Zara's Swastika Handbag
Spanish fashion chain Zara has withdrawn a handbag from its stores after a customer in Britain complained swastikas were embroidered on it.
Zara, owned by the world's second largest fashion retailer Inditex, said it did not know the 39 pound ($78) handbag had green swastikas on its corners.
The bags were made by a supplier in India and inspired by commonly used Hindu symbols, which include the swastika. The original design approved by Zara did not have swastikas on it, Inditex said.
"After the return of one bag we decided to withdraw the whole range," said a spokesman for Inditex, which has more than 3,330 stores in 66 countries.
Zara pulled the bags after 19-year-old Rachel Hatton told Britain's Daily Mail she asked for a refund when she spotted swastikas on her bag.
Seriously, how did this happen??? You'd think at least an employee would notice while stocking and point it out! And who would make that embroidery in the first place???
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This is disgusting! Do you people not have any commonsense?
"And who would make that embroidery in the first place???"
The swastika is an ancient Hindu and Buddhist symbol of peace. It has been used for thousands of years as just that. In countries with Buddhist and Hindu influence, the swastika does not have the negative connotations it has in many Western cultures.
there is a difference between the two symbols, as the nazi's flipped it, and the one on the zara bag is a nazi symbol.