUR HER.
A MODERN-DAY FAIRYTALE AND HYMN TO THE HEALING POWER OF NATURE AND SLOW CRAFT.
A FEATURE DOCUMENTARY BY DYLAN HOWITT
68 MINUTES | UK | 2023
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"THIS IS AN EXQUISITE FILM. EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL AND HELPFUL
FOR ANYONE SUFFERING LOSS OR GRIEF. AN INSPIRATION."
SIR MARK RYLANCE
"IF YOU’VE EVER WONDERED WHAT THE EARTH
WOULD HAVE FASHION DO, THIS IS YOUR ANSWER."
PROFESSOR KATE FLETCHER, SUSTAINABLE FASHION ACTIVIST
"CRAFT TRANSFORMED BY IMAGINATION INTO ART,
LIKE AN ALCHEMICAL ALLEGORY."
PATRICK HARPUR, AUTHOR
"I WAS SPELLBOUND."
"MESMERISING, LIKE A MEDITATION IN NATURE,
IDIOSYNCRATIC AND BEAUTIFUL."
"I FELT I SHARED IN THE JOY OF THE DRESS COMING INTO BEING,
WOVEN WITH MAGIC AND TRAGEDY."
"BEAUTIFUL, ENCHANTING, INSPIRING AND FULL OF LOVE."
"MAGICAL STORYTELLING, WITH CHARM, HUMOUR AND GREAT CINEMATOGRAPHY."
"I SHED TEARS OF JOY AND GRIEF AND AWE"
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