North Dakota’s Red Berry Woman receives Grammy

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – The Grammy Awards had been handed out on February 5, however not all winners needed to sing to obtain a trophy.

Couture designer and North Dakota native, Norma Flying Horse also referred to as Purple Berry Girl, was acknowledged on the Grammy’s for the Cultural Recognition Award. She says her ardour for sharing the historical past of her individuals with the world began out as merely desirous to create her personal clothes for particular occasions.

“My mother was the one to show me to stitch, my grandmother was the one to show me to bead. Like I stated, it was only for my very own cultural apparel, you recognize, as a result of I might take part in our pow-wows, our dancing, and I suppose it simply morphed into modern clothes slightly than simply conventional,” stated Norma Flying Horse.

Purple Berry Girl’s clothes has graced the runways of many worldwide trend reveals and red-carpet occasions together with Paris Style Week, the 2018 Oscars and the 2019 Grammy’s. She says she hopes her story can encourage younger kids to pursue their goals in trend and to expertise all of the doorways it might probably open for them.

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