VIFW Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week 2026: All My Relations Couture

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A celebration of high fashion, kinship, and cultural resurgence.
On our second evening, designers from across Turtle Island show up and show out. High fashion meets Indigenous couture, celebrating relationships, community, and cultural resurgence in the magnificent designs of both up-and-comers and fan favourites.

This night is a love letter to kinship, creativity, and connection. Every piece on the runway carries teachings, memory, and innovation.

From rich textiles and beadwork to cutting-edge silhouettes, All My Relations Couture Night reminds us that Indigenous fashion holds both tradition and transformation.

Bring your cousins and community and celebrate the beauty of all our relations.

Couture Night Designer Showcase:
- KAYLYN BAKER & AMBER BAKER
Amber and Kaylyn are Northern Tutchone/Tlingit sisters and members of Selkirk First Nation from Pelly Crossing, Yukon. Through beadwork and wearable art, they blend traditional teachings with contemporary design, drawing inspiration from family, culture, land, memories, and storytelling. Together, they host workshops across the Yukon, sharing their knowledge, inspiring creativity, and encouraging the next generation to connect with their culture.

- CHERYL FENNELL
Cheryl Fennell is a Dene-rooted designer and Indigenous futurist from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Her wearable art bridges ancestral material knowledge with contemporary design, drawing on qiviut, moosehide, fish skin, caribou, biofabrics, and land-harvested botanicals.
A returning VIFW designer, Cheryl sees Indigenous material knowledge as living, evolving technology. The land is her studio. The North is her collection.

- ODO ISHKIIN & SUNSHINE GUZMAN
Odo Ishkiin is a visionary artist from Santa Fe, NM and a BFA student at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Drawing from their San Carlos Apache and Shoshone-Bannock roots, Ishkiin’s work reclaims Indigenous identity by blending tradition with contemporary culture. Sunshine Guzman is a proud member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribe whose artistry is rooted in ancestral teachings and tribal design. She honors traditional techniques while adapting them to modern forms, creating work that reflects resilience, identity, and intergenerational knowledge. Together they come together to present their first collection “Sogo Bia’a”

- HELEN ORO DESIGNS & OKIMAW BIRD
A powerful intergenerational collaboration between Helen Oro and Okimaw Bird—a collection rooted in love, legacy, and sustainability.Okimaw Bird’s passion for fashion is a tribute to his late mother, Kehiew Iskwew, honouring her spirit through thoughtful design and storytelling. His journey began alongside his Aunty, Helen Oro, with his very first dress featured in an online Vogue article. That moment inspired a collection dedicated to memory, resilience, and care for the land—crafted using repurposed materials sourced from thrift stores to reduce fashion waste.Helen Oro, designer and owner of Helen Oro Designs and a member of Pelican Lake First Nation, is an internationally recognized designer whose work has been showcased across Canada, the U.S., and internationally. Beyond the runway, Helen is committed to mentorship, education, and creating meaningful opportunities for emerging creatives.
Together, their work is more than fashion—it’s a story of love passed between generations.

- TISHNA MARLOWE
Tishna Marlowe hails from Lutselke NWT (PLace of Small Fish). She grew up on the shores of the lake in a 10x10 Canvas tent. She attest her fashion to be a way she connects with her grandparents and past.

- OSAMUSKWASIS ROAN
Osamuskwasis Roan (Yellow Bear) is a Plains Cree (nehiyaw) and Dene (tsuu t’ina) designer and artist from Pigeon Lake, Alberta, Treaty 6 Territory. Through her namesake brand, she creates contemporary Indigenous fashion rooted in culture, storytelling, and identity.
Blending beadwork, florals, vibrant textiles, and traditional influences, her work honours her Cree and Dene roots while celebrating Indigenous joy, strength, beauty, and continuance.

- COPPER CANOE WOMAN
Vina Brown (Haíɫzaqv and Nuučaan̓uɫ) is the founder and designer of Copper Canoe Woman, an Indigenous women-owned fashion house rooted in ancestral knowledge, storytelling, and contemporary Indigenous design.
Grounded in her Haíɫzaqv heritage, Vina’s work bridges ancestral teachings and Indigenous futurism, creating adornment that explores memory, identity, and belonging while advocating for cultural reclamation, environmental responsibility, and Indigenous beauty.

- REBECCA BAKER-GRENIER
Rebecca, Kwakiuł, Dzawada’enuxw, and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, is a multidisciplinary artist with a BA in Indigenous Studies from UBC. She began fashion design in 2021 and completed the Indigenous Couture Residency at the Banff Centre in 2022.
Her contemporary work celebrates cultural identity and empowers Indigenous communities. She has presented collections at New York Fashion Week, Santa Fe Indian Market, Vancouver Fashion Week, and Indigenous Fashion Arts Toronto, with work exhibited across Canada and the U.S. She was featured in Elle Canada and received the Polygon Award in First Nations Art and YVR Emerging Artist Award in 2025.
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