The brand is being called out for ripping off Indigenous textiles in its cruise 2020 collection.
, Mexico's Culture Secretary, Alejandra Frausto, sent a letter of complaint to Carolina Herrera, and its creative director Wes Gordon, for the use of Mexican Indigenous people's textiles and motifs in their cruise 2020 collection. Frausto wanted the New York brand to"publicly explain" their use of"patterns that are part of the worldview of peoples of specific regions of Mexico," without any alteration.
In particular, the Minister wanted the brand to"clarify whether the communities that carry these garments will benefit from the sales of the collection," which frankly is a rarity when this happens."The embroidery comes from the community of Tenango de Doria ; in these embroideries is the history of the community itself and each element has a personal, family and community significance," said Frausto in the letter sent this week asking for justification.
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