Adidas and designer Willy Chavarria apologize to Mexican Indigenous community for ‘appropriated’ shoe
Mihaela Chircă
Mexico See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The sportswear firm Adidas and Mexican-American designer Willy Chavarría have apologized after a Mexican state accused them of cultural appropriation over the design of a new shoe. The “Oaxaca Slip-On,” billed as a collaboration between Chavarría and Adidas Originals, featured a woven leather surface, open heel and thick rubber sole. Officials in the Mexican state of Oaxaca accused Adidas last week of copying the “huarache”
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