Kolhapuri chappals

A shopkeeper shows Kolhapuri sandals to a customer at shop in Mumbai. File. | Photo Credit: AP Days after the Prada controversy about Kolhapuri chappals, and after a business body …

“What is this? Kolhapuri chappals? You want an injunction in a PIL?” asked one of the judges, grilling advocate Ganesh Hingmire, who had filed the petition. The case had been …

After facing backlash for showing sandals like Kolhapuri chappals, Italian brand Prada has admitted it was inspired by Indian handmade footwear. Lalit Gandhi, the president of the Maharashtra Chamber of …

Indians have been fuming over the “cultural theft” by Prada as its models walked the Milan Fashion Week ramp in Kolhapuri Chappals, which the Italian luxury fashion brand called “leather …