Friday, February 12th, 2010 at
9:19 am
The new Inuit fashions emerging from Nunavut are very exciting.
Sewing jackets with matching wind pants, amautiit (large pouched at the back of the woman`s parka, used for carry our new-born till too big to fit, or too heavy), children`s clothing, teens, this trend is becoming popular among our young people.
When looking back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the girl would have different styles of… Continue reading
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 at
10:34 am
Louisa Angugatsiaq Tungilik was my beautiful mother. She was beautiful externally and in her heart.
One of her great abilities was to sew Inuit traditional clothes. When she sewed caribou skin clothing, her stitching was so fine it looked only like a fine line where her seams were. Her waterproof kamiit were exactly that, waterproof.
She came from a line of perfectionists, and she was no different. I… Continue reading
Friday, January 1st, 2010 at
2:29 pm
The fashions of Nunavut will be well presented in Vancouver during the Olympics at the Canada`s Northern House.
It has been quite the journey for the Inuit of Nunavut for the last half a century. From being born in an igloo to living in a modernized world, it was challenging at times through this fast transition.
Our fashions were made out of necessity in the beginning. With no… Continue reading
