{"id":232115,"date":"2026-01-11T05:52:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/232115\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:52:17","slug":"prada-after-backlash-takes-traditional-indian-sandals-to-global-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/232115\/","title":{"rendered":"Prada, after backlash, takes traditional Indian sandals to global stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"ArticleTag_articleTag__P1Zo7\" href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/business\/consumer\" data-trackable=\"primary-tag\" data-dark-mode=\"false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Consumer<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"NewsArticleHeader_newsArticleHeaderSubtitle__ZlvPp\" data-trackable=\"subhead\" data-dark-mode=\"false\">India&#8217;s commerce minister sees $1bn in export potential for popular footwear Kolhapuri chappal<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-main img-fluid ImageNew_imageNewImageResponsive__f1VTu\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/cms-image-bucket-productionv3-ap-northeast-1-a7d2.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/images\/6\/2.jpeg\" alt=\"20260110 Kolhapuri Chappals\" width=\"780\" height=\"auto\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"NewsArticleCaption_newsArticleCaption__fxo8v\" data-trackable=\"caption\" data-dark-mode=\"false\" style=\"display:block\">A variety of Kolhapuri chappals are displayed in a store in New Delhi. These traditional sandals\u00a0are believed to date back to the 12th century and\u00a0are named after the Kolhapur region of India&#8217;s Maharashtra state. (Photo by Kiran Sharma)<\/p>\n<p>KIRAN SHARMA<\/p>\n<p>January 11, 2026 10:25 JST<\/p>\n<p data-dark-mode=\"false\" class=\"Paragraph_paragraph__2p1wC\">NEW DELHI &#8212; India&#8217;s traditional, handcrafted leather sandals known as Kolhapuri chappals have hit the global spotlight with the luxury fashion brand Prada joining hands with the South Asian nation&#8217;s artisans for a &#8220;limited-edition collection&#8221; inspired by the timeless footwear, which is to go on sale in February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Consumer India&#8217;s commerce minister sees $1bn in export potential for popular footwear Kolhapuri chappal A variety of Kolhapuri&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[60369,146,7727,85,11436,46,9271,6566,16135,12420,17228],"class_list":["post-232115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-backlash","tag-entertainment","tag-global","tag-il","tag-indian","tag-israel","tag-prada","tag-sandals","tag-stage","tag-takes","tag-traditional"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}