The 18-year-old Indigenous model walked for Proenza Schouler, Christian Dior, Versace, and Bottega Veneta for her first season.
Walking your very first runway show is a daunting task on its own, but imagine said show also happens to be one of the most anticipated collections of the entire fashion month. That’s precisely what Heather Diamond Strongarm pulled off during New York Fashion Week back in February: The 18-year-old Indigenous model dominated her first catwalk by walking forone of the hardest-to-get tickets in town.
Strongarm, who is Saulteaux-Cree, hails from Fishing Lake First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada. Despite having a breakout season this month, Strongarm says she didn’t always dream about being a model. “Growing up, I had always wanted to become a social worker,” Strongarm says. “I’m still very interested in pursuing social work in the future, but, for now, I’m going to focus on my newfound modeling career.
She recalls first becoming interested in fashion during high school. “I started noticing the runway shows from incredible fashion houses like Chanel, Dior, and Versace,” she says. “I then decided I would like to try and get into modeling.”Bottega Veneta fall 2023It didn’t take long for modeling agents to take notice of her. Strongarm was first discovered in 2021 by her mother agency,when she was just 16 .
After walking for labels like Altuzarra in New York, Strongarm made her way to Europe to model the new Bottega Veneta, Hermès, and Schiaparelli collections as well. She even had the honor of opening for Christian Dior. For the model, it was her first time navigating such a chaotic fashion calendar, and she says it was a major learning curve. “Navigating my way through Europe with my busy schedule was, at times, very stressful, but I managed to get through it all,” Strongarm says.
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