This Indigenous designer’s gowns are turning heads on the red carpet and busting down barriers – CBC.ca

When etalkanchor Lainey Luiset foot on the Golden Globes red carpet wearing this gown,she instantly made waves and found herself on a number of best-dressed lists. The Telegraph, Buzzfeed, The Huffington Post and Queer Eye's Karamo Brownall raved about her look. Lui responded by saying, "I'm a Canadian-Asian woman and I wanted to wear an Indigenous designer's work." That designer is 25-year-oldLesley Hampton, who started her own clothing line three years ago when she was still in college. She joined q's Tom Power live in studio to talkabout how she uses fashion toworkthrough tough issues, from body positivity to mental health.

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