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ody-body by PUNK MEETS FASHION a runway makeover with street style by B.Simm debut cassette release available sept 15 at all fine local record shops body-body by After creating a jewelry line based on “wearing your spirituality” which has grown substantially and now has national distribution, local designer and yoga instructor, Apryl Dawn, is embarking on another venture bringing underground street style to the refined, high-flyin’ world of runway fashion. The idea of a punk rock fashion show with bands that provide a runway soundtrack, has that idea been done before somewhere? There’s a fashion week in Toronto that mixes music with fashion, but locally, definitely not. This was brainchild of Dave (Pederson, vocalist/guitarist in Downway) and I bouncing ideas off each other, and my frustration with not seeing more alternative fashion and looks on the main runway. Not seeing more alternative fashion on the runway, what does that mean specifically? I’m not a pastels and floral kind of girl, or a cut and structured wearables type of person. I’ve been to lots of fashion shows and for the big ones, that what it’s about — What is the average 30 to 40 year woman wearing? I suppose I’m not average or interested in average, nor are the people I work with. I don’t see alternative fashion out there on the level it should be. We have a lot of freedom to dress the way we want, and express our authentic self. Our fashion is our inner self, it’s our authentic being which we should be able to express. More and more we’re moving towards that point, but I still think we need to break down some walls. But you have punk street fashion, a DIY culture that creates their own style from clothes bought at thrift shops. When or how does that street style crossover and spill onto the runway? Honestly, I love the person on the street that found a whole bunch of shit for five bucks and looks totally rockin’, opposed to someone who just went out and spent 500 dollars on a t-shirt. And I think it blends from one world to the other because there is no structure in place yet. There is this deep, grungy, grindy underworld of punk and rock that’s actually feeding the high side of fashion. Couture is definitely not shaping that. It’s coming off the street, from the bottom up. We’re feeding off something that’s been underground for decades and decades, and stealing little bits of pieces — chains, leathers, belts and buckles — and that’s all being becoming one for me. The PUNK MEETS FASHION showcase takes place Thursday, Sept. 21 at Commonwealth. 12 | SEPTEMBER 2017 • BEATROUTE CITY
OTAHPIAAKI 2017 Indigenous Beauty, Fashion and Design Week by B.Simm Rebecca Merasty models new fashion by one of Otahpiaaki’s feature designers, Brenda Lee Asp, who named the cape “Honouring Raven - My Mother’s People”. Photos taken at Tsuu T’ina on the banks of the river called they call Kootsisáw, the Blackfoot refer to as Moh kínstsis, and the Stoney Nakoda call Wincheesh pah. PHOTOS: JASON ENG these designers are building their brands. In some cases, our students have collaborated on eCommerce sites, graphic design and the design of lookbooks for designers who do not have these tools. One of our founding students Spirit River Striped Wolf (MRU Policy Studies) developed an international costing export tool for any designer to use if they’re thinking of selling in the EU. Another student, Taryn Hamilton (MRU Justice Studies) is engaged in developing new Canadian law designed to protect the industrial designs of Indigenous creatives. It matters who is at the front of the room too. Each of these designers have successful ventures. So, having thought leaders like Justin Louis present and inspire others is critical to growth that we anticipate could be upwards of 19.6M in our province alone. The Truth and Reconciliation Showcases go beyond the flair of a fashion show. Could you elaborate on these two showcases? We kick off the week with a performance by Grammy nominated artists, the Northern Cree Singers on September 18, and are very excited to be screening Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World on Tuesday, Sept. 19 both at the Bella Concert Hall. The Truth Showcase has been curated to include designers whose work inspires questioning, commitment, action, impact and change through designs. The evening opens with opens with champion hoop dancer Dallas Arcand who warms up our runway. The Reconciliation Showcase has been assembled from designers’ collections that are more couture and avant-garde, similar to a luxury runway from New York or Paris – many of our designers have been invited to both. Our featured guest is Brenda Lee Asp from the Northern Tutchine First Nation in the Yukon. The final piece in the showcase is a reconciliation cape project organized by Brenda that will be built collaboratively over the week. For all details about the seminars, runaway shows, music, film, scheduling and tickets for Otahpiaaki 2017, go to otahpiaakifashionweek.com Based out of Mount Royal University, Otahpiaaki is an annual week long event that showcases Indigenous beauty, fashion and design featuring a wealth of local and regional Indigenous artists and designers with their inspiring creatives. Patti Derbyshire – Chair of Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Social Innovation in the Bissett School of Business at MRU – talks indepth about what Otahpiaak 2017 has to offer and what it hopes to achieve with this bold and exciting Indigenous venture. Overall the focus of the event draws on a rich Indigenous past, but then places it into a very contemporary context. In fact, that seems to be a statement made: while its roots are deep in tradition, this is a very progressive exhibition, this is Indigenous fashion design here and now. I think this is a good read of Otahpiaaki 2017 and the designers with whom who we’ve started to build relationships. At our first showcase last November, Justin Louis and Tishna Marlowe informed the direction of this project. There were three things that are important to convey. First, that our student teams understand that Indigenous creatives are carriers of vibrant cultural knowledge and a voice that has always been strong, resilient and diverse. Also, the design and craft of Indigenous apparel, fashion, music, film and arts has always been a critical component of identity in Indigenous communities – an underappreciated hallmark of Canada’s fashion identity. Our students completed research in this area earlier this year and we discovered that iconic fashion and apparel in Canada, in fact, is Indigenous. Finally, there is an immense creative and economic engine, by Indigenous designers and for Indigenous designers, where global impact and presence is inevitable. Looking at cross-section of the seminars and workshops offered, it seems like every stone is overturned, is there anything in Indigenous fashion and and design that isn’t covered? There are 760+ First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities within Canada, so there is much to discover yet. This is a Seven Generations project that we intend to co-create over the next seven years, so we’re just infants really. There’s no question that the strength of the program comes from the advice of our Elder, Jeannie Smith Davis, recommendations from our founder-designers, as well as Otahpiaaki student teams. Fashion and creativity are powerful platforms for discussion and healing. What we’ve developed is what worked last year – using fashion, sewing, creative studios, social innovation, and entrepreneurial thinking as opportunities to build relationships and knowledge of difficult and compelling topics. Those who participate in workshops with this year’s Indigenous designers, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous receive new knowledge. It is not formalized but we found when people work creatively with their hands, they will listen and speak with one another, with time to reflect on what is being shared. One might learn about a craft technique and its lineage, but honestly last year participants learned as much about deep beauty –intellectual, spiritual, cultural, emotional and physical, the diversity of Nations, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Men, the intergenerational trauma of residential schools, the Indian Act, and about the TRC Calls to Action. Discussion and action are embedded in each of the workshops and will be shown over and over on the runway events . There’s a strong entrepreneurial, a business component. How is that weaved into the event? Economic reconciliation is a pillar of the greater Otahpiaaki project and incorporates new venture thinking, marketing, and social innovation. We are based at the Bissett School of Business so it’s valuable and a natural fit to hear the stories and methods of how each of CITY BEATROUTE • SEPTEMBER 2017 | 13
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