Romania will ask Louis Vuitton to acknowledge the heritage of its fashion design

A file picture shows women wearing Romanian traditional blouses. Romania's minister of culture says she will request the luxury French fashion house to acknowledge that the clothing directly inspired items in one of its 2024 collections. Photo: AP

Romania’s minister of culture says she will ask French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton to acknowledge that a traditional Romanian blouse directly inspired items in one of its 2024 collections.

"We will request that Louis Vuitton recognise the heritage and cultural value of the traditional blouse model with ribbons,” Raluca Turcan wrote on Facebook late Monday (June 4), adding that it’s an opportunity for international recognition of the "inestimable value” of Romanian tradition.