Sézane controversies
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2022
Sézane criticized over filming of Zapotec woman
Issue disclosure
Sézane representatives filmed an elderly Zapotec woman dancing in a market in Oaxaca for the clothing line’s publicity. Mexico’s National Institute of Indigenous Peoples charged that the conduct undermined indigenous communities’ dignity and reinforced racist stereotypes; it said legal action was being considered.
Source excerpt
Sézane, a clothing line founded in Paris in 2013, dressed women in their clothes in the market at Teotitlán del Valle, in the Central Valleys region of Oaxaca, on January 8.
INPI said in a statement that the behavior of the Sézane representatives “undermines the dignity of [indigenous] peoples and communities and reinforces racist stereotypes about indigenous culture and traditions,” before adding that legal action was being considered.
A French fashion label attacked the dignity of indigenous communities by filming a Zapotec woman dancing in its new clothing line, the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples (INPI) charged.