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The mid-19th century saw the development of local, custom-made clothing industries and the increase in prestige of fashion design as a trade. Canadian fashion designers during this period were dressmakers and tailors who often ran local storefronts, which may have also sold fabrics and accessories, catering to local urban markets such as ...
Sage Paul is a Denesuliné and Canadian fashion designer who uses fashion design to promote Indigenous cultures. She co-founded and serves as executive and artistic Director of the nonprofit organization Indigenous Fashion Arts.
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.
In 2019, Hampton became the first designer in over a decade to feature a cast of all Indigenous models during Toronto Fashion Week. [4] Hampton also designed a dress that was worn by Mrs. Universe winner Ashley Callingbull-Burnham in 2019 to raise awareness of Missing and murdered Indigenous women. It was both praised and critiqued in the media ...
Tammy Beauvais is a First Nations fashion designer from Kahnawake Mohawk Territory in Quebec, Canada. She left Kahnawake in 1990 following the Oka Crisis.In 1999 Beauvais launched Tammy Beauvais Designs a North American Indigenous Fashion company which produces contemporary, authentically Indigenous made clothing that honors Indigenous spirituality and traditions.
Angela DeMontigny is a native Canadian fashion designer of Cree-Métis heritage. [1] She is known for her use of leather and suede in her clothing and handbags, as well as cultural motifs from her background including fringe, beadwork and cutwork [2] in a style she describes as "indigenous luxury." [3]
Lesley Hampton produces made to order luxury and athleisure clothing. The post Meet the Indigenous-owned fashion brand focused on the environment, mental health and size inclusivity appeared first ...
The River Road by Cornelius Krieghoff, 1855 (Three habitants wearing capotes). A capote (French:) or capot (French:) is a long wrap-style wool coat with a hood.. From the early days of the North American fur trade, both indigenous peoples and European Canadian settlers fashioned wool blankets into "capotes" as a means of coping with harsh winters. [1]