A model presents a creation by designer Rebecca Baker-Grenier during the Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week. This year's event included collections by more than 30 designers.

A sea of red swept through the Queen Elizabeth Theatre as patrons nestled into their seats for the opening night of Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week on Nov. 19. The crowd arrived in their finest attire, hued in varying degrees of crimson for “Red Dress Night,” in honour of the thousands of murdered and missing Indigenous women in Canada.

“It’s crazy to see everybody up there,” VIFW founder Joleen Mitton said as she scanned the cheering audience. “Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week started in 2017, and look at where we are now. This is wild.”

Where VIFW is at now is a sold-out event that generates buzz throughout t

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