It’s 2023 and Indigenous Fashion is back and it is here to stay. This is a massive cause for celebration; not only because it means that all Canadians now have access to stunning, distinct, andan invitation for deeper intercultural understanding and a pathway to uphold and respect the original peoples of what is now known as Canada- with its over 630 distinct First Nations communities from coast to coast.
, founded by Joleen Mitton and supported by the mentorship of Himikalas Pam Baker, ushered in this new era with world class designs rooted in an ideology of fashion as a pathway for collective healing and cultural appreciation that every Canadian should be inspired by.Supernaturals Modelling . VIFW closed out 2022 with its third edition embodying to the full extent the love, wealth, resilience, and innovation of Indigenous Fashion; which is neither a trending genre nor a cultural repository to be appropriated from; but is in and of itself is an inherently distinct vision for the future of the fashion industry- based on relational accountability, thriving ecology, mutual liberation, and cross-cultural understanding.