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This year’s fashion show at Santa Fe Indian Market is a reminder of just how hot Indigenous fashion is. The show put on by the Southwest Association for Indian Arts featured Anishinaabe florals, bold formline prints, layers of ribbon and custom Native jewelry. We’ll celebrate Indigenous fashion with designers and take a look at how international partnerships are shaping up for more glamorous shows and collections.
Guests:
Amber-Dawn Bear Robe (Siksika Nation) – Indigenous Fashion Show artistic director for SWAIA and an art history professor at IAIA
Jamie Okuma (Shoshone-Bannock, Luiseño and Wailaki) – artist
Loren Aragon (Acoma Pueblo) – owner and designer of ACONAV
Joleen Mitton – co-founder of Supernaturals Modelling
Break 1 Music: Yas (feat. Nukathadiva) (song) Uyarakq (artist) Miseraq (album)
Break 2 music: Burning Flame (song) Jan Michael Looking Wolf Band (artist) Breaking Free (album)