AN EMPOWERED FASHION PRODUCTION
DESIGNERS
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SEW REZ
Makayla Bucktrot
My name is MaKayla Bucktrot. I am the seamstress behind Sew Rez. I am Deer clan and a member of Polecat and Sandcreek ceremonial grounds. My tribes are Muscogee, Yuchi, Ioway, and Pawnee. I am known for patchwork and ribbon work only seen in Yuchi regalia. I learned how to sew from my grandma at eleven and have been doing it ever since although my patchwork is self taught. I never thought I would have a brand of my own so I approach every opportunity with gratitude as I put pride into every creation that I finish. I utilize different aspects of our people depending on what myself or a client may want, emphasizing boldness through patterns with meaning and colors that pop. When antiquity meets modernity, you get Sew Rez.
REDBIRD RENDITIONS
Mckenzie Loffer
McKenzie Loffer is a proud citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and of Choctaw descent, She has been sewing for 25 years and beading 5, developing a strong connection to the double-needle flat stitch technique.
Redbird Renditions emerged as a personal and artistic journey to blend contemporary design with Native elements. Much of Loffer’s work is informed by navigating “two worlds.” While working in marketing, she sought a way to visibly honor her Native identity without wearing regalia in professional spaces, allowing her art to speak for itself. Her work declares: I am Native. I am relevant. I have a seat at this table.
Cultural revitalization is deeply personal to Loffer. Her great-grandparents met while attending residential school, a history that shaped how subsequent generations understood and expressed their Native identity. She is the first person since her great-grandmother to actively practice her culture and takes pride in raising her children immersed in it, growing up without having to question who they are.
Heritage is not something separate from daily life… it is a lived experience and a guiding force in every piece she creates.
WEOMEPE DESIGNS
Dr. Jessica Moore Harjo
Jessica Moore Harjo, PhD, WEOMEPE, (Otoe-Missouria/Osage/Pawnee/Sac & Fox) is an interdisciplinary artist, graphic designer, and entrepreneur. Her professional art and design work is unique, post-traditional, and grounded in cultural symbolism. Dr. Harjo’s most definitive work is a permanent installation titled “People of the Great Sky, Constellations of the Land” (2023), a 65’ brass sculpture spanning the ceiling at the entrance to the Oklahoma State Capitol. Dr. Harjo is the owner and designer of WEOMEPE DESIGNS, a graphic design and art business providing graphic design services, consulting, and an online store. Weomepe Designs as a brand provides jewelry, wearable art, and various creative products. Dr. Harjo holds a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Oklahoma State University and a Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Design from the University of Minnesota.
RJ WORLD DESIGNS
Rebekah Jarvey
Rebekah Jarvey, known as the Indigenous Fashionista, is an Emmy-nominated Indigenous fashion designer, producer, director, model, emcee, and cultural advocate. An enrolled member of the Chippewa Cree Tribe with Chippewa, Cree, and Blackfeet heritage, Rebekah continues a four-generation family legacy of beadwork and sewing alongside her son, Royce.
As Founding Partner and President of the International Indigenous Fashion Council’s Montana Chapter, she champions Indigenous visibility in fashion. Her documentary, Native Hope Champions: Red on the Runway, received an Emmy nomination for raising awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW).
Rebekah has contributed to more than 100 fashion shows and presented internationally, including Tokyo, Paris, New York, Milan, and Cannes. Her work has appeared in Vogue, and her cultural consulting for Nike N7 helped shape the SB Nike N7 Dunks, now displayed at the National Museums of World Culture in Sweden. Through fashion and cultural advocacy, she uplifts Indigenous voices and celebrates Native innovation worldwide.
NEVAQUAYA WEARABLE ART
Joyce Nevaquaya-Harris
Hello greetings everyone my name is Joyce Nevaquaya Harris, I am enrolled Comanche and descendants of Choctaw and Chickasaw and crow nations. I am an artist in which inspired me to become a designer utilizing my creativity through my tribal designs which derived from my ancestors. I purchase clothes and I indigenize them with my visions and colors from the earth and my tribe. I am honored to showcase my wearable art.
ENTVCKE
Jaylee Lowe
Jaylee Lowe is a proud member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma & is also of Muscogee (Creek) descent. She is an award winning self-taught Seminole patchwork artist who has established a style that can be distinguished by her prioritization of remnants. Honoring the technique of utilizing remnants is significant to her work as it has been used traditionally & illustrates resilience that is everlasting amongst the Seminole people. From starting with traditional Seminole clothing to creating with a contemporary approach towards Seminole designs, Jaylee strives to create pieces that honor the storytelling ability that is inherent to Seminole patchwork.
ITSIMIVEE CREATIONS
Veronica Pipestem
Veronica Pipestem is an Otoe-Missouria/Osage/Potawatomi multidisciplinary artist who primarily works in beads, metal, and hide. Pipestem’s work explores the intersections between land, seed, and traditional knowledge stewardship. Pipestem owns ItsimiVee, a firm that specializes in contract grant writing and in developing practical solutions for cultural and natural resources organizations. Pipestem is also a co-founder of INDIGICHIC, an experiential fashion arts boutique that offers exclusive collections of Native artists’ work. In addition to being an artist and entrepreneur, Pipestem strives to be a good Landcestor by growing, rematriating, and maintaining relationships with ancestral seed relatives.
PONCA DESIGNS
Wendy Ponca
Osage Indian fine artist who is skilled in draping, tailoring, beadwork, jewelry, silk-screen printing, ribbon work, body and textile painting, contemporary and tradition design and symbolism with works in permanent museum collections and current exhibitions. Retired fine arts instructor. Pendleton blanket designer. Theatre costume designer. Fashion designer.
RANDI NARCOMEY STUDIOS
Randi Narcomey
Randi Narcomey is a Seminole and Mvskoke textile artist whose work explores Indigenous identity, culture, storytelling, and contemporary Native expression. Drawing from her background in printmaking and alternative photographic processes, she creates both wearable and non-wearable works that bring together image, material, and story.
Her exploration of fashion also playfully harkens back to the young girl who once dreamed of becoming a fashion designer—giving her space to explore clothing as another form of artistic expression. Through her evolving studio practice, Randi creates work that is deeply personal, culturally rooted, and unapologetically contemporary.