Mexico City: A new collection by luxury fashion label Carolina Herrera inspired by different Latin American holidays has sparked a complaint from the Mexican govt, which accuses that brand’s creative director of plagiarism and cultural appropriation.
The charges refer to the Carolina Herrera Resort 2020 collection, which the label says is inspired by a “sunrise in Tulum, the light of Lima, strolls in Mexico City...and the colors of Cartagena”, reports Efe news.
In a letter to the American-Venezuelan fashion house on Wednesday and its creative director, Wes Gordon, Mexican Culture Secretary Alejandra Frausto sought “an explanation for the use of designs and embroidery of native peoples”. In the missive, Frausto upheld “the cultural rights of indigenous peoples”.
