Zara Fashions has crossed the line of acceptability according to some, referring to its new striped line that bears a yellow star on the left chest area. While the yellow star says “sheriff” on it, its resemblance to the concentration camp uniforms worn during the Holocaust is remarkable to many.
According to the Zara website, the shirts are designed for children from three month to three years-old.
In 2007 the company was forced to remove bags that were decorated with swastikas. The bags were removed from shelves after the company received angry complaints. A company spokesman claimed the bags were from a third party and the company was unaware of the presence of the Nazi symbol, which is commonly used in India as a Hindu symbol.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Ditch the stripes or change their colors and there shouldn’t be an issue. Stripes are common on shirts, I have a lot.
Did you ever see a Sheriff’s uniform like that? Maybe the prisoners they arrest but that is no Police outfit.
And of course the Swastika handbags had nothing to do with them…
It would help if you would report the entire story honestly. Zara immediately pulled the shirt and apologized profusely repeatedly. They have destroyed the entire batch of clothes.The handbags in question were also removed because they ‘resembled’ swastikas and not because they were actual swastikas.
One “mistake”, shame on them! Two “mistakes” shame on me (if I buy from them)!
Can we safely assume that Zara has an overt Nazi sympathizer on its design staff, and is ok with it?
If they want forgiveness and Jewish business, they ought to, from now on, offer a percentage of their profits to Yad V’Shem or an Israeli charity. Otherwise, they ought to become history in the minds of thinking Jewish customers.
Just so happened that they were manufactured in Turkey…..Hmm…
How many sherriffs wear striped shirts?
@6. Sheriffs where badges and kids wear stripes, so Sheriff Kid PJs will have stripes and badges.
Or Zara is shortsighted. Or they’re Jew-haters. Turkey certainly is.
The Leaders in European Fashion e.g Coco Channel were virulently pro nazi
((under the table many still are. Perhaps, it was a reaction to earlier jewish influence )
This has, unfortunately, been ignored by a generation of jewish women
crazykanoiy says:
August 27, 2014 at 8:44 pm
It would help if you would report the entire story honestly. Zara immediately pulled the shirt and apologized profusely repeatedly. They have destroyed the entire batch of clothes.The handbags in question were also removed because they ‘resembled’ swastikas and not because they were actual swastikas.
Pleeeeeeez. Lets not be enablers or out of touch. No company with anyone Jewish or anyone familiar with WWII, on the staff, would have allowed either product to go to production E V E R!
1. Not a single person on the design staff saw the resemblance BEFORE they went to production? C’mon.
2. I saw a photo of the pocketbooks. Hardly indistguishable. And Im quite familiar with the look of a Swastika!
we all need to blackmail ZARA
they are a company made from pure AVODA ZARA & need to be shut down ASAP
Can all the women can stop obsessing with Zara now?
There will be withdrawal symptoms for sure, but don’t worry, you’ll get over it.
Groisnaches #9 – you misunderstand my point. My point is that YWN is being dishonest by not presenting the fulll story. By reading the above article one would think that Zara is still selling the questionable item. If one feels that Zara was wrong so be it but report the facts accuratley.
From my perspecctive this isn’t about the striped shirt it is about the yellow star no matter what color or pattern the shirt.
The sheriff star is like a star of David except with rounded points, just like in this picture.
Does this show the need to always remain vigilant?
Boycott Zara
if the star was red no one would even think a/t was wrong w the top