Bringing Indigenous Fashion into the Mainstream with Sage Paul, Executive & Artistic Director of Indigenous Fashion Arts

FashionTalks

Sage Paul is a designer, artist, creator and the executive & artistic director of Indigenous Fashion Arts, an organization committed to exploring the deep connections between mainstream fashion, Indigenous art and traditional practice through presentation for broad audiences and industries.

In this episode you will hear Sage and Donna talk about:

• Sage's experience taking a delegation of Indigenous designers to Milan, why being on the European fashion calendar is important and how this mission came to be
• An insider look at White Milano
• How luxury fashion is being reinvented
• Why she is tired of Indigenous designers having to make white people feel better about wearing their work
• The connection between having basic needs met and cultural appropriation
• What narratives she has included in her personal work

To learn more about Sage Paul - http://sagepaul.com/

IG - https://www.instagram.com/sagepaul/

To learn more about Indigenous Fashion Arts - https://indigenousfashionarts.com/

IG - https://www.instagram.com/indigenousfashionarts/

Host Donna Bishop - https://thisisdonnab.ca/

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To learn more about CAFA - the Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards https://www.cafawards.ca/

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This episode was produced by Jason Perrier

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Thank you to Nick Craine for the amazing artwork - https://www.nickcraine.com/