Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week 2025 (VIFW 2025)

Dates: November 19–22, 2025
Location: Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC
Website: Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week
Tickets: Available now

Event Overview

Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week (VIFW) 2025 returns November 19–22 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, offering a powerful celebration of Indigenous fashion, culture, artistry, and storytelling. This year’s theme, AIR, highlights creativity rooted in Indigenous identity and the living relationship between people, land, and culture.

VIFW stands as a space for honouring Indigenous excellence through couture, streetwear, futurism, craft, and performance. It also fosters understanding and reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities by addressing representation, cultural authenticity, and ethical fashion practices.

Each night of VIFW carries its own focus, bringing together designers, artists, models, community members, and audiences for a deeply meaningful and visually captivating experience.

Night-by-Night Program

November 19 – Red Dress Event (Opening Night)

Theme: Honouring missing and murdered Indigenous men, women, girls, two-spirit, and LGBTQ+ community members.
This emotional opening night invites attendees to wear red as an act of remembrance and solidarity. The evening honours the beauty, strength, and resilience of families and communities impacted by this ongoing national tragedy while spotlighting designers whose work is rooted in healing, remembrance, and cultural strength.

Tickets: Available now.

November 20 – All My Relations Couture Night

High fashion meets Indigenous couture as designers from across Turtle Island take the stage. Both emerging and established designers present collections that celebrate community, kinship, resurgence, and the shared relationships that connect all Indigenous peoples.

Expect bold silhouettes, cultural artistry, beadwork, regalia-inspired couture, and powerful runway moments.

Tickets: Available now.

November 21 – Indigenous Futures

Indigenous Futurism blends technology, storytelling, sovereignty, and style. This night explores the future of Indigenous fashion, with streetwear, sportswear, conceptual design, and innovative textiles that imagine Indigenous worlds shaped by autonomy, creativity, and cultural continuity.

Designers and artists push boundaries while centring Indigenous ways of knowing and being.

Tickets: Available now.

November 22 – Spirit of the West Coast (Closing Night)

The final night celebrates the distinctive West Coast spirit—its land, people, and cultural evolution. The runway showcases designs inspired by coastal identities, landscapes, and stories, emphasizing joy, authenticity, and community.

This closing celebration honours Indigenous strength, creativity, and cultural expression.

Tickets: Available now.

VIFW 2025 Makers Market

The VIFW Makers Market showcases handcrafted fashion, jewellery, accessories, artwork, and cultural pieces created by Indigenous makers.
Designers and artists are invited to:

• Sell their work

• Connect with new audiences

• Share cultural stories through craft

• Celebrate Indigenous creativity in a major Vancouver fashion event

Applications are now open.
Apply through the VIFW official website.

Authentic Representation & Cultural Responsibility

VIFW is dedicated to:

• Challenging stereotypes

• Reclaiming Indigenous fashion narratives

• Supporting sustainable and ethical fashion

• Elevating Indigenous designers and models

• Encouraging responsible consumption and production practices in the industry

Every runway and performance is presented with care, respect, and cultural integrity.

Ticket Information

Tickets for all four nights are available now through the VIFW website.
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