Photography: Aline Wyrwich
Model: Sierra Tasi Baker
Styling: Rebecca Baker-Grenier
Jewelry: Copper Canoe Woman
Shoes: Alicia‘s Designs, Vancouver
2022
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Rebecca, based in Vancouver, is an Indigenous fashion brand aimed at empowering Indigenous people. Rebecca is of Kwakiuł, Dzawada’enuwx, and Squamish ancestry. She is a multidisciplinary artist with a B.A. from the University of British Columbia with a Major in the Indigenous Studies Program. Rebecca began fashion design in 2021 and is apprenticing under established Indigenous designer and artist, Himikalas Pam Baker. She completed the Indigenous Couture Residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity, 2022.
Rebecca‘s work was presented at New York Fashion Week (2022), followed by Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week. She has showcased her collection at SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market fashion show, Vancouver Fashion Week (2023), Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week (2023/ 24) and Indigenous Fashion Arts in Toronto (2024). She was the recipient of the 2021 YVR Emerging Artist award. Her dress, ‘Wazulis’ was on display at the YVR Vancouver Airport, 2022 and was part of an exhibit at the Museum of Vancouver (2023). Her cedar and ermine cape was on display at the Bill Reid Gallery (2023-24) and her vest and skirt ‚Held by Generations‘ is at the Museum for Natural History (New York 2024-25). She was furthermore featured in ELLE Canada and VOGUE.
I respectfully acknowledge that all photos of this series were taken on the traditional and unceded territories of the Tsleil-Waututh.