Urban Regalia: An Exhibition in Two Parts

September 28 – December 21, 2019 | January 18-April 11, 2020 | Legacy Art Gallery, University of Victoria | Victoria, BC

Sugiit Lukxs is a Gitxsan textile artist and fashion designer with an international reputation. Her pieces have seen runways in Santa Fe, Vancouver, Paris, Toronto, and Haida Gwaii. Lukxs’ designs span from button blankets to couture dresses, and all of them draw from traditional oral stories told to her by her grandmother, Na gwa (Lily Jackson).

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CBC: Urban Regalia

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CBC: Urban Regalia fashion exhibit inspired by Audrey Hepburn and Indigenous culture

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/gitxan-urban-regalia-fashion-yolonda-skelton-university-victoria-paris-audrey-hepburn-1.5315549

Yolonda Skelton - Sugiit Lukxs Designs: University of Victoria’s Legacy Gallery Exhibit “Urban Regalia” Collection

https://www.sugiitlukxsdesigns.com/uvic-legacy-gallery-exhibit

UVic News: Gitxsan designer creates urban regalia

https://www.uvic.ca/communicationsmarketing/web/news/2019+indigenous-fashion-exhibit+news

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