Mexican-American clothing designer Willy Chavarria has apologized for an Adidas sandal that he created after being accused by ...

Mexican authorities have accused Adidas of plagiarizing Mexican artisans with a new sandal design similar to Indigenous ...

The sandal was created by U.S. designer Willy Chavarría for Adidas Originals. Its thin leather, braided straps bare an ...

The Mexican state of Oaxaca is threatening legal action against Adidas, accusing the footwear company of cultural ...

The brand's Oaxaca Slip-On was criticized by Mexican officials for copying design elements present in Mexican Huarache ...

Willy Chavarria responds to cultural appropriation accusations. Designer Willy Chavarria publicly apologized to the Oa ...

On August 13, 2025, Stray Kids released the new teaser for CREED, a track from their upcoming album Karma. The teaser offered ...

Piers Morgan thinks Beyonce copied Marilyn Monroe's swag in her Levis advertisement. Read that ridiculousness again ...

What is cultural appropriation? If you’re searching for a concise definition, it’s more complicated than most. In many cases, it’s better explained through example. Take Utah teen Keziah ...

We see cultural appropriation in the media all the time. It’s Selena Gomez wearing a bindi in her “Come and Get It” music video (and in several photo ops that followed).

A more recent example of clearly unethical cultural appropriation and exploitation of Indigenous cultures for profit came to the fore in 2021 when the government of Mexico accused clothing ...