Indian footwear sellers and artisans are tapping into nationalist pride stoked by the Prada 'sandal scandal' in a bid to boost sales of ethnic slippers with history dating back to the 12th century, raising hopes of reviving a struggling craft.
00:00Indian footwear sellers and artisans are tapping into nationalist pride, stoked by the Prada sandal scandal in a bid to boost sales of ethnic slippers with history dating back to the 12th century, raising hopes of reviving a struggling craft.
00:17Sales are surging over the past week for the Kolapuri sandals that have garnered global attention after Prada sparked a controversy by showcasing similar designs in Milan without initially crediting the footwear's origins.
00:30After viral photos from a fashion show drew criticism from Indian artisans who make the sandals, named after a historic city in Maharashtra State, Prada was forced to acknowledge that its new open-toe footwear was inspired by ancient Indian designs.
00:45The ones who are the normal workers, the Maharashtra workers, the workers of Kolapuri, who have been brought here for thousands of years, they need to get their royalty to get their royalty.
01:01If the branded chappal is given more in the amount and the level of improvement is given in Kolapuri chappal and is offered by Kolapuri chappal, I like to get the chappal.
01:14Prada has said it will arrange follow-up meetings with artisans.
01:31In a statement to Reuters on Tuesday, it added the Italian group intends to make the sandals in India in collaboration with local manufacturers, if it commercializes them.
01:44in a statement to make the sandals in India in Japan, the American Airlines group of Chinese, called the Shahbats and the Dutch-Songled
01:45in India, it added the 18th-Songled family in the Pacific-Songled family, and had a client to continue walking to the water with the river as the river as their leader,
01:48and a partner to continue walking to Central-Songled family in the same time for the river.
01:50In a statement to order, I think the current present is the number of history.
01:52In the statement of the American-Songled family, the American-Songled family, the relationship with local manufacturers in the sea,
01:55the American-Songled family part of the past, the international community, the American-Songled family, the other extension of the U-Songled family, the actualola of the Southernam, the Japanese-Songled family Amen.
