‘Indigenous fashion is blowing up and it’s overwhelming that I’m a part of it,’ says designer heading to Paris [Video]

A Manitoba designer is getting ready to see a collection of her designs on a Paris runway.

Alyssia Sutherland, owner and designer of Ally’s Ribbons, is heading to the city known as one of the world’s fashion capitals later this month for Paris Fashion Week. 

“It’s hopefully going to make a really big impression,” said Sutherland, who is originally from Peguis First Nation but now lives in Winnipeg. 

This is the latest opportunity for Sutherland to show her work internationally. Last year, her pieces were featured in Cannes and New York. Before heading to Paris, she’ll be in San Diego for a fashion show there. 

“It’s a very overwhelming feeling because having the opportunity to go, I never thought I would even get to these global stages,” Sutherland said.   

“I really truly believe that my ancestors and my grandmothers, my grandfathers and all my relatives on the other side, the …