In Tulsa, Oklahoma, models strut down the runway representing five different tribes and empowering all indigenous men and women with everyday tribal designs!
Recently, On October 14th in Tulsa Oklahoma at the Osage casino, Indigenous tribes from all over Oklahoma gathered to watch and admire 65 models strut down the runway representing their heritage and to show that you can represent your tribe every day. The wonderful designers that brought the pieces to the runway are Weomepe designs, L.A. apparel, Burning Wagon Designs, and Wanoshi. The designs included brightly colored patterns to reflect traditional indigenous wear. This helps empower the men and women who want to represent their tribe proudly and casually as indigenous representation has been belittled throughout the past years. Tulsa’s news channel 2 interviewed a mother who brought up her struggles representing her own heritage growing up and she is now happy that her children are growing up in an environment where representation is growing, she said “it’s everything”. But not only did the show encourage representation of indigenous tribes, but it also included representation of different body types and sizes for both male and female with their diversity of models. One of the female models mentioned to Tulsa news that it is very important for them to also empower men and their bodies because that is who they are and what they believe. The representation in the fashion show made it a wonderful hit for not just the designers but the people of the indigenous tribes in Oklahoma as they are finally reaching the representation they’ve been looking for. The designers of the pieces that were shown were also invited to the next New York Fashion Week.
