Mexicans hail Paris designer amid cultural appropriation row

Italian designer Maurizio Galante gave a lesson Sunday in how to take inspiration from indigenous cultures without being accused of cultural appropriation.

With the fashion world shaken this month by the Mexican government threatening legal against New York-based label Carolina Herrera for “ripping off” native designs, Galante gave Mexican artisans top billing in his Paris haute couture show.

The courtier worked with Mexico’s top fashion institute and makers in 18 parts of the country on a collection which picked up on the ongoing sartorial dance between Aztec, Mayan and other native cultures and Europe.

With a Mexican politician and officials in the front row giving their seal of approval, he sent out trousers suits inspired by the Aztec god of learning Quetzalcoatl — the “feathered serpent” rendered in silk organza scales — and the jaguar diety Tezcatlipoca.

Each of his 21 highly-worked looks come with a spectacular halo of sun-shaped straw and metal jewellery made by indigenous artists Antonio Rendon Cornelio and Carlos Piedras………read more

 

Source: Yahoo News

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