I think it's fair to say that, when we look at Native fashion, we are experiencing an 'Indigenous spring' moment: for lack of a better phrase, it's an exciting and rejuvenating creative cultural explosion moment. New artists are constantly emerging while more established designers are reaching greater heights. I get to witness it firsthand as I meet fresh faces and celebrate great accomplishments with others. But this moment is part of a longer Native fashion movement. I just returned from the East Coast where I reconnected with over 20 Native American designers who were featured in the new Peabody Essex Museum exhibit, Native Fashion Now, which spans 50 years and includes over 70 designers.
Showing posts with label Sho Sho Esquiro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sho Sho Esquiro. Show all posts
December 10, 2015
Native Fashion Now: Spotlighting and Celebrating a Movement
I think it's fair to say that, when we look at Native fashion, we are experiencing an 'Indigenous spring' moment: for lack of a better phrase, it's an exciting and rejuvenating creative cultural explosion moment. New artists are constantly emerging while more established designers are reaching greater heights. I get to witness it firsthand as I meet fresh faces and celebrate great accomplishments with others. But this moment is part of a longer Native fashion movement. I just returned from the East Coast where I reconnected with over 20 Native American designers who were featured in the new Peabody Essex Museum exhibit, Native Fashion Now, which spans 50 years and includes over 70 designers.July 23, 2013
Sho Sho Esquiro | 2013 Collection
Our phone conversation began like most of our conversations: a quick dish about all the recent rad things that our Grammas said or did. While it might be common for Native American or First Nations designers to spend a lot of time with our grandparents, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it is probably not the case for most Canadian or American fashion designers.For Kaska Dene and Cree fashion designer Sho Sho Esquiro however, lots of good quality Gramma time sits at the core of who she is as a person, and her recent collection (which she dubs her "Grown Up Collection") is clearly influenced by a sense of maturity and a reflection on the past. Traditional Dene and Cree beadwork, shellwork, and sealskin all find their way into her garments as elegant and thoughtful details.
October 6, 2012
Sho Sho Esquiro 2012 Collection
Sho Sho Esquiro, an amazingly hip urban fresh Kaska Dene/ Cree fashion designer, just posted photos of her 2012 collection, and boy are they amazing. When it came to displaying the designs, Esquiro enlisted the help of a couple folks she's worked with in the past, including photographer Anthony Thosh Collins and model Amberae Wood (note all images below are by Collins). The future (and present) of Native fashion is looking rather good (and by 'good', I mean 'fabulous').
August 28, 2012
Scene | Santa Fe Indian Market Booths
Last weekend I attended the Santa Fe Indian Market. And if you don't know about it, here's some fun facts for you:
Santa Fe Indian Market takes over the downtown Plaza area and comprises 14 square city blocks where it features 1,025 artists representing 160 tribes, nations and pueblos. A reported 125,000 visitors attended this year's Market.
Yes, it is huge.
It is a place where I get to meet up with old friends, meet new friends, and be surrounded by thousands of creative minds. So, I like it.
April 23, 2012
GON12 Events
It's time to start getting jazzed for the annual Gathering of Nations powwow held every year in good ol' Albuquerque, New Mexico! As part of the powwow, many GON sanctioned events are scheduled and include the Miss Indian World competition, to be held at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The powwow itself, along with the Market and Stage 49, kicks off on Friday. Catch the crowning of Miss Indian World on Saturday.
Per usual, many events are scheduled to entice powwow-goers to venture out at night, but there's one event in particular that will feature a bunch of Native fashion designers, and that is the Central Visionaries Show.
November 13, 2011
Collab: Sho Sho Esquiro and Turquoise Soul
I've been slackin'!
So, if you recall, I had an awesome opportunity to tag along on a photoshoot this past summer with Wabanoonkwe Cameron-Hernandez and Sho Sho Esquiro, who were working with photographer Anthony Thosh Collins and models Amberae Wood and Miigwaans Cameron. Click here to see my behind-the-scenes images before you scroll down to check out the awesome pro images that came out of that shoot:
June 12, 2011
Sho Sho Esquiro's New Website
Fashion designer Sho Sho Esquiro has a new website - and it's easy to remember: shoshoesquiro.com.
