Fashion comes to the Santa Fe Railyard Arts District May 8-11 with the inaugural Native Fashion Week Santa Fe 2025. The multi-day event is the brainchild of Indigenous Fashion Curator Amber-Dawn Bear Robe. Here’s who you’ll see!
A Look at the Designers of Native Fashion Week Santa Fe 2025
Day One: May 10
Ayimach Horizons
Ayimach Horizons is dedicated to sustainability and contemporary design, emphasizing the use of eco-friendly materials and ethical production processes. This designer combines forward-thinking designs with timeless aesthetics. The end product pieces are both versatile and chic. They also appeal to people who wish to make a positive impact through their clothing choices.
Sheila Tucker
Sheila Tucker is Anishinaate Ojibwe from Treaty 4 Territory (Yellow Quill & Fishing Lake First Nation), Saskatchewan, Canada. Known for creating timeless couture pieces, often accented with her trademark beaded fedora hats. Sheila is committed to contributing in the effort to revolutionize the fashion industry. She produces clothing that respects both people and the Earth.
Nar Rew Ekar
Nar Rew Ekar is deeply anchored in the profound reverence and celebration of Indigenous culture through the medium of groundbreaking fashion. Designer Shoshoni Hostler is committed to infusing traditional elements with innovative design. This is to not only preserve but also revitalize the rich tapestry of Indigenous heritage. Each creation serves as a vibrant homage, weaving together threads of tradition, history, and contemporary expression.
ASEPdesigns
Adrian Standing-Elk Pinnecoose is a Navajo/Southern Ute designer who graduated from the University of New Mexico’s School of Architecture and Planning. His jewelry, such as his Triforium series, combines traditional design with innovative digital fabrication. The precise geometric patterns look to traditional Navajo textile designs, creating a harmonious balance and symmetry throughout his work.
Jennifer Lamont
Jennifer is Métis from Abbotsford, British Columbia with ancestral connection to the Red River Settlement in Canada. She has been designing clothing for over twenty years through various ventures. She recently finished her master’s at Emily Carr University in wearable technology for neurodivergent children. Jennifer will soon be pursuing her teacher’s candidacy at The University of British Columbia this September.
Threads by Thea
Thea, a Haudenosaunee Kanien’kehá:ka designer from Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, shapes her practice with a foundation of craftsmanship. Based out of Treaty 7 Territory since 2018, she explores traditional Haudenosaunee craft. It’s a way to stay connected to her culture and community, blending traditional and non-traditional methods of creating to visually reflect the intersections of Indigenous culture within our current world.
Stacey Mitchell Designs
Stacey Mitchell grew up in the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne located in New York State. She has been sewing, beading, and crafting since she was a child. She developed a passion for sewing after high school, creating traditional regalia and quilts for her customers. Stacey creates pieces that are a blend of traditional and contemporary garments. This showcase her dedication to contemporary garment creation and her pride in indigenous culture.
Alex Vigil Apparel (AVA)
AVA stands for passion and continuity, attainable through sustainability and inspiration. They believe that energy put out, is energy back. Therefore, they strive to be a beacon for the future with every piece they produce.
Dawoozhii Designs
Rooted in the rich cultural heritage of the Navajo Nation Western Agency, specifically Navajo Mountain, Utah, Dawoozhii Designs draws inspiration from the vibrant traditions of the American Southwest. Their clothing and accessories blend modern style with timeless tribal influences. It all reflects their commitment to earthy, lifestyle-driven fashion that proudly embodies the spirit of their Navajo heritage.
Native Nation Designs
Native Nation Designs, is a bold and innovative brand that is Indigenous-designed and sewn. Their designs feature a mix of lightweight satin textiles and bold luxurious colors. Each carries an emphasis on unique silhouettes and Indigenous couture techniques. Native Nation focuses on “slow fashion.” This means they create one-of-a-kind, gender fluid, pieces that commit to preserving Indigenous culture and traditions while incorporating modern elements.
