Mexico Accuses Zara, Anthropologie, Patowl Of Cultural Appropriation

Global fashion brands Zara, Anthropologie and Patowl are accused of cultural appropriation for using indigenous patterns from Mexico. The Mexican cultural ministry has written to all the companies asking "public explanation on what basis it could privatize collective property." Reportedly, the companies copied patterns from various indigenous communities. Notably, the Mexican government, in 2019 also accused fashion brand Carolina Herrera of imitating patterns of endemic communities.