It All Started With a Chappal
From the Blog sonyarehman *By Sonya Rehman* British menswear fashion designer, Paul Smith, was in hot water this month. His smooth, jet-black leather sandals with their zany, strawberry pink trims, initially advertised as “Robert” on Smith’s website failed to credit Peshawar, Pakistan, as inspiration behind the chappals (sandals, in Urdu). The handsome, sturdy Peshawari chappals, made on home turf, have been worn by Pakistani men in the region for eons. Countless shoemakers – specializing in the popular sandals – have churned out variations of the much-loved chappals in Pakistan for decades. The footwear, therefore, proudly carries a metaphorical Pakistani watermark. For Smith and his team, it would have been common courtesy to give credit where rightly due. [image: Paul Smith's version of the Peshawaripakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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