Darcy Big Horse
Darcy Big Horse is enrolled in the Cheyenne and Arapaho Nation and has used beadwork and fashion as a medium of artistic expression for years. She grew up in England and utilized beadwork and fashion to stay connected to her culture. Her work deeply connects to her heritage as Heévâhetané’e, while also weaving in a whimsical tone inspired by her early years in the English countryside.
NONAMEY
Nonamey (he/him) is a trans, Indigenous artist (Ojibwe – Bad River ᒪᔥᑭ ᓯᐱ and Lac du Flambeau ᐙᔕᐗᑲᓂᓐ Tribes) based in Portland, Oregon. His multidisciplinary practice—spanning sculpture, fashion, video, and installation—explores transformation, memory, and storytelling. Working primarily with recycled and found materials such as cardboard, acrylic, and paper, he reimagines discarded objects, breathing new life into what others leave behind.
Original Landlords
Original Landlords is a garment and fashion accessory brand specializing in themes related to or derived from the Native American or American Indian. The brand’s mission is to challenge the status quo of dominant culture with thought provoking graphics and messages.
Dorothy Grant
Dorothy Grant was born into the Raven Clan in 1955 in Hydaburg Alaska, a settlement in the state’s southeastern panhandle formed from three ancient Haida villages consolidated in 1911.
Grant is a fashion designer and traditional Haida artist. Her garments, ceremonial button blankets and spruce-root hats are treasured by Haida people as expressions of living culture.
Lauren Good Day
Lauren Good Day is an award winning Arikara, Hidatsa, Blackfeet and Plains Cree artist and sought after fashion designer. She is an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation) of the Ft. Berthold Reservation in North Dakota, USA. Lauren is also a registered Treaty Indian with the Sweet Grass Cree First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada. She has exhibited her artwork at prestigious Native American juried art shows and has been part of numerous solo and group exhibitions at galleries and museums across the country.
Day Two: May 11
Pacha Indigenous Art Collection
PACHA Indigenous Art Collection is a Kichwa family business based in Toronto. Their practices are rooted in the Mindalae tradition—an ancestral practice of trade beyond their homeland. They dedicate their designs to showcasing textiles, clothing, and jewelry, created for everyone by Indigenous artists from across North and South America. Their mission is to honor traditions, strengthen cultural connections, and revive age-old trade relationships between our nations.
Native Diva Creations
Melrene Saloy EagleSpeaker is the founder and creative force behind Native Diva Creations and Authentically Indigenous, two enterprises dedicated to celebrating and preserving Indigenous culture through art, fashion, and mentorship. As a skilled beadwork artist, Melrene’s work reflects the beauty and complexity of Indigenous craftsmanship. Each piece she creates tells a story, connecting the past with the present while showcasing her personal style and the diverse cultural practices of Indigenous peoples.
Lesley Hampton
Lesley Hampton is a Toronto-based Anishinaabe artist and fashion designer focused on mental wellness and body neutrality in fashion through the lens of the Indigenous worldview. She is a member of Temagami First Nation, and she identifies as an adult ‘Third Culture Kid’ with her formative years spent in Canada’s Arctic and Atlantic, Australia, England, Indonesia, and New Caledonia.
EMME Studio
Artist and designer Korina Emmerich founded the slow fashion brand EMME Studio in 2015. Her colorful work celebrates her paternal Indigenous heritage from The Puyallup tribe while aligning art and design with education. With a strong focus on social and climate justice, Emmerich’s artwork strives to expose and dismantle systems of oppression in the fashion industry and challenge colonial ways of thinking.
Penny Singer
Penny Singer, from the Navajo Nation, gets inspiration from her mother’s teachings to master sewing. A graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts, she incorporates photo transfers and Navajo geometric designs on fabric to create award-winning garments. Her “ready-to-wear” line redefines Indigenous fashion, aiming to fuse fashion with cultural reclamation.
