Joleen Mitton is a former model in Vancouver who has started the city’s Indigenous Fashion Week. After a career as a model in Asian, Mitton’s influence is spreading in the fashion world in other parts of North America. Sonia Narang has this profile of Mitton from Vancouver.
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