korina emmerich, co founder, producer, creative director
Korina Emmerich (Puyallup descent) is a celebrated fashion designer and artist, known for her sustainable brand, EMME Studio, founded in 2015. Emmerich’s designs blend textile with social justice, emphasizing ethical production, minimal waste, and the reclamation of cultural heritage. Her work has been featured in major exhibitions, including In America: A Lexicon of Fashion at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and at the Museum of Modern Art’s Weaving Together / Woven Histories : Textiles and Modern Abstraction.
Emmerich has showcased her collections at SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market, Santa Fe Native Fashion Week, Fashion and Arts Toronto, NYFW and Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week.
Co-founder of Relative Arts, a community space in New York City's East Village, Emmerich fosters Indigenous creativity and education. She has collaborated with institutions like the Hudson River Museum, RISD, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, ICA Boston and the Denver Art Museum. She has contributed to the development of multidisciplinary programs highlighting sustainability, ethical fashion and cultural reinvigoration helping shape the future of art and fashion.