LUCIANNE TONTI DINNER
November 7, 2024
The Southern California chapter of Fibershed welcomed Lucianne Tonti to a private gathering and dinner to celebrate her work and offer an early peek at her new book, Good Witch Hunting.
Author of Sundressed Natural Fibres and the Future of Fashion
Lucianne is the fashion editor of The Saturday Paper, the sustainability editor for Elle Australia and a regular contributor to The Guardian where she writes the weekly series Closet Clinic. Her award-winning book Sundressed: Natural Fibres and the Future of Fashion was published in 2022. Lucianne is internationally recognized as an investigative fashion journalist, commentator and expert in regenerative fashion systems. She has spoken about the future of the industry in New York, San Francisco, London, Paris, Stockholm, Oslo, Singapore, Sydney and Melbourne.
Her work is focused on providing hopeful, nature-based solutions to complex problems while holding the industry to account. Her writing also appears in Australian Vogue and The Sydney Morning Herald and she is a regular guest on ABC radio. Good Witch Hunting is about what the world and the economy would look like if the divine feminine powers hadn't been devalued during the witch hunts. It is a retelling of this period of history with a focus on women (witches) who were persecuted for textile work, gardening, herb lore, music, friendships and communing with nature. Each chapter focuses on historical examples of how these skills were targeted and tells modern stories about communities who are embracing this knowledge and ancient practices and working against the capitalist system today.
Guests included a dozen designers and consultants working in fashion, textiles, academia, and regenerative systems. The small gathering allowed for warm, collaborative conversation, and community building focused on building a regenerative, hopeful future together. And! Everyone received a pair of Sally Fox made, color-grown cotton socks! More info about Sally’s work can be found here: California CottonFields: Sally Fox Reinvented Cotton by Going Back to its Roots.
The evening was co-created by us and Nicholas Brown, a textile consultant, catalyst for change, and co-founder of LA Sustainability Fashion Hangs, well regarded for his commitment to building a thriving, sustainable, and regenerative fashion industry.