The Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) is pleased to announce the participating designers for the second annual SWAIA Native Fashion Week—held May 7 through May 11 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This year’s experience is produced in collaboration with Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week (VIFW). Designers represent Nations across the United States and Canada:
- April Allen (Inuit) | Stitched by April
- Loren Aragon (Acoma Pueblo) | Towering House
- Jeremy Donavan Arviso (Diné, Hopi, Akimel O’odham, and Tohono O’odham) I RVSO78
- Kaylyn Baker (Northern Tutchone) | Kaylyn Baker Designs
- Pam Baker (Squamish and Kwakwaka’wakw) | TOC Legends
- Rebecca Baker-Grenier (kwakwaka’wakw and Squamish)
- Peshawn Bread (Comanche/Kiowa/Cherokee) | House of Sutai
- Vina Brown (Nuučaan̓uɫ and Haíłzaqv) | Copper Canoe Woman
- Cheryl Fennell (Metis) | Snowfly
- Lauren Good Day (Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara)
- Lesley Hampton (Temagami First Nation)
- Alex Manitopyes (Muskowekwan) | Sacrdthndr
- Livia Manywounds (Tsuu T’ina Nation/Dene) | Dancing Storm Designs
- Tishna Marlowe (Ethen Dene) | Dene Couture
- Robyn McLeod (Métis/Dene)
- Patricia Michaels (Taos Pueblo) | PM Waterlily
- Sage Mountainflower (Ohkay Owingeh/Taos Pueblo/Diné) | Sage Mountain Flower
- Randi Nelson (St’uxwtéws First Nation) | Randi Nelson Designs
- Yolonda Skelton (Gitxsan) | SugIit Lukxs Designs
- Kayla Smith (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe) | K Lookinghorse
- Adrian Stevens & Sean Snyder (Sean Snyder: Navajo Nation/descendant of the Southern Ute Tribe | Adrian Stevens: Northern Ute/Shoshone-Bannock/San Carlos Apache) | Stevens & Snyder
- Alyssia Sutherland (Ojibwe) | Ally’s Ribbons
- Tierra Alysia Tapuro (Kashia Pomo/Filipino) | VIVIDUS by Tierra Alysia
- Wabanoonkwe (Ojibwe) x Jennifer Younger (Tlingit)
“Congratulations to all the participating designers, witnessing your artistic expression and creative brilliance is just amazing,” said Jamie Schulze, SWAIA’s executive director. “We look forward to welcoming you to Santa Fe this May for a historic international collaboration.”
SWAIA Native Fashion Week’s complete schedule of events includes:
- Wednesday, May 7, 2025, | VIP/Donor/Member Preview
Invitation only - Thursday, May 8, 2025, |Industry Day/Panel Discussions & Designer Trunk Shows; Multiple locations-downtown Santa Fe | Media & VIP Launch Party
- Friday, May 9, 2025, |SWAIA Native Fashion Show & Cocktail Shopping Hour at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center. Times: 6-7 pm (Fashion Show); 7-8 pm (Shopping Hour)
- Saturday, May 10, 2025, |SWAIA Native Fashion Shows at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center: 2 pm-3 pm; 5 pm-6 pm
- Sunday, May 11, 2025, |SWAIA Native Fashion Shows at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center: 2 pm-3 pm; 5 pm-6 pm
For a detailed event schedule and tickets, please visit: swaia.org
