Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week Opens November 18; Rebecca Baker-Grenier Shows Chilkat-Inspired Collection November 19
Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week 2026 runs from November 18 to 21 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver, Canada, under the theme EARTH, with 40 Indigenous designers taking part. The week has four themed nights: Red Dress on November 18, All My Relations Couture on November 19, Indigenous Futures on November 20 and Spirit of the West Coast on November 21.
Designer Rebecca Baker-Grenier, who has Kwakiutl, Dzawada'enuxw and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh ancestry, shows her work on November 19 as part of the All My Relations Couture night. Her 2026 collection is inspired by Chilkat weaving, made from mountain goat wool and cedar bark and rooted in the Tlingit Chilkat weaving tradition, under the concept "Be of Good Mind."
She debuted at New York Fashion Week in September 2022, her work has been exhibited at the American Museum of Natural History, and she received the 2025 Polygon Award in First Nations Art from the BC Achievement Foundation.
Source: Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week
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Photo: 图中是一件约1890年的奇尔卡特织毯，以山羊毛与雪松树皮织成，现藏Lowe Art Museum；奇尔卡特织纹是Baker-Grenier本届系列的灵感来源。Wikimedia Commons, Wmpearl, CC0
