AW på museet: Native American Fashion
The Museums of World Culture have produced Native American Fashion in collaboration with multimedia artist Jeremy Arviso (Diné/ Hopi/Pima/Tohono O’odham), who contributed to the graphic and exhibition design, and curatorial consultant Kelly Holmes (Mnicoujou Lakota), founder of the multimedia platform Native Max.
– Fashion is more than fabric; it is history, sovereignty, and innovation merged together across cultures and continents, says Kelly Holmes. This exhibit highlights the deep-rooted significance of Indigenous fashion and its role in shaping both our past and future on a global scale. Indigenous designers are reclaiming space and redefining the narrative.
A total of 40 contemporary fashion designers are featured in Native American Fashion, which also includes 80 historical objects from the museum collection. For the exhibition, the Museums of World Culture have acquired a number of garments and jewelry.
Native American Fashion – from Roots to Runway will open with a big party at the museum on Friday, April 11, 2025, with several of the fashion designers attending. There will be craft workshops, talks, music and dance by Apsáalooke artist Supaman, welcomed by Swedish-Sami artist Sofia Jannok.
The exhibition is showing at the Museum of World Culture in Gothenburg until November 2, 2026.