Always In Fashion

May 1, 2026 - January 3, 2027
Curated by Amber-Dawn Bear Robe

Curated by Amber-Dawn Bear Robe, Always in Fashion is an immersive exploration of Indigenous design languages and their transformative impact on the fashion landscape of the lands we call Canada and the United States. This exhibition emerges from the urgent need to recognize and celebrate Indigenous designers who are reshaping the industry by reclaiming cultural narratives, innovating with ancestral techniques, and challenging colonial frameworks within fashion. Through research on Indigenous fashion history, cultural sustainability, and decolonial design practices, the exhibition highlights how contemporary Indigenous couturiers blend ancestral knowledge with cutting-edge innovation to redefine fashion on their own terms.

The exhibition will include Jeremy Arviso (Original Landlords), Jason Baerg (Ayimach Horizons), Himikalas Pamela Baker (T.O.C. Legends), Catherine Boivin, Maggie Catface-Bear Robe, Dorothy Grant, Rebecca Baker-Grenier, Michel Dumont, Korina Emmerich (EMME Studios), Lesley Hampton, Shoshoni Hostler, Brian Jungen, Jontay Kahm, Justin Jacob Louis, Alex Manitoypes (SACRD THNDR), Patricia Michaels, Douglas Miles, Kent Monkman, Benjamin Nelson (Son of Picasso), Randi Nelson, Nonamey, Melrene Saloy-Eaglespeaker (Native Diva Creations), Jaylene Tyme, and Qaulluq (Clara McConnell).

Type: Exhibition

Date: May 1, 2026, 12pm - Jan 3, 2027, 5pm

Curated by: Amber-Dawn Bear Robe

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About the Curator

Amber-Dawn Bear Robe (Siksika Nation) is a fashion curator and fashion show director/producer with a focus on contemporary Indigenous fashion. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Native Fashion Week, as well as founder and former producer at SWAIA (Southwestern Association for Indian Arts) Native Fashion. She is Assistant Professor of Native and Indigenous Art History and Material Culture at Parsons and she was previously Assistant Faculty of Native Art History in the Museum Studies department at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA). Bear Robe’s projects center on the intersection of Indigenous art practices with fashion and design. She holds a Master of Arts in American Indian Studies and a second Master of Arts in Art History, both earned from the University of Arizona. In October 2023, Bear Robe was honoured with the Canadian Arts & Fashion Changemaker Award, and in 2024 she spearheaded a CAFA Award for Indigenous Fashion—the first of its kind.

Bear Robe has curated and produced several fashion exhibitions and programs, including: Future Imaginaries, Indigenous Art, Fashion, Technology (Autry Museum of the American West, September 7, 2024 – June 21, 2026); PST Art X The Autry: Fashioning Indigenous Futurism Runway Show At The Getty, September, 30, 2024; Native Fashion Week Santa Fe, May 8-11, 2025; and the forthcoming exhibition at The Textile Museum of Canada, 2026.