Randi Nelson Designs
Randi Nelson, a Secwépemc artist and fashion designer from St’uxwéws First Nation, dedicates her designs to preserving Indigenous materials of wealth through her designs. Blending traditional elements such as smoked hides, quills, shells, and caribou hair with contemporary fashion, she transforms these resources into powerful symbols of Indigenous beauty and resilience.
Rebecca Baker-Grenier
Rebecca is of Kwakiuł, Dzawada’enuwx, and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh ancestry. Her fashion arms at empowering Indigenous people, strengthening the art form, and providing appropriate Indigenous clothing for all. There is an intimate ancestral connection with the art that Rebecca creates, representing her lineage as an Indigenous woman.
Creators Kidz Co.
Creators Kidz Clothing, is a bold expression of culture, identity, and artistry—where West Coast traditional Indigenous art collides with the energy of streetwear and the elegance of couture fashion. Every piece is a reflection of their culture, family, and community, woven together with respect for tradition and a passion for innovation. It’s storytelling through design, a celebration of resilience, and a statement of pride.
T.O.C. Legends
Himikalas Pam Baker is Squamish from her father’s side and Musgamakw Dzawada’enuxw, Tlingit and Haida from her mother’s lineage and the owner of Touch of Culture, TOC Legends House of Design. She is a highly successful Indigenous artist, designer, and entrepreneur. For the past 31 years, she has garnered extensive experience in fashion design, fashion show production, marketing, retailing, coaching, production and delegation of an array of art projects including clothing and jewelry design.
Ocean Kiana
Ocean Kiana is a modern fashion brand that blends contemporary design with Indigenous artistry, celebrating the strength, beauty, and femininity of Indigenous and non-Indigenous women alike. Rooted in Anishinaabe heritage, Ocean Kiana redefines fashion by incorporating traditional beadwork, ribbon work, and cultural motifs into timeless, wearable pieces. Founded by Ocean Cherneski, an Ojibway designer from Biigtigong Nishnaabeg and Pic Mobert First Nations, the brand is an extension of her deep cultural identity and creative vision.
Ganvhida Designs
Starting in 2022, Ganvhida Designs is a contemporary Indigenous fashion brand working to bring Cherokee artistry into everyday style. After years of designing on a small scale, Faith Long-Presley launched the brand with a vision to blend cultural tradition with modern fashion, making Indigenous design accessible for all occasions. The brand draws inspiration from traditional Cherokee imagery and basketry, incorporating intricate patterns and symbolism into wearable, modern designs.
SACRD THNDR
SACRD THNDR was founded in 2023 by Alex Manitopyes, a non-binary/trans masc fashion designer from Muskowekwan and Peepeekisis First Nation. Born and raised in Mohkinstsis (Calgary, Alberta), Alex’s designs are deeply influenced by their cultural roots, merging traditional Indigenous artistry with contemporary high fashion. As a Two-Spirit designer, Alex brings a unique and inclusive vision to the fashion world, challenging conventional norms and celebrating the diverse, fluid nature of Indigenous identity.
Apache Skateboards x Douglas Miles
Douglas Miles is a White Mountain Apache-San Carlos Apache-Akimel O’odham painter, printmaker and photographer from Arizona, who founded Apache Skateboards and Apache Skate Team. For over 20 years, Apache Skateboards has created skateboards, events, and with the Apache Skate Team ignited a skateboard movement in Indian Country.
Products of My Environment
Products Of My Environment is a Native American streetwear brand that’s disrupting the status quo. Inspired by the plains Indian mantra ‘use the whole buffalo,’ they are committed to redefine sustainable fashion. Their handmade, one-of-a-kind pieces blend traditional Dine’ dyes with the bold energy of graffiti.
Running Horse Studio
Running Horse Studio showcases the work of Jimmy Dean Horn (Chickasaw), a Native American artist living and working in Santa Fe. His work ranges from printmaking to stained glass and painting and is a mixture of Chickasaw symbolism and western iconography. Running Horse Studio features upcycled, hand-printed clothing.
Story by Julia Platt Leonard
Photos courtesy of the artists
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