He has apologised over the Oaxaca Slip-on, inspired by sandals made by Indigenous artisans, after criticism from Mexico.

The Mexican president said Adidas was in talks with authorities in Oaxaca to provide “compensation for the people who were plagiarized.”

US fashion designer Willy Chavarria said Saturday he regrets that sandals he created together with Adidas "appropriated" a traditional design from the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca."I deeply regret that this design has appropriated the name and was not developed in direct and meaningful partnership with the Oaxacan community,