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| Zara removes striped pyjamas with yellow star following online outrage | Zara removes striped pyjamas with yellow star following online outrage |
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| High street retailer Zara has pulled a striped shirt featuring a yellow star on the front on Wednesday after social media users likened it to the uniform worn by Jewish prisoners in concentration camps during the Second World War. | High street retailer Zara has pulled a striped shirt featuring a yellow star on the front on Wednesday after social media users likened it to the uniform worn by Jewish prisoners in concentration camps during the Second World War. |
| The striped “sheriff” T-shirt, aimed at children aged three months to three years, drew criticism for a design which featured white and blue stripes and a six-pointed yellow star on the front. The star itself had the word “sheriff” written across it, which was not completely clear in the zoomed-out images on the Spanish chain’s website. | The striped “sheriff” T-shirt, aimed at children aged three months to three years, drew criticism for a design which featured white and blue stripes and a six-pointed yellow star on the front. The star itself had the word “sheriff” written across it, which was not completely clear in the zoomed-out images on the Spanish chain’s website. |
| But from first glance, many people felt the shirt bore too close a resemblance to the striped uniform and yellow star Jewish prisoners were forced to wear during the Holocaust. | But from first glance, many people felt the shirt bore too close a resemblance to the striped uniform and yellow star Jewish prisoners were forced to wear during the Holocaust. |
| The new #ZARA Sheriff T-Shirt is somewhat #Holocaust ish in its design don't you agree? | The new #ZARA Sheriff T-Shirt is somewhat #Holocaust ish in its design don't you agree? |
| http://t.co/PY9RymfTc4 pic.twitter.com/EdQMghaXO8 | http://t.co/PY9RymfTc4 pic.twitter.com/EdQMghaXO8 |
| What were the designers thinking @ZARA ? http://t.co/SukupXR3XN pic.twitter.com/hzhcUbO0Kz | What were the designers thinking @ZARA ? http://t.co/SukupXR3XN pic.twitter.com/hzhcUbO0Kz |
| Oh #Zara, really? As if the text on your shirt 'White is the new black' wasn't bad enough. pic.twitter.com/wfww1RO8aA | Oh #Zara, really? As if the text on your shirt 'White is the new black' wasn't bad enough. pic.twitter.com/wfww1RO8aA |
| The shirt was available via Zara’s UK homepage as well as in a number of its international outlets, including Israel, France, Denmark, Albania and Sweden. Israeli journalist Dimi Reider was among the first to notice the resemblance. | |
| Writing on 972mag.com, he said: “It’s a SHERIFF shirt for your three-year-old. Obviously. What else could it be? | Writing on 972mag.com, he said: “It’s a SHERIFF shirt for your three-year-old. Obviously. What else could it be? |
| “Why, what else does it remind you of?” | “Why, what else does it remind you of?” |
| The retailer has since apologised, in several languages on its Twitter feed, and confirmed the shirt is no longer on sale. | The retailer has since apologised, in several languages on its Twitter feed, and confirmed the shirt is no longer on sale. |
| @eylanezekiel We honestly apologize, it was inspired by the sheriff’s stars from the Classic Western films and is no longer in our stores | @eylanezekiel We honestly apologize, it was inspired by the sheriff’s stars from the Classic Western films and is no longer in our stores |
| @christianmutter Wir bitten um Entschuldigung. Das T-Shirt hat sich an den Westernfilmen inspiriert und ist nicht mehr in Filialen verfügbar | @christianmutter Wir bitten um Entschuldigung. Das T-Shirt hat sich an den Westernfilmen inspiriert und ist nicht mehr in Filialen verfügbar |
| This is not the first time Zara has made an unfortunate design choice. In 2007, the retailer withdrew a handbag from its stories after one customer pointed out the design featured swastikas. | This is not the first time Zara has made an unfortunate design choice. In 2007, the retailer withdrew a handbag from its stories after one customer pointed out the design featured swastikas. |