Emme Studio

Korina Emmerich founded her slow-fashion brand, Emme Studio, to “expose and dismantle systems of oppression in the fashion industry and challenge colonial ways of thinking.” She grew up in Oregon, where Pendleton Woolen Mills is based. As an Indigenous designer of Puyallup heritage (Washington State), Emmerich uses Pendleton fabric to reclaim Native American patterns.

Pendleton frequently stole designs from Diné weavers; this example includes the Spider Woman cross, seen in the chief-style blanket also in this case. Pendleton named this textile “Kiva Steps” in reference to the terraced steps of Hopi and Pueblo underground ceremonial rooms.