Romania's minister of culture says she will ask French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton to acknowledge that a traditional Romanian blouse directly inspired items in one of its 2024 collections.
바카라We will request that Louis Vuitton recognize the heritage and cultural value of the traditional blouse model with ribbons,바카라 Raluca Turcan wrote on Facebook late Monday, adding it's an opportunity for international recognition of the 바카라inestimable value바카라 of Romanian tradition.
The blouse in question is known in Romanian as an 바카라IE바카라 (pronounced 바카라E-eh바카라), which typically has intricate embroidery and tassels and is widely recognized as a symbol of the country's rich folk culture. In 2022, the garments with a specific style of embroidery were added to a UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage.
Louis Vuitton did not immediately respond to questions sent by The Associated Press.
The allegedly inspired garments were in Nicolas Ghesquiere's Resort 2024 collection for Louis Vuitton, where many items cost thousands of dollars (euros).
The campaign for Louis Vuitton to 바카라give credit바카라 to Romanian heritage was launched on Sunday by the online community La Blouse Roumaine, which has long urged fashion houses to credit collections that appropriate traditional clothing.
바카라We need to protect our intangible cultural heritage. It's our cultural right to express our identity through these garments, through these traditional costumes,바카라 Andreea Diana Tanasescu, the founder of La Blouse Roumaine, told the AP. 바카라They are part of Romanian history.바카라
The outcry is not the first of its kind in Romania. In 2017, U.S. designer Tory Burch changed the description of one of her designs, a traditional Romanian-style coat, after her brand angered thousands of Romanians for marketing it as a garment inspired by Africa. Burch said they had "missed a reference to a beautiful Romanian coat which inspired one of the pieces".
