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Indigenous fashion of the Americas is the design and creation of high-fashion clothing and fashion accessories by Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Indigenous designers frequently incorporate motifs and customary materials into their wearable artworks, providing a basis for creating items for the couture and international fashion markets.
Felix Earle is a Diné (Navajo) fashion designer, lapidary artist and Indigenous food-security farmer. He lives on the Navajo Nation land (Dinétah) in Ganado, Arizona.. He is of the Tó Dích’íi’nii (Bitter Water clan), born for the Tábąąhí (Waters Edge clan), maternal grandfather is Tsi’naajinii (The Black Streak Running into the Water clan), and paternal grandfather is Dibé ...
Non-Native companies and individuals have attempted to use Native American motifs and names in their clothing designs. [87] As early as the 1940s, Anglo designers in the United States had developed a type of one and two-piece dresses called "squaw dresses." [88] These outfits were based on Mexican and Navajo skirts and Western Apache camp ...
Native American fashion designers (19 P) Pages in category "Native American clothing" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
His label, named Kiva, first focused on leather purses, belts, and hats. In 1948, he expanded to a full clothing line. [2] He collaborated with major Native American artists, including Manfred Susunkewa (Hopi), Charles Loloma (Hopi), and Andrew Van Tsinhajinnie (Navajo). [2] His boutique flourished through the 1940s and 1950s.
Zuni and Hopi dress were also an inspiration. [19] The squaw dress also shows influence from the New Look in fashion. [7] Using the term "squaw" to name the dresses evoked a connection to Native American culture. [20] In addition, the Native American roots of the design made the dresses seem like uniquely "American" clothing items. [1]
Sakiestewa was born in Albuquerque, NM to a Hopi father and German-English-Irish mother. She studied at Verde Valley School Sedona, Arizona, Santa Fe Prep, Santa Fe, NM.To further her understanding of design and color, Sakiestewa traveled to New York City in the late 1960s to study at the School of Visual Arts.
Traditional Native American clothing is the apparel worn by the indigenous peoples of the region that became the United States before the coming of Europeans. Because the terrain, climate and materials available varied widely across the vast region, there was no one style of clothing throughout, [1] but individual ethnic groups or tribes often had distinctive clothing that can be identified ...