KNITFLIX SCREENING
Woman Grows Jeans + Director's Q&A
A pioneering textile artisan creates the first ever pair of home-grown jeans in the UK for almost 120 years, a garment that made British fashion history.
Director: Justine Aldersley-Williams
Cast includes: n/a
50 mins / 2025 / uk / english
This screening is a Knitflix Cinema presentation, inviting crafters and knitters to enjoy a relaxed 'lights-up' screening of the latest new releases and fashion based films in the cosy comfort of the Electric Palace this winter.
Co-curated by Beryl Bailey in partnership with St Leonards' knitting and wool shop Flock. Includes a short knitting workshop before each screening.
The story of a garment that made British fashion history.
When an ambitious experiment between a textile activist and a celebrity clothier meets challenges, one woman is propelled into an initiation that makes British fashion history.
Woman Grows Jeans follows textile activist Justine Aldersey‑Williams as she grows, spins, dyes and weaves the UK’s only fully homegrown pair of jeans, exposing the true cost of fashion and a regenerative alternative.
With a community of volunteers, they envisioned homegrown jeans sold through a social enterprise—but their work exposed uncomfortable truths about the systems controlling industry. Despite its sophistication, the UK can no longer produce clothing without importing materials or causing harm.
In a country buying 70 million pairs a year, Woman Grows Jeans journeys into our resilient ancestry to reclaim the care and agency that’s key to regeneration.
After 600 hours, the UK’s only pair of homegrown jeans were handmade—not as a relic, but as a provocative signpost toward the future our hearts know is possible. A celebration of the traditional skills that reconnect us to nature’s wisdom, this documentary proves that the power to create change is still in our hands.
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