On her new site, you can read up on her bio, check out her portfolio, and view her gallery images, so click away!
May 19, 2011
Review | RED Runway Fashion Show
by guest post writer Brenton Bluehouse
A backdrop of loudly tattered beat music played inside as it covered what was already playing hip-hop old school connection of 90’s tunes outside in the bar that would be the setting for the RED Runway fashion design premier. Club 405 was probably not the best venue to hold such an event, but when it comes to the Gathering of Nations weekend, it’s almost necessary to be where you know the brown masses are going to congregate and be there ready to show your stuff.
Being that this would be my first formal experiment with a fashion show in Native America, I went in with no expectations but a good time and a glimpse into the world of Native fashion.
May 11, 2011
GON 2011 Turquoise Soul
Ah, it's always good to run into amazing Anish peeps, and Wabanoonkwe Cameron-Hernandez is one aaamaaaazing woman. She is the creative mind behind Turquoise Soul - the blingin' beaded jewelry biz that came close to selling out during GON.
I first met Wabanoonkwe through photographer Thosh Collins who sent me photos that he snapped of model Amberae Wood rockin some Turquoise Soul beaded earrings (click here to see the pics and my designer profile on her). Wabanoonkwe invited me to tag along on their latest photoshoot where I finally met her and fashion designer Sho Sho Esquiro (click here to see the 'behind-the-scenes' post).
I first met Wabanoonkwe through photographer Thosh Collins who sent me photos that he snapped of model Amberae Wood rockin some Turquoise Soul beaded earrings (click here to see the pics and my designer profile on her). Wabanoonkwe invited me to tag along on their latest photoshoot where I finally met her and fashion designer Sho Sho Esquiro (click here to see the 'behind-the-scenes' post).
(Wabanoonkwe at her booth in the tents at GON)
(India Lowry Jones, Wabanoonkwe, me, and Wabanoonkwe's sister and model Miigwaans Cameron at the Rhymes and Runways event)
(India and I earlier in the night - getting many compliments on our Turquoise Soul earrings)
April 28, 2011
Behind-the-Scenes Photo Shoot
Yesterday I went to an amazing photo shoot.
Jewelry designer Wabanoonkwe Cameron-Hernandez of Turquoise Soul invited me to meet up with her for a behind-the-scene look at her latest stuff, and of course I jumped at the opportunity. Designers Sho Sho Esquiro and Virgil Ortiz were also bringing their gear.
Photographer Thosh Collins was shooting, and Wabanoonkwe’s younger sister Miigwaans was modeling, along with Winnipeg-based model Amberae Wood and Navajo ‘mixing legend’ Matt Manymules (aka DJ Young Native).
April 11, 2011
Event | Phoenix Native Fashion Shows
Check out these fashion shows, featuring the streetwear designs by Tyson Powless of Un3ek Sy5tem, Jared Yazzie of OxDx, and Sho Sho Esquiro!
Follow OxDx and Sho Sho Esquiro Clothing and Un3ek on Facebook to keep updated with various streetwear-related events.
February 1, 2011
Interview with Sho Sho Esquiro in Swagg News
EXCLUSIVE “SHO SHO ESQUIRO” INTERVIEW with Swagg News
SN: Tell us a little bit about the origin of Sho Sho Esquiro.
Sho Sho Esquiro: The name itself has always been a nick name for me, people always call me Sho Sho and Esquiro is my last name so its pretty much me. Im From the Yukon Territory and my native nation is Kaska Dene and Cree.
SN: Where did you get your Swagg from? was fashion always a passion or was there something that inspired you along the way?
Sho Sho Esquiro: Basically it was always a passion of mine, my grandma was always into fashion and mom is an artist, my grandpa and dad are both business entrepreneurs. With my grandpa when I was a kid if I wanted to have a lemonade stand id have to have a business plan, haha Now, my combined love of art, fashion, fabric, color, my heritage and hip hop that is what inspires me that’s what Sho Sho Esquiro is.
SN: To give the readers a better feel for your line If you had to compare what clothing line would you compare Sho Sho Esquiro to, whether it be the prestige or the Swagg?
