Generational Designs
Sewing parkas and gowns is a team effort for Coral Harbour designer Ujaraatsiaq Ningeongan and mother Elizabeth Ningeongan. After all, Ujaraatsiaq learned the trade as a young teenager through her mother. Ujaraatsiaq recalls her first completed project—a pair of wind pants—but it's her second creation that Ujaraatsiaq credits as the piece she’s most proud of. It was a silk and seal skin dress she made with help from her mother. “I would say that first dress we made [is my favourite piece] because it was a challenge to us,” says Ujaraatsiaq. “It had to be perfect. If we made mis...
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