Visitor Survey 2024 IFA Festival
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Indigenous Fashion Arts Festival Fourth Biennial Edition Returns May 30 – June 2, 2024 with Runway Shows and Marketplace at CF Toronto Eaton Centre
The Indigenous Fashion Arts Festival is proud to announce programming for its fourth edition, running May 30 – June 2,…
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IFA Festival is Coming to CF Toronto Eaton Centre!
We are thrilled to announce that the 2024 Indigenous Fashion Arts Festival is officially coming to CF Toronto Eaton Centre!…
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2024 IFA Festival Call for Volunteers
Indigenous Fashion Arts (IFA) seeks volunteers for the fourth biennial Indigenous Fashion Arts Festival! Leading up to and during May…
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2024 IFA Festival Call for Models
Indigenous Fashion Arts (IFA) is now accepting model applications for the fourth biennial Indigenous Fashion Arts Festival! This multi-platform festival…
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IFA at ROM After Dark
IFA at ROM After Dark
January 26, 2024 | 7:30 pm – 11:30 pm at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Indigenous Fashion Arts Year In Review 2023
This year has been full of growth and new connections for IFA. From the launch of the IFA Trade Program,…
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Indigenous Fashion Arts Festival 2022 Impact Report
Indigenous Fashion Arts Festival 2022 Impact Report shows $5.63 million generated for local economy + 20,000 visitors throughout the event…
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Creative line-up announced for IFA’s 2024 Festival
Indigenous Fashion Arts is proud to announce the 2024 Festival lineup, which includes 89 Indigenous artists, designers, makers and brands…
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Announcing 2024 Festival Dates & Call for Applications
Indigenous Fashion Arts Announces 2024 Festival Dates & Call for Applications The Fourth Biennial Edition returns May 30 – June…
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Indigenous Fashion Arts Hires Program Coordinator, Manitoba-based Lesley Beardy
Indigenous Fashion Arts (IFA) is thrilled to announce the hiring of Lesley Beardy in the Program Coordinator role. Lesley is an…
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Ho’reh Ti Yeh Kuh (To See the Horizon at Dawn)
Indigenous Fashion Arts presents a new fashion installation at Nuit Blanche 2022 on October 1 at 1 The Esplanade called Ho’reh Tih Yeh Kuh, which loosely translates from Denesųłįné to English, meaning “To see the horizon at dawn,”
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Survey – 2022 Indigenous Fashion Arts Festival
If you attended any part of the programming for this year’s Indigenous Fashion Arts Festival, let us know what you…
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Indigenous Fashion Arts Announces Runway Lineup for Biennial IFA Festival
Please include in your news items and editorial plans Third Edition returns June 9-12, 2022 with Runway Presentations fromIndi City,…
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2022 IFA Festival Curatorial Statement
Walking with Light Indigenous Fashion Arts Festival 2022 The Indigenous Fashion Arts Festival has quickly become a critical platform illuminating…
Learn MoreIFWTO Announces New Name and Brand
The biennial event formerly known as Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto (IFWTO) has relaunched its brand as Indigenous Fashion Arts (IFA), a…
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IFWTO is Hiring!
Join an enthusiastic team and gain valuable, hands-on experience related to nonprofit arts administration.
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Call for Applications is Now Open!
Indigenous designers, artists and makers are invited to apply to IFWTO 2022 runway and marketplace
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A Thread That Never Breaks
A virtual exhibition in the Indigenously determined AbTec Gallery. There will be a virtual tour of the works on January 28, 2:30PM EST.
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IFWTO 2020 Online Edition
For its 2020 Online Edition and in partnership with Harbourfront Centre, IFWTO premiered four runway films featuring 16 Indigenous designers, 10 panel discussions in partnership with the School of Fashion at Ryerson University and an online popup marketplace featuring 40 Indigenous artists and designers, including a spotlight on Northwestern Ontario.
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IFWTO Announces Festival Lineup and Marketplace Participants
The biennial Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto (IFWTO), presented online November 26 – 29, 2020, announces the launch of a new website at IFWtoronto.com, and the curated lineup for the 2020 IFWTO Online Pop-up Marketplace.
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IFWTO MOVES 2020 EDITION ONLINE
Celebrating Indigenous fashion and culture in a four-day online festival of cinematic fashion films, a pop-up online marketplace, a virtual art exhibition, and a panel series.
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IFWTO + EDITO Par Simons 2020 Collaborative Capsule Collection
IFWTO has united forces with Simons to create a limited capsule collection with Indigenous artists from communities across Canada.
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Statement of Solidarity
“… in the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it that America has failed to hear?… It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice, equality, and humanity.” – Dr. Martin Luther King
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A Message from IFWTO
Dear IFWTO community, It is with deep sadness that we announce postponement of IFWTO2020. We know that you will understand…
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Indigenous Fashion – IFWTO Produces Curtis Oland at Somerset House during London Fashion Week, February 2019
IFWTO (Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto) to produce the fashion installation “Delicate Tissue” by Indigenous designer Curtis Oland at London’s Somerset…
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Runway Tickets, Workshop Registration & Marketplace Artists Announced
ANNOUNCEMENTS RUNWAY TICKETS $25 Regular Admission $15 Student/Seniors/Underemployed Save 10% when you purchase tickets to all four shows Free: panels,…
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IFWTO Announces Trade & Consumer Marketplace
INDIGENOUS FASHION WEEK TORONTO Announces Trade & Consumer Marketplace Fashion • Textiles • Craft June 2 and 3, 2018 at…
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IFWTO Announces 2018 Designers
The InauguralINDIGENOUS FASHION WEEK TORONTOMay 31 – June 3, 2018Announces 2018 Designers includingLesley Hampton • Helen Oro •Sho Sho Esquiro…
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Call for Models
DEADLINE: APRIL 13, 2018SEEKING ALL SIZES & GENDERS Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto is a four-day multi-platform festival of the most…
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The First Annual INDIGENOUS FASHION WEEK TORONTO
Fashion • Textiles • CraftMay 31 – June 3, 2018 The inaugural Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto (IFWTO) takes place May…
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Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto Announces 2018 Dates and Call for Applications
Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto presents the most distinct and progressive Indigenous artists working in fashion, textiles and craft for Indigenous…
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