By Dr. Mark Joseph O’Connell, The SFRC has a dress by Canadian fashion designer D’Arcy Moses in the collection. The garment is a fascinating juxtaposition of traditional First Nations iconography as well as contemporary non-Indigenous cultural influences and can be read like a text though object-based research. Intricately beaded and adorned, it contains iconographic elements of the South Slavey…
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Angela DeMontigny Turns Heads With Fabulous Indigenous Inspired Wearables
By Olivia Belande, Angela DeMontigny is a Canadian designer who is of Cree-Métis descent. She is most known for her stunning “Indigenous luxury” pieces, wearables that feature beaded motifs, hand painted details, leather and suede. Her breakout into the Canadian fashion industry was so incredibly important, because as we know, the voices of Indigenous creators have been…