After the "plagiarism" incident of the horse noodle skirt, Dior has not responded. Foreign media: apologize may be useless

Jimu Journalist Song Qingying

Intern Yang Xingnan

The famous French fashion brand Dior was recently accused of plagiarizing the traditional Chinese costume horse -noodle skirt. The related topics of "Dior Plagiarism" caused domestic heated discussions, and Dior has not responded to this day. Foreign media reports that even Dior's apology may not be able to recover Chinese consumption. By.

Dior's suspected plagiarism skirt (picture source Dior official website)

CNN reported on July 29 that the plagiarism incident. CNN pointed out that although Dior said that the black fold wool and Mazhai hair blending fabrics were original "iconic Dior silhouettes", this skirt was almost exactly the same as traditional Chinese clothing horse -like skirts.

CNN also reported that Chinese students protested collectively near the Paris Dior flagship store to speak for traditional Chinese culture. The report said that they held slogans mixed with French and English, which read "Dior, stop cultural misappropriation" "This is traditional Chinese costumes." CNN contacted Dior on this issue, but the company did not respond.

CNN pointed out that this is not the first time that Dior has caused public anger in China: In 2019, Dior caused questioning in China for a lack of Chinese maps displayed at a campus preaching meeting and eventually ended with apology. In 2021, photographer In a group of photographs taken by Dior, Chen Man was accused of deliberately ugly asian women because of the female image he showed. He eventually retracted the photos with Dior and ended in an apology in social media.

Some foreign media pointed out that Dior is currently considering how to soothe critics, but it is not so easy to gain the favor of Chinese consumers again. Because many apologies are not sincere in the eyes of Chinese consumers, and once again apologize, it will be counterproductive.

Chinese traditional clothing horse noodle skirt (picture source CNN)

Horse face skirt, also known as "horse fold skirt", is one of the main skirts of ancient Han women in ancient China. History can be traced back to the Song Dynasty more than 1,000 years ago. Women became popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties. And opening, it is very suitable for horse riding.

At present, the Dior's official website has been removed on this suspected plagiarism, but Dior has not responded any response.

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