After being canceled for two straight years, the Native American Clothing Contest is returning to SWAIA’s Santa Fe Indian Market.
A contestant in the 2019 Native American Clothing Contest.
The popular event, which allows Native Americans of all ages to participate in a fashion show with traditional clothing, has not taken place due to the pandemic. The contest is broken up by age group and often included young children, who would walk across the bandstand in the Santa Fe Plaza wearing elaborate and magnificent clothing that represented their culture and heritage. The show was praised for showing the more traditional aspects of Native American fashion.
Delicate beadwork adorns a contestant’s clothing at a previous Native American Clothing Contest.
The show also serves as a complementary part of the larger, more modern fashion show that takes place later in the day. Both events have historically taken place on Sunday during Santa Fe Indian Market.
Contestants during the 2018 Native American Clothing Contest. Images © Gabriella Marks for SWAIA.
In related news, the designers have been named for the SWAIA fashion show: Orlando Dugi, Jamie Okuma, Patricia Michaels, Korina Emmerich, Lesley Hampton, Catherine Blackburn and Melanie LeBlanc, Jason Baerg, Dorothy Grant, Skawennati, Sho Sho Esquiro, Lauren GoodDay, Yolanda Skelton, Pamela Baker, Cody Sanderson and Adrian Standing Elk Pinnecoose.
For more information stay tuned to www.swaia.org.
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