The showcase of the best in Indigenous fashion was stunning — and celebratory. | cbc_life
The word that best encapsulates this year's Indigenous Fashion Arts Festival has to be "celebration." It was certainly the mood that ran through the runway shows.
Moving performances preceded the runway presentations, and beyond the fashion shows, there were workshops on hide tanning and regalia appliqué, panels on fashion through an Indigenous lens, and a booming artisan marketplace. Five designers showed pieces featuring animal hide, floral beadwork and even bingo cards . These were paired with often over-the-top and fantastical patterns, creating the "eternal imaginaries" for which the show was named.
Importantly, there wasn't a rigid expression of matriarchy, which is in keeping with the broad and inclusive way many Indigenous people have long viewed gender and gender presentation. Tracy Toulouse used two-spirit and male models, sometimes in dresses and other garments and makeup traditionally considered feminine. Other times, men walked the runway in an open shirt and trousers — a look that would have been at home in a menswear collection.
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