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🌍𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲
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UPDATE! Applications to be a member and applications for positions go live today for IIFC Media!! Our Allyship Relational Care application will follow soon. We have been a bit slow at IIFC Media, but a lot of care is going into every part of what we are building. #Indigenousfashion #journalism #media #nativefashion by @iifc.media

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We built different. We will break down doors, and make sure we are heard, seen, and that our stories are uplifted. This is International Indigenous Fashion Council’s vision, this is our vision. We can’t wait to share stories and break down barriers. Community over commodity always 📸: @batzcave_ #internationalindigenousfashioncouncil #globalindigenousrunway #indigenous #indigenousfashion #thefutureisindigenous (tagging models) by @iifc.media

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🌐 𝐖𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 (𝐈𝐈𝐅𝐂) 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫!

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This is the official storytelling arm of IIFC — where our voices, stories, and representation come to life across global stages. 🎥📸✨

IIFC is growing through many incredible sectors — from Modeling, Design, Textiles, and Sustainability to Youth Engagement, Advocacy, Wellness, Technology & STEM, and more. Each sector is shaping the future of Indigenous fashion, culture, and community worldwide. 🌎💫

IIFC.Media will spotlight them all — covering shows, sharing stories, and amplifying Indigenous creativity globally.

💥 Brought to you by Batzcave @batzcave_ — an amazing media powerhouse led by Batz and her team. More opportunities to support @iifc.media are dropping soon. Be a part of history!

#IIFCMedia #IndigenousFashion #ElevatingIndigenousFashionGlobally #IndigenousVoices #GlobalIndigenous #IndigenousDesign #IndigenousRepresentation taken in Los Angeles, California by @iifc.media

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🪶 There was a time when our dances were forbidden, our ceremonies criminalized, and our songs were meant to be silenced.

In 1883, the United States government began enforcing policies that punished Native people for practicing certain traditional dances and ceremonies. Our relatives faced imprisonment, withheld rations, and persecution simply for continuing their ways of life.

But they kept dancing. They kept singing. They kept our traditions alive.

🌎 Today, every drumbeat, every song, every dance, and every gathering is a celebration of that perseverance.

What was once punished is now proudly celebrated. What they tried to silence continues to echo across our Nations.

This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor those who carried our traditions forward and the generations who will continue them.

At Sky-Eagle Collection, we celebrate the beauty, strength, and diversity of Indigenous cultures around the world.

✊🏽 We are still here. Still singing. Still dancing. Still celebrating!

Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day! ❤️

#IndigenousPeoplesDay #NativeAmericanCulture #IndigenousTraditions #CulturalSovereignty #SkyEagleCollection taken in Sky Eagle-Collection by @iifc.media

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CORPORATE TOKENISM.

One Indigenous voice does not represent every Nation, community, designer or cultural authority.

🪶 Visibility is not shared power.
🪶 Representation is not consent.
🪶 Collaboration is not equitable if Indigenous people are still left outside the opportunity.

The fashion industry can do better.

Indigenous Peoples are not a checkbox.

#CorporateTokenism #IndigenousFashion #InternationalIndigenousFashionCouncil by @iifc.media

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As we celebrate Native American Heritage Month during November, we will be traveling to a few states the next few weeks to come alongside our sisters and brothers. IRDCO has set up an array of photoshoots, collaborations, interviews and more with our native entrepreneurs, community leaders, artists, musicians, and more!

The talent built from the native cultures & beauty of our homelands are unmatched. Check out behind the scenes at Antelope Canyons on the beautiful Navajo Nation with founder of IRDCO @rrose.mcfaddenn

Apply at the Link in Bio to participate 🪶
Production "Celebrating Native American Heritage Month" with @isabellarosedesign.co
Navajo Nation Park: Antelope Canyons with @kenstours
Location: Page Arizona

#isabellarosedesignco #antelopecanyon #arizona #navajonation #travel taken in Antelope Canyon, Page, Arizona by @iifc.media

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It’s official. 🌎🪶

🪶The International Indigenous Fashion Council has been approved as an ad hoc observer to the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore.

🪶The World Intellectual Property Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations, and this committee works directly on issues that matter to Indigenous fashion, including traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions, intellectual property, and the protection of Indigenous creativity.

🪶For the International Indigenous Fashion Council, this is about much more than attending meetings.

🪶It creates a formal pathway for Indigenous fashion perspectives to be present in international discussions about cultural protection, knowledge, consent, ownership, and benefit sharing.

