Spring has arrived with something to say, and Indigenous designers are saying it in color, pattern, and texture that stops you mid-scroll. This week brought a wave of fresh drops that span beadwork-inspired florals on classic moccasins, geometric ledger-art re-imagined in wearable textile, and flowing macramé pieces built for golden hours and festival nights. Whether you are updating your everyday rotation or reaching for something that moves with the warmth of the season, these three collections are exactly what your wardrobe is ready for right now.
Manitobah x Elias Jade Not Afraid
Manitobah’s spring collection just got a stunning addition. The brand has introduced four new styles designed in collaboration with Apsaalooké artist Elias Jade Not Afraid, a Crow Nation member from Lodge Grass, Montana, whose beadwork credentials are, to put it plainly, extraordinary. His pieces live in the Smithsonian and the Minneapolis Institute of Art. His cradleboard, Life After Death, is permanently installed in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He has appeared in both American and British Vogue.
What he brings to Manitobah’s beloved Modern Moccasin this season is his signature tulip and thistle motifs, floral beadwork designs that are deeply rooted in Crow Nation tradition and still very much alive today. Crafted in super-soft suede with classic moccasin construction and finished with the berry outsole designed by Métis artist Kaija Heitland, these are pieces that carry generational memory. Culture leading craft, exactly as it should be.
Lauren Goodday’s RES Runway Collection
Fresh off the NCAIED RES runway in Las Vegas, Lauren Goodday’s newest collection is wearable art in the most exacting sense of the phrase. Rooted in traditional colors that hold meaning before a single word is spoken, the RES collection moves through monochromatic geometric designs that echo direction and balance, paired with Goodday’s own original ledger drawings reimagined directly in textile. Elk ivory print adornments complete a collection that sits at the intersection of fine art and fashion with total confidence.
Goodday describes RES as the continuation of story, identity, and art in motion, and that framing says everything. This is not fashion as decoration, but more as a living document. Available now in exclusive limited editions at LAURENGOODDAY.com, these pieces will not wait, and neither should you.
Sky Eagle Collection: Summer Collection Part Deux
Designed in Taos and made in London, Sky Eagle Collection’s Summer Collection Part Deux is the season’s most effortless entrance yet. The Macramé Morningstar Dress is the standout, woven for golden hours and festival nights with the kind of movement and texture that makes a room turn. Alongside it: flowing kaftans, silk dresses, statement purses, a halter dress built for long summer days, and a button-up cardigan you can wear as a layering piece, a cover-up, or a dress depending on the moment.
Sky Eagle Collection has always understood that Indigenous fashion at its finest is about beauty that moves and pieces that carry energy. This drop delivers both, and then some. Available now at skyeaglecollection.com.
From tulips and thistles stitched in tradition to geometric ledger art woven into fabric to macramé catching the last light of a summer evening, this week’s drops are proof that the best color, pattern, and texture of the season is coming from Indigenous designers. Bookmark these, share these and check back, because the fashion news out of Indian Country is only getting better from here.
