I have the Red Raven scarf made by local Haida Fashion Designer, Dorothy Grant. The red raven seems ready to fly from a black background. Visible from a distance, it draws the eye. Raven sits on my white coat, every winter. I wear the scarf and look more at Ravens. And everywhere I look, I see Dorothy Grant's work. A prolific Designer, she has been creating clothing and jewellery since 1989. I have seen her here, at the Museum of Vancouver and at all of the Indigenous Fashion Weeks in Vancouver as well as one in Toronto. She has been a Member of the Order of Canada, since 2015. Here are her beautiful designs at this year's Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week. I love how the designs can call you from a sleeve or a cuff or a pocket or they can animate a whole dress or coat. This is statement, culture, ceremony, transformation and language, a visual world that calls us to observe and create.

Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week happens once a year and this was the fourth! It is 5 days of the best of Fashion, Art and Performance from established and emerging Indigenous Artists. Always well organized, it is a fine welcome to a must be seen celebration of Artists in our midst. Thanks to Co Producers Joleen Mitton and Pam Baker and their huge team for making this a great platform to showcase Indigenous achievement. Thanks to Bold Love for her Social Media expertise, ongoing support and for sharing these photos! Hats off to fantastic photographer Alana Peterson for the closeup details and for capturing the dance down the runway!

Dianna Drahanchuk, who frequently guests on Clothes Line Finds, interviewed Dorothy Grant, here.

When I was in Toronto at Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto, I posted about her in Harvest Moon.

At the first VIFW, in July of 2017, there she was, supporting that very first outdoor runway, right in the heart of Vancouver.

I look forward to seeing Dorothy Grant, at the next VIFW and of course, on my journeys to Seattle, Toronto, and in Vancouver. A raven will be nearby.