Indigenous fashion takes the runway with an eye to history — and the future

Native Fashion Week designers embraced the runway, juxtaposing modernity and traditional Native ceremony.

Comanche chanting kicked off the Southwestern Association for Indian Art's inaugural runway show, as singer Marla Nauni opened with a blessing song for Native people. Peshawn Bread, the designer behind House of Sutai, quickly followed the prayer by sending a model in bell bottoms and roller skates down the runway to set the tone for her colorful disco-influenced collection.

Kayla Lookinghorse-Smith, an up-and-coming Lakota-Dakota Sioux designer, hopes to bridge the gap between history and modern design, ' doesn't take away from our protective ceremonial garment or our stories. It speaks to two worlds. We have to walk in today's society, and we have to remember who we are,' Lookinghorse-Smith said.

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