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Daily News… $500 PAUL SMITH DESIGNER ‘CHAPPALS’ AMUSE PAKISTANIS Pakistan’s chattering classes took to social media on Monday to berate the fashion house for «stealing» the design of Peshawari chappals for its «Robert» sandal, priced at 300 pounds ($500). But in the markets of Peshawar, the rugged northwestern city from where the hardy chappal originates, shopkeepers were more concerned that the British designer known for his signature multicoloured stripe was behind the times. «This design is outdated. Some people in their 60s or 70s ask for that design sometimes,» Kamran Khalil of the city’s Shoe Shop told AFP. The high-gloss black leather, thin sole and open toe of the Paul Smith sandal have long been out of favour in Peshawar, Farhad Ullah, whose family have been making shoes in Peshawar for 70 years, explained. «Only some retired military or police officials come and ask us to make it for them.» The chappal is ubiquitous in Pakistan, loved by all social classes for its comfort and durability, and normally sells for between $5 and $20 dollars. There was astonishment that the Paul Smith version, which comes with a thin neon pink stripe along the side, could cost so much more. «I’d say you’d have to be mad to pay 50,000 rupees for chappals, when you can get them for 1,500 to 2,000,» chappal-wearer Mansoor Khan, 46, told AFP. But Zahir Shah, 35, manager of the Style Collection chappal shop in Peshawar, defended the high price tag. «If you want to buy a cricket bat used by Shahid Afridi or Sachin Tendulkar, you have to pay millions for it,» he said. «The price is not high because of the wooden bat but due to the name of Afridi or Tendulkar, and so Paul Smith is selling his name.» After a day of Twitter outrage and an online petition, the Paul Smith website changed the product description to say the sandal was «inspired by the Peshawari chappal».
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