Indian shoe artists are upset with luxury Italian tag

The city of West India, the city of Kolhapur, thousands of local artists, traditional leather shoes, luxury fashion label Prada gathered in a luxury fashion label.

58-year-old Sadashif Sanka’s Dimly Lit Seminar, the rhythmic level of the hammer, the iconic Kolhapuri witnessed the hard grinding behind the skin sandal.

“I learned the craft as a child,” said BBC. The hard work of a day, this sandals only said that “eight-to-10 pairs” is $ 8-10 on this retail

The hardware of 5,000 artists in Kolhapur is still a profession – a cottage industry competing in a mechanized world, competes in a mechanized world in a mechanized world.

The Italian luxury brand Prada, when Colhapuri launches a surprisingly similarity to the sandals and releases a new line of shoes with a similarity of design origin – local artists armed.

The return was rapidly. Social media pressed flooded on charges of mastery In order to give a comment on Prada to admit the roots of sandals.

Now local politicians and industrial associations have taken the artists who want to better recognize articles and know better to recognize the cultural heritage.

Mr Sanake was not aware of the Prada show until the BBC did not show him a video. He said the sandals could draw hundreds of pounds in luxury markets. “Do you have gold in them?” asked.

Prada did not reveal a price tag, but other sandals are among the sustain in the UK in Britain in accordance with the website.

The earliest notes of Kolhapur sandals are the 12th century.

“These sandals were first developed by members of the marginal charm (cotton growing) community known as Chamars,” Kavita Gagrani, a history professor in the new college in Kolhapur.

Chamar is a PEORATORT CASTA term used to describe the dalits (previously recognized) with animal hide.

“But in the early 20th century, the ruler of the craftsman, Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj, was bloomed when he gave the royal patronage to this society,” he said.

Today, about 100,000 artists, Maharashtra Trade, Industry and Agriculture (Maccia), the famous industry trade group, Maharashtra Trade and Agriculture (Maccia), today, trading in an industry for more than $ 200 million.

However, most of them continue to work in unorganized devices under the conditions of digestion.

“I have never studied. This is what I know and I get $ 4-5 a day depending on the number of orders,” Sunita Sunita Sunita said.

Women like him, especially in the hand, they have not to be compensated enough for their work, but not compensated for long hours.

Therefore, the children of Sunita do not want to continue their art.

Colhapur’s famous Chappal Gully or Sandal Lane, which is a distance from a short distance from the workshop, is struggling to stay on the day – many of the sexigrones.

“The skin was very expensive and pushed our expenses,” he said.

Traditionally, the artists will hide the cow and buffalo to make this sandals. However, since 2014, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power, there are several reports that are so-designated protesters or activists, sometimes physically violent cows. The cow is considered sacred by Hindus.

In 2015, the Maharashtra state banned the sale and consumption of cow’s massacres and consumption, and pushed the production costs by relying on the buffalo skin from the neighboring countries.

Traditional sellers are fighting to compete with both market-pressing synthetic copies.

“Customers want cheaper sandals and cannot always say the difference,” he said.

Industry experts stress the need for a better institutional framework to protect the rights of disputes and artists.

In 2019, the Indian government geographically inhibit Kolhapuri (GI) – the sign of the originality, which protects its name and design, prevents unauthorized use by outsiders.

There is no compulsory law that stops the aesthetic imitation of other countries or brands on a global scale.

Aishwarya Sandeep, a Mumbai-based lawyer, said that India could be gathered under his visits to the World Trade Organization (aspects of intellectual property rights).

However, the system uses difficult, expensive and often in both India and abroad.

Mcia President Lalit Gandhi hopes that the organization will create a legal precedent for future cases, he said he planned to patent the organization’s Kolhapuri sandal design.

However, some of the real change can only happen when India begins to see the traditional heritage in a different light.

“It’s associated with ethical recognition. India must push for Royalty-sharing and brand,” said Ritu, a well-known designer. “We are proud of our culture, we will exploit.”

Of course, this is the first time in the global fashion brand is accused of embezzling Indian handicrafts.

Many large labels have concentrated Indian pieces and embroidery work with no artist cooperation. “Chikankari (a delicate hand patterned style in northern India), ikat (one piece of coloring technique), the mirror work; all are used repeatedly.

At the same time, Mr. Gandhi said that the approval of the Prada’s Kolhapuri sandals can be useful for artists.

“The value of the Kolhapuri sandals (Kolhapuri sandals) will increase under their labels,” he says. “But we want a part of the transition to artists for the whole of a part of this profit.”

Rohit Balkrishna Gavali, a sandal seller in Kolhapur, agrees – began to see the difference.

“The design used by the design Prada was not very popular, but now it says people, the United States and Qatar customers ordered the US and Qatar.

“Sometimes the disputes can help,” he said. “But it would be good even if he has respect and better prices for those who keep this tradition live.”

It is impossible to die soon.

For now, along with the cooperation between the luxury label and artists, Prada, Prada, Prada, was given in a listine court that requires paying damage to artists.

Prada told the BBC on the BBC in talks with Mcia in this issue.

Mr Gandhi said his head was a meeting in a meeting between next week.

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