SALEM, Mass. — Do not walk into Native Fashion Now expecting fringes and buckskin. These traditional materials can be found around the gallery, but the focus of this exhibit is firmly contemporary, ...
Porcupine quills, buckskin and glistening dentalium shells — each material carries a story, a memory. These spectacular elements shimmer to life on the runway at Northern Quest Resort & Casino’s ...
Since time immemorial, Indigenous people have executed textile, beadwork and craftsmanship into powerful cultural expressions. Today, Native designers are elevating their ancestral knowledge and ...
A model performs a traditional dance on the runway at the Far North Fashion Show on July 30, 2025. A cloud of hairspray filled the air as Tristan Agnauraq Morgan got her hair done backstage at the Far ...
It’s nothing short of a damn shame that when Native American fashion makes headlines, it’s usually because of a fairly racist gaffe. See: Gwen Stefani’s getup in the redacted music video for No ...
Not many fashion shows have the potential to thwart cultural expectations, but during Native Style: Where Fashion is Heard there’s a good chance that will happen. The vintage and contemporary pieces ...
Cultural appropriation is passé says Indigenous fashion designer Sho Sho Esquiro Sept 12, 2013— -- intro: And so, this marks the end of New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2014. While there were ...
“I grew up with an aunt who was a master beadworker, so she taught me that when you bead something you are putting all of your love and energy into it,” says Looking Horse, who was 9 when she learned ...
Would fashion week be truly complete without a glaringly obvious and offensive example of cultural appropriation? As New York Fashion Week winds down today, it would seem that KTZ’s tone-deaf Fall ...