Designer Profile | Candace Halcro

Designer Candace Halcro is a Plains Cree/Métis from Saskatchewan, Canada. With her company BrownBeaded, she has been catching the eye of fashion lovers worldwide with her fashion-forward one-of-a-kind beaded pieces, such as her ultra-cool beaded sunglasses.

But the international attention didn't happen overnight.

In her hometown region, beadwork and other local Indigenous traditions are a central aspect of the visual culture.

ELLE France Includes Metis Artist Candace Halcro

Candace Halcro was recently featured in ELLE France's June 7, 2012 issue.

Halcro is Metis Aboriginal from Saskatchewan, Canada.

She says her designs are rooted in Native American tradition but not confined to it.

You can see more of Halcro's work by clicking here, or check out the Elle spread by clicking below.

Some History | Slick Inuit Shades

Better known as snow goggles, these cool shades are a type of eyewear traditionally worn by the Inuit people of the Arctic to prevent snow blindness while hunting or traveling on spring ice.

And yes, we can credit the fabulous Inuit of the far north for the world's first sunglasses, which can be dated back 2000 years ago and are found in the west coast Alaska region.