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Taking over the streets of downtown Santa Fe in white tents and technicolour outfits, the Santa Fe Indian Market celebrated 100 years this past weekend—and the event was filled to the brim with stunning displays of Indigenous art, fashion and culture. The New Mexican event included nearly 1,000 Indigenous artists from more than 200 nations […]

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On August 21, the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) Fashion Show — the highly acclaimed and largest Indigenous North American fashion event — celebrated its eighth year at the Santa Fe Indian Market. Produced by Canadian curator and art historian Amber-Dawn Bear Robe from the Siksika Nation, the occasion marked the first partnership between […]

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It’s foolish to pretend things are back to normal in Canada. Yes, indoor dining is available. Yes, retail is once again allowed to open its doors. But since May, the country has been grappling with the (reawakened) history of residential schools and discovering hundreds of unmarked graves buried under former sites across Canada. In such […]

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“I never thought I would write a book,” says Christian Allaire endearingly. Allaire, whose recognition has grown since joining the U.S. Vogue team as a writer in 2019 — where he lends a particular expertise in highlighting Indigenous fashion creatives — admits he’s not used to being on the other side of the interview. But he’ll […]

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In partnership with Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto.

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100% of the proceeds from the jackets will be donated back to the Inuit communities.

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If you aren’t yet acquainted with Jeremy Dutcher, here’s your chance. The 28-year-old classically trained tenor scooped up the Polaris Prize last year for his debut album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, a haunting pop album sung entirely in Wolastoqey, an ancestral Indigenous language with less than 100 fluent speakers alive today, and just picked up the Juno […]

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Addressing the group of 16 young designers assembled at London’s historic Somerset House for the culmination of this year’s International Fashion Showcase (a joint effort by the British Fashion Council, British Council and London College of Fashion to support nascent talent around the world), Sarah Mower, BFC’s Ambassador for Emerging Talent, said: “You’re change-makers and […]

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For Lesley Hampton, inclusivity isn’t just a buzzword, it’s part of her culture. The 24- year old designer, who belongs to the Temagami First Nation of Bear Island, Ont. and has ties to the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne says, “I find Indigenous culture is very welcoming and open, so I really try to relate that […]

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Ashley Callingbull, the winner of 2015’s Miss Universe pageant, is our favourite professional pretty person. Besides being Zoolander-level ridiculously good-looking, the Alberta-born activist uses her platform to speak out on issues affecting Indigenous Canadians and takes calls from the likes of Justin Trudeau who look for her advice. N0w she’s showing off her modelling chops […]

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I was travelling through India on my own when I finally decided I wanted to look like all the beautiful women around me. So I walked into a jewellery shop in Pondicherry and stood perfectly still as a burly man in a lungi pushed a stud through my right nostril with his bare hands. Today, […]

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Before becoming a youth worker in Vancouver, Joleen Mitton was a model who traveled the world for work. Mitton is of Plains Cree, Scottish and French heritage but was frustrated at seeing young indigenous kids ignoring their heritage, while dying their hair blonde because they looked up to Miley Cyrus. So Mitton decided to combine […]

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