Indi City Rebellion is dedicated to our ancestral Matriarchy as it evokes a blood memory story of power, grace, beauty and resilience. This innovative infusion joins fashion tech as a juxtaposition styled with contemporary beadwork, up-cycled vintage furs and wool elements.
This years’ collection for Otahpiaaki 2018 is entitled ‘Rebellion,’ and stands as an homage to the roles of Indigenous women throughout history. As the Creative Director of SOFIE (Stories of Fashion, Inclusion and Empowerment) a Fashion Technology Nonprofit organization in collaboration with the University of Calgary Department of Computer Science, Aubichon works as an advocate of reconciliation through STEAM education. In the same year she graduated from the Indigenous Women in Community Leadership Program at St.FX University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Her piece, a Woman’s Traditional outfit called “ The Matriarch Speaks” exhibited in Calgary, Ottawa and Shenzhen, China.
In 2017 Aubichon became the first global Indigenous Designer to incorporate wearable technology into traditional regalia. She was born and raised in Northern Saskatchewan and attributes her Matriarchal lineage to the inspiration behind her artistic pursuits. Peepeekisis Cree-Métis, Flying Dust NationĪngel Aubichon is a Cree-Metis Designer and the Co-founder of Indi City. Much of the material is sourced from local communities and elders, though Jaymie puts a strong focus on learning the traditional skills in order to use them in her work and pass them down to future generations. She uses authentic materials in all of the work, and you will often see the use of hand tanned hides, horse hair and porcupine quills. Jaymie wants to inspire young people to know you can be athletic and artsy, scientific and spiritual, and a warrior and an artist. She owes great gratitude to the Cree elders who have taught and continue to teach the old ways which inspire much of her work. Her work is also influenced with the time she has spent with the Cree people of the Rocky Mountains and the Dene of the North. She is an avid outdoorswoman, paddler, traveler and photographer. Artists run in Jaymie’s family, and it is an important connection to her ancestry. In 2015, Jaymie launched White Otter Design Co, to incorporate her love of traditional artistry with contemporary fashion. Jaymie Campbell is Anishinaabe from Curve Lake First Nation in Ontario. Sage sits on the Ryerson School of Fashion Advisory Board and is developing an Indigenous Fashion elective course for George Brown College. In 2017, Sage received the Design Exchange RBC Emerging Designer Award in the fashion category, was recognized by Flare Magazine as a top 100 talented & driven Canadian women and was honoured by the Ontario Minister of the Status of Women as a trailblazing woman who is transforming Ontario. In 2018, one of her fashion pieces “Witigo” (2018) was exhibited in Hot Culture: Indigenous fashion, materials and crafts at Gallery 101 and she presented her most recent collection “Giving Life" at Festival de Mode & Design (Montreal). Sage has presented on Indigenous fashion including at Canada House (London, UK), The Walrus Magazine, Ryerson University, Toronto Women’s Fashion Week and South Africa Fashion Week. Some of Sage’s art and design has shown at the Royal Ontario Museum, Harbourfront Centre, The Centre for Craft, Creativity and Design (North Carolina, USA), and a curated program at Western Canada Fashion Week by Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective. Sage is also a founding collective member and Artistic Director of Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto. Based in Toronto, Sage is an artist, designer and innovative leader for Indigenous fashion, craft and textiles, championing family, sovereignty and resistance for balance. Sage Paul is an urban Dene woman and a member of English River First Nation.