Indigenous Fashionology (NATIVE CLOTHING) with Riley Kucheran
Indigenous Fashionologist Riley Kucheran, standing outside in a wooded area during winter, wearing a black parka and smiling toward camera. Photo: Kyla LeSage of Dechinta.ca
Fashion! Trends! Not really! This lively chat with Riley Kucheran, an Assistant Professor of Design Leadership at Ryerson University’s School of Fashion, covers everything from the history of industrialized clothing manufacture to current Indigenous designers he loves, political statements through beadwork, Indigenous art markets, and a dissection of Coachella headdresses. From Biigtigong Nishnaabeg Nation, Riley also describes his experiences climbing the corporate ladder in the fashion retail world vs. learning from elders and advising younger students during land-based education, while tanning hides in the bush. Also: uniforms, the good and the bad.
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More links you may find of use:
Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto: Nov. 26-29, 2020
The carbon footprint of fast fashion
More about Biigtigong Nishnaabeg
“Angry Inuk” trailer on YouTube
“Angry Inuk” film link -- may not be available in all countries
“Angry Inuk” filmmaker Alethea_Aggiuq
“Native Fashion Now” by Karen Kramer
Native Appropriations blog by Dr. Adrienne Keene
All My Relations podcast: Native Fashion episode
A Twitter thread of great bead artists
Another thread of Native artists, especially those doing social justice work
Beadwork stickers by Indigenous artist Sweetgrass by Heather
Flaming police car beadwork by eel-boy
Designer Tania Larrsson
Designer Bethany Yellowtail
Kimberly Jenkins, Riley’s Ryerson colleague
More Native and Indigenous Markets in the US
More organizations supporting Indigenous artists
List of Indigenous art markets
“Supermodel Uses Sacred Headdress to Get Totally Stoked about Coachella”
Victoria’s Secret appropriation look
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Sound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris
Transcripts by Emily White of The Wordary
Website by Kelly R. Dwyer
Theme song by Nick Thorburn