KTZ fashion under fire for using Inuit design without family’s consent – CBC

‘This is my great-grandfather’s sacred garment copied right down to the tee,’ says Salome Awa

The U.K.-based fashion label KTZ’s fall 2015 men’s collection includes a number of garments based on traditional Inuit designs and a sweater that appears to be a replica of a shaman’s jacket, which a Nunavut woman says was used without her family’s consent.

“I was in shock, I was furious, I was angry,” said Salome Awa, who works as a morning show producer at CBC Nunavut.

“This is my great-grandfather’s sacred garment copied right down to the tee.”

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