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Louis Vuitton accused of cultural appropriation of Romanian blouse
Minister of culture says she will ask French fashion house to acknowledge heritage after it produced similar garment
It’s our cultural right to express our identity through these garments, through these traditional costumes,” Andreea Diana Tanasescu, the founder of La Blouse Roumaine, told Associated Press. The Blouse Roumaine shop, established in 2013 to allow artisans to sell their products, went further, accusing the French fashion house of “cultural appropriation” and calling on it to give credit to the source of its inspiration. While designer pieces often sell for exorbitant prices, they “strip away the cultural significance, authenticity and the stories woven into each thread by the hands of skilled Romanian artisans”, it added.
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