American Indian fashion show with a traditional twist​

"Fresh, relevant and a little bit sexy" is how Karen Kramer, the Peabody Essex Museum's curator of Native American and Oceanic art and culture, describes its latest exhibit, "Native Fashion Now." The museum's collection of Native American artifacts is the oldest in this hemisphere and is one of the most important of its kind. Going beyond the present collection, this new full scale exhibition chronicles contemporary Native American fashions prompting reflection on cultural identity, politics and

"Fresh, relevant and a little bit sexy" is how Karen Kramer, the Peabody Essex Museum's curator of Native American and Oceanic art and culture, describes its latest exhibit, "Native Fashion Now." The museum's collection of Native American artifacts is the oldest in this hemisphere and is one of the most important of its kind. Going beyond the present collection, this new full scale exhibition chronicles contemporary Native American fashions prompting reflection on cultural identity, politics and…