Sho Sho Esquiro: I would say that i’m doing my own thing, I get inspired by Hip-Hop,Urban culture, color, fabric and recycled things. I like to use colors and patterns that people wouldn’t really think to put together.
SN: What are your plans for the Line? Do you plan on keeping it more custom made, or is there retail in the future?
Sho Sho Esquiro: Some of my hand painted stuff is already retail! But I would compare it to when you find a bananas underground mixtape, like a diamond in the rough. So I like to keep it custom, I use a lot of recycled leather and fur and environmentally safe materials like hemp and bamboo. And I like the fact that If you buy one of my hoodies your never in your life gonna see it again, its wasn’t made in no sweat shop. I like to keep my pieces original. A lot of my clothing will have similar fabric but I always use the fabric differently and team it up with different textures and colors so I never create the same piece twice.
SN: What sets Sho Sho Esquiro aside from other native inspired lines?
Sho Sho Esquiro: Right now there is a lot of really talented native designers out, I’m excited to be part of a society called “Bee the Change Arts Society” we support young women at risk in the community, and positive change. I also work with Pendelton which is an American Indian trading blanket, they have been around for over a 100 years. But I would say Sho Sho Esquiro Clothing is more of a hip hop feel, and mine is custom. When I paint, I paint well known indian chiefs and pay homage to our heritage and wear it with pride.
SN: Who can wear Sho Sho Esquiro? is there an ideal target?
Sho Sho Esquiro: Anybody can wear it, if you want to stand out and have individual style. I love to see Hip-Hop artists in my stuff. I love to see environmentally, and socially conscious people rock my stuff young and old.
SN: The custom hoodies are definitely NECK UP, where can people who are not in Vancouver Canada check out these hoodies and more importantly how can they order them?
Sho Sho Esquiro: My website is actually under construction, I get a lot of business from Facebook.. and most of my business is sent out to the USA and Eastern Canada. You can hit me on Facebook at “Sho Sho Esquiro Clothing” I take orders from there and once my site is up it will be easier to view my line and order from there.”www.shoshoesquiro.com” coming at ya in march 2011
SN: What is the next step for SHO SHO ESQUIRO? What can we expect for 2011?
Sho Sho Esquiro: Basically for 2011, I am going to be part of a fashion show this month in Winnipeg then a fashion show here in vancouver in march with the amazing artist and clothing designer Alano Edzersa. A native business trade show in vegas in march, selling on location in AZ and Gathering Nations Pow wow in Albuquerque, NM, in april. I worked as a costume designer before so I feel blessed to fulfill my dream to be self employed, and do Sho Sho. it feels nice to see people in my clothes while showing pride in my heritage. I’m going to be collaborating with a lot of amazing Native artists and music artists this year so its gonna be an exciting year.
Swagg Review: Sho Sho Esquiro is a Native inspired line that combines the use of various colors, fabrics, and textures. Using hand painted prints and custom 1 of a kind designs sets this line apart from competition. If you’re looking to update your Swagg with clothing that no one else has; Sho Sho Esquiro is definitely SWAGG APPROVED.
- Interviewed By: Mel Famous
November 18, 2010
Sho Sho Esquiro Fall 2010 Collection
Check out the latest line by Native fashion designer Sho Sho Esquiro, using Pendleton, hides, recycled fabrics, silks and bamboo to create her signature corsets, bold streetwear, and couture dresses in bright colors and graphic prints.
May 24, 2010
Designer Profile | Sho Sho Esquiro
My friend Keith Grosbeck told me about a photo shoot he did with Larry Price and the fashion designs of Sho Sho Esquiro.Born and raised in the Yukon, Esquiro is inspired by her Kaska Dene culture and a keen sense of nature, but also the exciting colors and culture of city life.
She grew up with a mother as an artist and a strong supportive family that enabled her to live out her passion as a fashion designer.
Esquiro makes custom clothing, including limited edition Pendleton corsets, hoodies, and purses.
Recently, she participated in the Evolve Fashion Show during the Talking Stick Festival, and was met with rave reviews.
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