Zara is under fire for selling a kid's T-shirt that resembles the uniform prisoners wore in Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
After causing an uproar on Twitter, Zara has removed the $22 "Sheriff" shirt from its website and 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
— ZARA (@ZARA) August 27, 2014"The mentioned T-shirt is no longer on sale in our stores," Zara's Spanish parent company, Inditex, said in a statement. "The design of the T-shirt was only inspired by the sheriff’s stars from the Classic Western films, as the claim of the T-shirt says."
The shirt didn't appear to be available on Zara's U.S. website, but it could be viewed on the Swedish and Israeli versions of the website on Wednesday morning.
This isn't the first time that Zara has been accused of selling anti-Semitic merchandise. In 2007, Zara was forced to remove a handbag embroidered with Swastika symbols.
Here's a closer look at the shirt.
Here are some of the reactions from around Twitter:
Un t-shirt de bien mauvais goût retiré de la vente chez @ZARA#zarapic.twitter.com/va3hiAxt47
— ChrístoTimotíje ن ヅ (@julliard38) August 27, 2014
What designer at #Zara thought this scream "sheriff" rather than "Auschwitz inmate"? Yes, this is real. pic.twitter.com/xqivZzbC9o
— Eylon Aslan-Levy (@EylonALevy) August 27, 2014
Oh #Zara, really? As if the text on your shirt 'White is the new black' wasn't bad enough. pic.twitter.com/wfww1RO8aA
— Wouter W. (@victorginori) August 27, 2014
What was Zara thinking? This is unbelievable. http://t.co/bUSBzAXmGe
— Joseph W. Roberts (@prof_jwroberts) August 27, 2014
Absolutely ridiculous. http://t.co/Tw82kJfnnc
— Glynn Sole (@glynnsole) August 27, 2014
Despicable. http://t.co/qkSzMRsiwG
— Manny Waks (@mannywaks) August 27, 2014