🪶This milestone also strengthens the path forward for the International Indigenous Fashion Accord, an Indigenous-led framework being developed to advance stronger standards around cultural authority, consent, intellectual property, fair benefit sharing, ethical collaboration, and the protection of Indigenous creativity across the global fashion industry.

🪶As this work grows, we plan to send official International Indigenous Fashion Council delegations and designated representatives to relevant international forums to present our work, contribute Indigenous fashion expertise, build international relationships, and advocate for Indigenous designers, makers, knowledge holders, and communities.

🪶From the runway to international policy, Indigenous fashion belongs in every room where decisions about our creativity are being made.

🔥And now we have another room.

We are deeply grateful for this milestone and ready for the work ahead. 🪶🌎

#IndigenousFashion #InternationalIndigenousFashionCouncil #WIPO by @iifc.media

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First Of Many✨️
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A1 Moments ● Indigenous New York Fashion Week
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Call me a perfectionist, I like to let people post first🔥 taken in American Indian Community House by @iifc.media

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Tokenism and extraction can look surprisingly polished in fashion.

Indigenous people can be visible in a campaign, runway, collaboration, or advisory role while the real value still flows somewhere else.

In fashion, a collaboration can still be extractive even when Indigenous people are visible

So ask:

🪶 Who designed the work?

🪶 Who supplied the materials?

🪶 Who got paid?

🪶 Who owns the final product and the story around it?

🪶 Who benefits after the campaign, runway, or collection is over?

Maybe it is wool or alpaca sourced from Indigenous communities in Peru.

Maybe it is plant fibers, dyes, or knowledge connected to Indigenous communities in rainforest regions.

Maybe it is a designer, artisan, model, or consultant whose presence gives a project credibility and value.

Growth matters. Business matters. Collaboration matters.

But one Indigenous person cannot speak for everyone, and Indigenous presence should never become a convenient way to legitimize a project that mainly serves corporate interests.

🔥Tokenism is about appearance without real power or benefit.

🔥Extraction is what happens when the value is taken and the benefit stays somewhere else.

The fashion industry needs to understand the difference.

International Indigenous Fashion Council

#IndigenousFashion #FashionEthics #InternationalIndigenousFashionCouncil taken in Worldwide by @iifc.media

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Indigenous fashion has made major progress in visibility and representation.

Now we need to talk about the business.

Not every Fashion Week or runway serves the same purpose. Some are cultural, some editorial, some consumer-facing, and some are built around industry and buyers.

If the goal is business growth, we should be asking who is actually in the room.

Are there buyers? Retailers? Showrooms? Real pathways to wholesale and long-term growth?

Representation got us on the runway.

Now let’s build the business.

#IndigenousFashion #FashionBusiness #internationalindigenousfashioncouncil by @iifc.media

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A recent video reposted by Fashionista shows @cfda CFDA CEO Steven Kolb physically restraining a @peta PETA protester during a fashion show, including placing his hand over the protester’s mouth.

At the International Indigenous Fashion Council we must speak up and against this issue. It is unacceptable and violence is never an answer!

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People can disagree with PETA. They can disagree with protest tactics. They can disagree about fur, materials, activism, or how demonstrations happen inside fashion spaces.

That is not the issue.

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The issue is what happens when disagreement becomes physical.
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Leaders of major fashion institutions carry a responsibility to model restraint, professionalism, and appropriate responses even in tense situations. Security, event protocols, and lawful removal procedures exist for a reason.
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The International Indigenous Fashion Council does not condone violence or physical intimidation as a response to protest or disagreement.
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Fashion needs difficult conversations. It also needs leadership capable of having them without putting hands on people.
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#IIFC #FashionEthics #Leadership taken in New York City by @iifc.media

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Reposting from @fashionista_com

The footage involving CFDA @cfda President and CEO Steven Kolb and a PETA @peta protester raises an important issue for our industry.

Violence is never the answer.

People have the right to disagree. Organizations have the right to establish rules for their events. Protesters may challenge institutions, and institutions may respond to disruptions. But physical force, restraint, intimidation, or putting hands on another person should never become the answer to disagreement.

Fashion organizations and industry leaders carry an even greater responsibility to model professional conduct and ensure that difficult situations are handled through established safety protocols and appropriate personnel.

We can disagree with a protest.
We can disagree with an organization.
We can disagree with one another.

But disagreement should never become physical.

The International Indigenous Fashion Council does not condone violence, threats, intimidation, harassment, or retaliation from any side.

Accountability and peaceful dissent can exist in the same space.

We have to do better as an industry.

#IIFC #ProfessionalConduct #SaferFashion by @iifc.media

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