Overview

• Adidas issued a public apology stating the Oaxaca Slip-On is based on a traditional design from Villa Hidalgo Yalálag.
• Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum demanded the product be withdrawn and signaled possible legal action.
• Adidas Mexico’s legal head, Karen González, traveled to the village to deliver apologies in person at a community event.
• Designer Willy Chavarría said he was deeply sorry for not developing the model in collaboration with the Oaxacan community.
• The shoes remained listed in Adidas catalogs as of the latest reporting, even as local artisans stress the craft’s economic importance and note the model was produced in Southeast Asia.