Naiomi Glasses facts for kids

Naiomi Glasses is an American (Diné) textile artist and skateboarder who uses social media to represent indigenous culture.

Life

Glasses is from Rock Point, Arizona. She was bullied as a child due to bilateral cleft lip and cleft palate. Glasses' older brother taught her how to skateboard at the age of 5.

Using social media Glasses has advocated for the construction of a skate park in Two Grey Hills, Newcomb, New Mexico. She features traditional Diné fashion in her skateboarding TikToks. Glasses raises sheep for wool used in her weaved rugs and purses. She uses social media to share and represent indigenous culture. She is a turquoise collector.

In a first for the fashion industry and indigenous collaboration, she was selected as first artist-in-residence for a series of Ralph Lauren capsule collections.