Tlahuitoltepec Blouse

White blouses with red embroidered floral patterns hanging on a line.
Alejandro Linares Garcia, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
A French company's sale of a traditional Tlahuitoltepec blouse at a steep markup, without benefit to its makers, is cited as a case of economic extraction built on cultural erasure.
The notorious case of the French company Antiquité Vatic taking a traditional Tlahuitoltepec blouse and selling it at an exorbitant markup wasn't just disrespectful; it was an act of economic extraction built on cultural erasure, sparking justifiable outrage.

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