A designer from Rigolet, Labrador, has made her way to one of the biggest fashion events in the world and she's bringing Inuit fashion and a team of models from Labrador with her.New York Fashion Week is a semi-annual event that takes place in September and February, bringing designers from all over the world to Manhattan. April Allen will be showcasing her label, Stitched by April, at her show on Sunday night.She's also brought a team of models along with her, including five from Nunatsiavut. She said having Indigenous models was an important choice to her."Attending the New York Fashion Week is definitely a dream come true for me. And you know, it's important to ensure authentic representation of Inuit and Indigenous models," she told CBC News.It not only validates her brand and adds to its authenticity, she said, but also provides opportunities for potential careers in modelling within her community."And it's heartening to witness, you know, all the progress of Indigenous representation."One model in her show has previous experience and is helping the others on what to do and expect.To be ready for New York Fashion Week, Allen said she worked all through Christmas and that included making a pair of boots for actress Kali Reis, which were meant for the red carpet premiere of the new season of the HBO series True Detective."The boots didn't make it in time. They got held up in customs, so that was a little bit of a downer. But they did eventually make it to her, and they ended up on The Kelly Clarkson Show," said Allen.She said she started her business only a few years ago and said it already feels empowering — and feels good to see increasing Indigeonous representation."[I'm] someone who is from a very small community on the north coast, Rigolet and Nunatsiavut, and, you know, just still living in Labrador." (ICE TORONTO)

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