Niya DeGroat

Niya DeGroat is a fashion journalist and multidisciplinary creative based out of Flagstaff, Arizona. He is also a citizen of the Diné Nation from Mariano Lake, New Mexico.  

In May of 2020, he obtained his master’s degree in fashion journalism from the Academy of Art University with a focus on contemporary Indigenous fashion. His work has been published in Indian Country Today, Academy Art U News, Fashion School Daily, and Native Max Magazine.


He specializes in fashion-focused content including writing, social media, graphic design, branding, creative direction, styling, photography, digital marketing, and event planning & management.  You can find his creative portfolio in the drop menu to the left.

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Fashion School Daily •

Dynamic Duos

In January of this year, the team behind American retailer, Etsy, reached out to San Francisco-based Etsy seller, Dawn Kali, to participate in their seasonal Creator Collabs – an initiative that pairs Etsy creatives with powerhouse names to produce one-of-a-kind goods. Kali’s shop, initially called Dawn Discovered, now known as D&E Discovered, which features resort wear in bold prints and tropical colors, caught the attention of Nicole Richie, creative director for House of Harlow 1960. Not kno
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Designing Abroad: A Collection in Paris from Chelsea Grays

A year ago, 27-year-old designer and MFA graduate Chelsea Grays boarded a plane for Paris as part of a one year, scholarship-funded exchange program with École de la Chambre Syndicale. However, about halfway through her residency, COVID-19 disrupted all operations in Paris for three months. With no choice but to keep creating while adhering to rigid stay-at-home orders, she’s preparing to unveil a 27-piece unisex collection this week.
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Growing With the Flow: The Design Longevity of Ernesto Fernandez

“I grew up with the curiosity to explore and to create,” says designer Ernesto Fernandez. The 47-year-old School of Fashion alumnus has been staying busy designing table accessories for Von Gern Home while quarantined in New York City. “I am a creative consultant. I met the owner last year through a mutual friend. She needed someone to help her with color stories and new designs.” Prior to his position with Von Gern Home, and over the span of sixteen years, Fernandez spearheaded some of the wor
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Despite the emergence of Native Fashion, successful indigenous designers remain trapped in display cases

Growing up on the Navajo reservation, television was my only resource to the outside, American world. From Barney to soap operas to Oprah Winfrey, everything on the TV screen captured my imagination. Eventually, I started to notice something was missing: people who looked like me. Unless of course, I flipped the channel to a Western only to see John Wayne killing “savages” left and right. Except, those weren’t really Indians; they were white actors in red face and cheap wigs playing “Cowboys and

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