{"id":219671,"date":"2019-03-25T11:52:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T06:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=219671"},"modified":"2019-03-25T11:52:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T06:52:36","slug":"famous-italian-brand-makes-peshawari-chappals-and-no-one-is-amused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/famous-italian-brand-makes-peshawari-chappals-and-no-one-is-amused\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous Italian Brand “Makes” Peshawari Chappals and No One is Amused!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christian Louboutin\u00a0is doing his rendition of the Peshawari chappals and he’s calling it ‘Imran sandals.’<\/p>\n

This isn’t the first time a Western designer took the Peshawari chappal and called it something else. Designer Paul Smith called his\u00a0rendition of the formal footwear ‘Robert’ (can it get whiter than that?).<\/p>\n

We don’t know if Christian Louboutin named his rendition of the Peshawari chappal ‘Imran sandals’ after the Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (the pioneer of wearing Peshwari chappal with jeans trend), or whether they’re a homage to his dear Pakistani friend, artist Imran Qureshi.<\/p>\n

Here’s how it looks like:<\/p>\n

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Image Source: Christian Louboutin Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Christian Louboutin is Doing Peshawari Chappals<\/h3>\n

Besides the bedazzling brand campaign, this rendition of the Peshwari chappal has that signature red sole that Louboutin is known for.<\/p>\n

The shoes don’t have a price tag yet as they’re not featured on the Italian design house’s website.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, the images of this chappal were removed from Instagram. We wonder what prompted that reaction?<\/p>\n

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Image Source: Christian Louboutin Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not the First Time<\/h3>\n

Western fashion brands have been under fire over copying ethnic designs, and for indulging in cultural appropriation. This is just one of many instances where ethnic designs have been copied and replicated in the West and sold for exorbitant prices.<\/p>\n

A few years ago, Paul Smith did the same:<\/p>\n

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Image Source: Twitter screengarb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

English menswear designer\u00a0Sir Paul Smith\u00a0landed in hot waters back in 2014 when he too replicated these chappals, called the design his own and sold them in the market for a whopping \u00a3300. To top that all, he named the shoe ‘Robert’.<\/p>\n

Besides high-end brands and couture houses, fast fashion brands are also guilty of this ethnic\u00a0appropriation. Forever 21\u00a0copied Pakistan’s traditional Kohla-puri<\/em> chappal back in 2017.<\/p>\n

Look if you were really trying to appreciate\u00a0culture you wouldn’t try to baptize cultural\u00a0items and call them Robert (like a con-man).<\/strong><\/p>\n

We certainly hope that Christian Louboutin has learnt from its mistake.<\/p>\n

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Christian Louboutin\u00a0is doing his rendition of the Peshawari chappals and he’s calling it ‘Imran sandals.’ This isn’t the first time a Western designer took the Peshawari chappal and called it something else. Designer Paul Smith called his\u00a0rendition of the formal footwear ‘Robert’ (can it get whiter than that?). We don’t know if Christian Louboutin named his rendition of the Peshawari […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":219675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1298,1612,2199],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-219671","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture","8":"category-fashion","9":"category-featured"},"wps_subtitle":"Paul Smith tried and failed. Now it seems Louboutin will learn the same?","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LouboutinImranSandals-1-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LouboutinImranSandals-1-758x424.jpg",758,424,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LouboutinImranSandals-1.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Ummara Sheraz","categories_name":["Culture","Fashion & Beauty","Featured"],"title_text":"Famous Italian Brand \u201cMakes\u201d Peshawari Chappals and No One is Amused!","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=1298,1612,2199&exclude=219671","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219671"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=219671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}