At early Celebrations in the 1980s, Dorothy Grant\u2019s clothing designs were already a crowd favorite.<\/p>\n
Grant remembers women asking her about the clothes she was wearing, not knowing that Grant had designed the clothing herself.<\/p>\n
\u201cWomen were pulling me into the bathroom wondering where I got my clothes from,\u201d Grant recalled, \u201cand then buying it off my back.\u201d<\/p>\n
[PHOTOS: Native Fashion Show<\/a>]<\/p>\n More than 30 years later, Grant was again a crowd favorite at Celebration, as her designs in Friday night\u2019s Native Fashion Show at Centennial Hall earned a roaring applause from the standing-room-only crowd. Grant, a Haida who was raised in Ketchikan, now lives in Canada and has earned international acclaim<\/a> for her artwork.<\/p>\n Grant was one of more than a dozen designers who were represented in Friday\u2019s fashion show, which moved to Centennial Hall this year to accommodate more spectators this year. Prior to the show, a line stretched through the lobby and out the doors of the event center as people waited to get in.<\/p>\n For about half an hour, they watched, applauded, whooped, whistled and cheered as the show \u2014 directed by Amber-Dawn Bear Robe from Siksika Nation in Alberta, Canada \u2014 brought dozens of models across the stage in everything from wedding dresses to leggings.<\/p>\n Jimena Ramirez, a 10-year-old Juneau resident who wants to be a model, took the stage wearing an outfit designed by Crystal Worl. Ramirez, who is of Tlingit and Mexican descent, still wore her outfit and makeup out in the lobby after the show.<\/p>\n \u201cI like the clothes,\u201d Ramirez said with a smile, \u201cand it\u2019s just fun to strut down the runway and show the designs people have made. It\u2019s really fun.\u201d<\/p>\n One of the highlights of the show was a dress that came all the way from Maine \u2014 though the inspiration for it is from even farther away than that.<\/p>\n