‘Navajo Chic’ changes tradition to modern
Jeremy Yazzie and other area designers are now competing with a "Navajo-style" trend from major labels. © 2011 Gallup Independent / Cable Hoover

By Dalina Castellanos
Diné Bureau

WINDOW ROCK — Something familiar should have been strutting down the runways recently, as many fashion designers revealed their “Navajo Chic” collections this spring and summer, but wool and crushed velvet were nowhere to be found.

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