Basic Information3
Time: From May 8 to 11, 2025.
Venue: Santa Fe Railyard Arts District.
Scale: It will host over 30 designers and more than 100 models.
Activities
Runway shows3: There are two days of runway shows, featuring designers such as Apache Skateboards & Douglas Miles, Orlando Dugi, Korina Emmerich, Lauren Good Day, Lesley Hampton, Noname Y, and Products of My Environment x The Son of Picasso.
Fashion panels3: Industry panels will be held, with voices like Christian Allaire, a journalist and author. There will also be a panel – cutting edge: indigenous innovation in wearable art, moderated by Kelly Holmes, featuring Jeremy Arviso and Noname Y on May 9 at 3 pm.
Other activities: There is a VIP sky railway fashion kick – off, which is a two – hour scenic rail journey through Santa Fe, offering exclusive previews, immersive storytelling, and networking with designers and media3. In addition, there are trunk shows and brand activations across the railyard, as well as a farmer’s market, creating direct connections between designers, buyers, and collectors3.
Goals
Enhance Santa Fe’s global fashion profile: The event aims to make Santa Fe a major fashion capital on a par with Paris, Milan, and New York3.
Promote Indigenous culture: It showcases contemporary Indigenous designs, aiming to change the world’s outdated perceptions of Native culture and present the contemporary, living Indigenous culture to the world3.
Impact
Cultural influence: It has become one of the largest Indigenous fashion events in the United States and a key fixture on the global fashion calendar, where heritage and innovation intersect3. It empowers Indigenous designers and creators to tell their stories through fashion art2.
Industry influence: In a fashion world that has long sidelined Native artistry, Native Fashion Week Santa Fe challenges industry norms and provides a large – scale collaborative platform for Indigenous designers in North America3.
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