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Presented by SWAIA, the nonprofit behind the popular annual Indian Market, the four-day celebration featured the work of 17 different Indigenous designers.
The Native Fashion Week marketplace also serves as a platform for Indigenous designers and artists who haven't had a chance to show at more formal, juried events like the Santa Fe Indian Market ...
Aug. 16—Eleven years ago, Amber-Dawn Bear Robe had the idea to propose a Native American led fashion show that would highlight all the creativity and cultural influence of Native American and ...
In September 2016, Michaels held a fashion show of her work at New York Fashion Week. [13] Some of Michaels' designs were featured in the 2017 SWAIA Haute Couture Fashion Show in August 2017. [14] Later that year, she was one of ten designers to represent the United States at World Fashion Week, Paris 2017. [14]
Kenneth Chapman helped launched the fair. The first Native American to lead SWAIA was Ramona Sakiestewa (Hopi), a textile artist and designer, who led the organization from 1980 and 1982 for no pay. [15] At the time, SWAIA only had one paid employee and a loaned office at La Fonda on the Plaza. Sakiestewa raised enough funds that her successor ...
Victoria Kakuktinniq (born 1989) is a Canadian Inuk fashion designer from Nunavut. [1] [2] Under her label Victoria's Arctic Fashion, Kakuktinniq hand-stitches clothing such as parkas, kamiit (winter boots), and other accessories. [3] Her work has been described as a major influence in contemporary Inuit fashion.
Feb. 20—Organizers of Santa Fe's new Native Fashion Week have selected 14 Native American and Indigenous Canadian designers to participate in the event from May 2-5. Although a location has yet ...
Wendy Ponca (born 1960) is an Osage artist, educator, and fashion designer noted for her Native American fashion creations. From 1982 to 1993, she taught design and Fiber Arts courses at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) of Santa Fe and later taught at the University of Las Vegas.