Adidas and designer Willy Chavarria apologize after Oaxaca-inspired sandal sparks cultural appropriation backlash in Mexico What began as a tribute to tradition has left Adidas and designer Willy Chavarria facing accusations of cultural appropriation. The sportswear giant and the Mexican-American creative have apologized a...

Adidas and Willy Chavarría’s Oaxaca sandal is walking straight into Mexico’s cultural appropriation debate—would a true collaboration have changed the outcome? 👟🇲🇽 # #Adidas #WillyChavarria #OaxacaSlipon #CulturalAppropriation #Mexico