Atlantic City Fashion Week

DESIGNERS: ENSAAM FARAJ JASON TRIOSI AND SOFIA DAVIS

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DESIGNER: RIH'YAN DIOR KIDDIE KOUTURE

ACFW SEASON 21

SEPTEMBER 8, 9 & 10 2022

My name is Norma Baker–Flying Horse. I am Hidatsa, an enrolled member of the Mandan Hidatsa Arikara (MHA) Nation, as well as a member of the Dakota Sioux and Assiniboine tribes.

My Native name is Red Berry Woman. My work is known as Red Berry Woman, after my Native name.

A lot of our traditional clothing, we had to fight to keep. My work is a mixture of our cultural clothing and today’s modern clothing. We are finding ways to represent who we are while living in the modern world that was forced upon us. I create my work with the pride of my people and with my people in mind. I’m happy that non-Natives want to learn about our culture, not for the purpose of making it their own, but to try to understand us. I think we should all be open to learning about one another.

MODELS: MAYA CIEOLOSZCKYK LEILAH RAMOS LILLIAN MARRERO AZIYA GREAVES