The Italian luxury fashion house Prada made a misstep at this year’s Milan Fashion week.
Some of their runway models wore shoes that closely resembled Indian Kolhapuri sandals. But during the show, Prada never meaningfully credited the footwear’s origins. They’ve since issued a statement to the BBC acknowledging the Indian roots of the new footwear line.
However, today on Commotion, CBC News producer Joyita Sengupta tells Elamin Abdelmahmoud about how Prada’s “sandal scandal” is just the latest in a long history of South Asian fashion being appropriated by the west.
WATCH | Today’s episode on YouTube (this segment begins at 15:50):
You can listen to the full discussion from today’s show on CBC Listen or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts.
Interview with Joyita Sengupta produced by Jean Kim.
