MINNEAPOLIS – Suni Lee landed a gold medal — and a secure place in the hearts of millions. The 18-year-old St. Paul phenom is now a household name in Minnesota and beyond. That means we’re celebrating ...

High fashion couture and traditional Hmong design intermingled at the über-chic Fresh Traditions IV fashion show Sunday night at the Varsity Theater. A celebration of community and culture was in full ...

Toua Xiong, Latda Lig Xiong, Clare Huttman Yang and Nou Vang pose for a photo after arriving in the U.S. ahead of the Hmong Thai Fashion Show on April 29, 2023 in St. Paul, Minn. When it comes to ...

Era Brand is one of the six brands that will be featured in the Hmong Thai Fashion Show in St. Paul on Saturday. Emily Bright: Well, happy Minnesota Fashion Week to all those who celebrate. An ...

The living room of Sai Chang’s apartment in St. Paul doubles as a workspace – filled with colorful fabrics, pin cushions, a sewing machine and completed works from her Essee design label. A few years ...

Folk art is fascinating because it reveals cultural mysteries and primitive beauties as only unschooled artists can. “Pa ndau” – or flower cloth – is a kind of folk art that is part of the traveling ...

As a young girl, Beth Yang watched her mother labor over a sewing machine for hours stitching clothes for Yang and her six siblings. Once Beth was old enough Mao Thao taught her to sew. Thao showed ...

WAUSAU – Jackson Yang struggled to figure out who he was when he was a kid. Yang is Hmong, and his family settled in Wisconsin after fleeing the violence that splintered their home country of Laos in ...