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T* 31-08-2014 07:05 PM

Zara removes 'Sheriff' Pyjamas
 
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The “Sheriff” striped pyjamas before Zara removed the item from sale. Photograph: Screenshot
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.

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.
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What were the designers thinking!?
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Liam- 31-08-2014 07:06 PM

Stripes are ugly anyway.

Marc 31-08-2014 07:07 PM

Jews would never shop in Zara though. Too expensive

Jake. 31-08-2014 07:07 PM

Anne-Frankly, I don't blame them

JoshBB 31-08-2014 07:07 PM

That's awkward, not really a serious debate though. :laugh:

T* 31-08-2014 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Marc (Post 7230096)
Jews would never shop in Zara though. Too expensive

omfg

JoshBB 31-08-2014 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Marc (Post 7230096)
Jews would never shop in Zara though. Too expensive

lol jewish people tend to be richer than the average person, the banks are owned by jewish people.

Benjamin 31-08-2014 07:10 PM

Other than the star they have no resemblance. The stripes are not even in the same direction for God's sake. Some people have too much time on their hands to moan about ****.

T* 31-08-2014 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by JoshBB (Post 7230100)
That's awkward, not really a serious debate though. :laugh:

It's news though. Serious Debates & News

Kizzy 31-08-2014 07:16 PM

It wasn't intentional, fair play to them for removing them at a considerable loss to them to protect the feeling of those it could have upset though.

JoshBB 31-08-2014 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom! (Post 7230121)
It's news though. Serious Debates & News

Whoops, didn't notice that.

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Fetch The Bolt Cutters 31-08-2014 07:21 PM

really interesting and very cool

Smithy 31-08-2014 07:23 PM

Some people are so over sensitive. Jesus Christ

Northern Monkey 31-08-2014 08:33 PM

Looks nothing like it apart from having a star on it.

Ammi 31-08-2014 09:29 PM

..they could just change the star to something else and leave it on the shelf ....

Cal. 31-08-2014 11:54 PM

Horizontal stripes are a big no no, they make you look fat

lily. 01-09-2014 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Benjamin (Post 7230114)
Other than the star they have no resemblance. The stripes are not even in the same direction for God's sake. Some people have too much time on their hands to moan about ****.

This.

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Originally Posted by Who Is She? (Post 7231658)
Horizontal stripes are a big no no, they make you look fat

lol... they are for age 3 months to 3 years. I'm pretty sure at that age, nobody cares about looking fat.

Z 01-09-2014 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by lily. (Post 7232006)
lol... they are for age 3 months to 3 years. I'm pretty sure at that age, nobody cares about looking fat.

Well I hope you and your concentration camp outfit wearing chubby baby don't win at the toddler pageant :hmph:

Ninastar 14-09-2014 12:28 PM

jewist:

Well, I never thought I would see someone try to recreate what people wore in the concentration camps in WWII and why they would try to make it trendy is beyond me. This is absolutely disgusting. I am sick to my stomach. As a Jew, this is incredibly offensive. Who the hell would ever think this is cute and fashionable? I used to like Zara, but after this I am never shopping there again. **** Zara this is utterly disgusting.

24,000 notes on tumblr... LOL

Livia 15-09-2014 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by JoshBB (Post 7230112)
lol jewish people tend to be richer than the average person, the banks are owned by jewish people.

Jezuz... what a strange post.

I'm amazed that these pyjamas got as far as they did without someone saying, hang on... doesn't anyone see a small design fault here?

Ninastar 15-09-2014 07:16 PM

i can see them looking similar, but I honestly don't think it was done intentionally...

I can't see someone being like, 'this is what millions of people wore when they died!!!! lets make them into pyjamas to piss people off!!!!!11'

more of an ignorant error IMO

Livia 15-09-2014 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninastar (Post 7270528)
i can see them looking similar, but I honestly don't think it was done intentionally...

I can't see someone being like, 'this is what millions of people wore when they died!!!! lets make them into pyjamas to piss people off!!!!!11'

more of an ignorant error IMO

I don't think for a minute there was any intent. But I have relatives still living who were in the camps, in the scheme of things it wasn't that long ago. Yet it seems it's being forgotten. I think that's sad... and dangerous.

Kyle 15-09-2014 07:30 PM

I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed but when I saw that picture of the shirt at the top I figured where it was going. Surely at least someone would have pulled the design team aside and had a word? :shrug:

Ninastar 15-09-2014 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Livia (Post 7270535)
I don't think for a minute there was any intent. But I have relatives still living who were in the camps, in the scheme of things it wasn't that long ago. Yet it seems it's being forgotten. I think that's sad... and dangerous.

I totally agree with you... It's a shame really

I posted the tumblr thing because they take offence to anything on that website... I didn't think it was funny how it was related to the concentration camps!

Kizzy 15-09-2014 11:35 PM

You think the design team would have noticed it looks nothing like a sheriffs outfit too...


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