The long-sleeved shirt with horizontal dark stripes and a six-pointed yellow star on the left side of the chest prompted a storm on social media, with many people finding the shirt distasteful because it conjured up memories of the Holocaust.
"It was only on sale for a few hours, only online, it didn't hit the stores" said a spokeswoman with Inditex, which owns the chain Zara where the shirt was sold. "It was withdrawn this morning."
Now my favorite piece of spin is what the company claimed was their intentions all along. That is some finely delivered bullshit - because all cowboys wore stripped prison shirts with their Sheriff badges. GAH!!
Inditex said the shirt was designed to be part of a Wild West clothing theme and the star was intended as a sheriff's badge and had "nothing to do with the Second World War."
What's next? Shabby, ragged, slave clothing chic?
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6 comments:
How unbelievably crass and insensitive.
About slave clothing...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2632876/Sainsburys-accused-racism-dressing-MANNEQUIN-outfit-matching-lead-character-12-Years-Slave-stand-selling-DVDs-film.html
I remember that story.
I know it made me indignant at the time so I must have blogged about it.
I think it's a hilarious goof.
I can see numnuts who designed it, photographed it, without even thinking..
Then.., I see numnut consumers actually browsing and sayin', 'Hmmm, that would look super on little Katy.'
Hilarious.
Oy,Vey.
Glad the are catching a lot of heat for that.
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