Widely travelled, well educated and inexhaustibly creative, Patricia Michaels is a traditional Native woman addressing the world with often-outrageous style and powerful content.
The inherently innovative and culturally embracing nature of fashion parallels that of generations of Native peoples. It is, in part, this ability to adapt and move ever forward that enables indigenous cultures to survive. Michaels knows that to remain part of tradition, young people need to experience the thriving and evolving sophistication of their communities.
The originality of all Patricia Michaels clothing is achieved through printing, painting and manipulating fabric, by hand, in unique and experimental ways. This dedicated working method produces new and exciting textiles with which she creates garments that complement, caress and celebrate the female form at any age.
Each garment carries a tribal message directed at Native youth and popular culture as a whole. These messages maybe in the chosen materials, the cut of the cloth or the fabric designs. Her subtle subtexts speak to the modern world of a strong Native American pride.
