TORONTO—When the lights rise on the runway this November, one of Mnidoo Mnising’s own will be standing beneath them—needles flashing, fabric breathing, story stitched into every seam.
Tashina Migwans Odjig, who designs under the name Little Feather, will appear in the upcoming Crave Original series Project Runway Canada, premiering November 14. The new season reimagines the famed fashion competition through a distinctly Canadian lens, led by host and judge Coco Rocha, alongside Jeanne Beker, designer Spencer Badu and mentor Aurora James. Over 10 episodes, designers from across the country will compete for $100,000, a feature in Elle Canada, and the title of Canada’s Next Great Designer.
For Little Feather, whose work bridges couture and culture, this is less about fame than it is about reclamation. Her label, Little Feather Couture, draws from Anishinaabek teachings and aesthetics—each piece a meditation on lineage, transformation, and the act of survival as art. A graduate of George Brown Colleges Fashion Exchange Program and a two-time resident in the Banff Centre’s Indigenous Haute Couture residency, she brings to the show what fashion too often forgets: that beauty is not only made, it is remembered.
From the limestone of Mnidoo Mnising to the mirrored catwalks of Toronto, Little Feather carries her ancestors in every thread.
Project Runway Canada streams Fridays on Crave, beginning November 14, with the finale set for January 16. Keep an eye out—when Little Feather takes flight, she tends to leave the sky changed.
