Discover out which Native designers are coming to vogue week | Way of life

Starting on Wednesday, Could 7, the Southwestern Affiliation for Indian Arts will host its second annual SWAIA Native Vogue Week (SNFW), that includes Indigenous designers from throughout North America.
The style curator Amber-Daybreak Bear Gown (Siksika Nation) teamed up with SWAIA to launch SNFW final yr, and this yr’s occasion is being organized by the affiliation’s government director, Jamie Schulze (Northern Cheyenne/Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate), in partnership with Vancouver Indigenous Vogue Week in Canada.
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