Join us at Windmill City Farm during Sustainable Fashion Week 2026 to watch and discuss slow fashion documentary, Woman Grows Jeans, with Labour Behind the Label.

When an ambitious experiment between a textile activist and a celebrity clothier meets inevitable challenges, one woman is propelled into an initiation that makes British fashion history.

With a community of volunteers, they envisioned homegrown jeans sold through a social enterprise, but their work exposed difficult 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.

“This film is important viewing for anyone who cares about making textiles truly sustainable. Where fibres and dyes come from and what their production entails is so often left out of the conversation, and 'Woman Grows Jeans’ shines a light on those often forgotten about processes.

A powerful story of perseverance, interconnectedness, and most importantly, hope. Justine's achievement of growing the UK's first fully local pair of jeans sketches out a map for where the textile ecosystem must go if we want any chance of a liveable future. And it's a joyful future too!”

– Malú Colorín, Fibreshed Ireland.

Watch the trailer at womangrowsjeans.com

After the screening there will be a discussion with Anna Bryher, Policy Lead at Labour Behind the Label (@labourbehindthelabel).

Labour Behind the Label is a Bristol-based global campaign organisation that fights alongside textile workers to expose the exploitation and lies surrounding the fast fashion industry's shiny exterior.

We will discuss the stark contrast in the production of fast and slow fashion, and what this means for both workers and consumers.

Please arrive by 18:45 ready for the film to begin at 19:00.
Tickets include a free drink and light snack.

Profits will be donated to Labour Behind the Label.

The screening takes place at Windmill Hill City Farm in the Training Room (///wonderfully.quite.nods), located up the stairs or lift, to the left of Migrateful.

This event is part of the Bristol Bedminster Hub for Sustainable Fashion Week, organised by Making Mends and BS3 Community Development. See more at makingmends.org