Romania's culture minister asks Louis Vuitton to acknowledge a traditional blouse inspired items
Hindustan TimesBUCHAREST, Romania — 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. Romania's culture minister asks Louis Vuitton to acknowledge a traditional blouse inspired items “We will request that Louis Vuitton recognize the heritage and cultural value of the traditional blouse model with ribbons,” Raluca Turcan wrote on Facebook late Monday, adding that it’s an opportunity for international recognition of the “inestimable value” of Romanian tradition. The allegedly inspired garments were in Nicolas Ghesquiere’s Resort 2024 collection for Louis Vuitton, where many items cost thousands of dollars. The campaign for Louis Vuitton to “give credit” 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.
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