STYLE
NEKIAH TORRES
– FROM THE REZ
TO THE CITY
Indian Country’s
Style Icons
Nekiah Torres, Jenna Herne and Crystal Szczepanski are all fashion and style enthusiasts
with one goal – to showcase their culture and
heritage through fashion.
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NATIVEMAX.COM MAY/JUNE 2015
Nekiah Torres,
Hopi-Tewa and a
member of the Colorado River Indian
tribe, always had
a natural interest
in fashion. “My
mom used to buy
fashion magazines
and the first time I
picked one up and
looked through It,
I was hooked!”As
a little girl, watching old Hollywood
glamour movies
with her grandmother inspired
her to be one of the
beautiful, elegant
actresses she saw
on screen. “Those
women looked so
well put together,
almost perfect. That
was foreign to me
because I’d never
seen any woman in
my hood looking
like that! Seeing
that made me want
to learn how to look
like that.” Yet, Torres
had a love for fashion but was located
on the reservation
where fashion isn’t
a common interest.
When Torres
moved to the city
from the reservation, she went crazy
for fashion. “If I had
to categorize my
style, I would call it
classically chic with
a touch of glam and
drama.” In an effort
to inspire fellow
full-figured fashionistas, Torres chose
to share her style
through her newly-established fashion blog, From the
Rez to the City. On
her blog, Torres promotes self-love no
matter what size or
shape her reader is.
“I do that by sharing
fashion inspiration
specifically targeted
toward the larger
women. Although I
blog plus-size styles,
I don’t believe that
style has a size.”
With From
the Rez to the City,
Torres archives her
daily looks and outfits of the day, and
shares her prayers
and favorite Bible
verses.