Within the long-running western trend in fashion — sometimes called “cowboycore” — cowboy boots represent a niche that deserves a closer look. A steady stream of collaborations has come to light in this category of late, mostly limited editions, involving specialist cowboy boot marketers as well as broader footwear brands. Country singers have been particularly […]
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Collaboration, Not Appropriation
By Karen Raugust on November 14, 2022 in Demographic groups, Design and content themes, Diversity/Inclusion, Fashion, Licensing
Last month, the wife of Mexico’s president alleged that the Ralph Lauren fashion label had plagiarized a number of designs associated with Mexico’s indigenous Contla and Saltillo communities. The brand said it had thought all such goods had been removed from retail stores a few months earlier, when it had first recognized the issue, and […]