Zara Accused Of Cultural Appropriation With THIS 'Check Mini Skirt'!

WTF Zara??
The Spanish fast-fashion retailer is currently selling a “check mini skirt” on its website that is simply described as a “flowing skirt with draped detail in the front” with a “front slit detail at the hem.”
When customers saw the garment, many believed it resembled a lungi, a type of sarong typically worn in South and Southeast Asian countries to combat the area’s intense heat and humidity.
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After photos of the “mini skirt” went viral, people on Twitter accused the brand of cultural appropriation, and for failing to highlight the garment’s inspiration. Oh, and the $90 price tag didn’t help either.
Angry social media users wrote:

If you need an argument as to why it’s important to have BAME people at every level in business and marketing, I give you the lungi-dads-skirt disaster by @ZARA where literally ANY Indian person could’ve pointed out in two minutes what the problem is with this ├░┼╕╦£ΓÇÜ├░┼╕╦£ΓÇÜ├░┼╕╦£ΓÇÜ
├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ Poorna Bell (@poornabell) January 30, 2018

Who wore it better? And yes Zara, that’s a lungi! pic.twitter.com/65KwCBxIDC
├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ Aaqib Raza Khan (@aaqibrk) January 30, 2018

The idea of someone buying a ├é┬ú70 lungi is qwhite funny. https://t.co/gXZl55PZcg?amp=1
├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ Megha Mohan (@meghamohan) January 29, 2018

Fashion is mad. Rs 6000 for a lungi. https://t.co/sWTvPLiKPl
├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ Smita Prakash (@smitaprakash) January 30, 2018

Now you can buy a lungi from Zara in the UK — for a mere 69.99 pounds
(It prob sells in India for 1-2 pounds)
Via https://t.co/PGQJUkAyTi pic.twitter.com/y495P3Qujj
├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) February 1, 2018

This isn’t the first time the company has been slammed for selling a controversial article of clothing. As we reported last year, the label produced a distressed denim skirt featuring an embroidered image of Pepe the Frog, a cartoon which now has associations to the alt-right.
In 2014, Zara received flack for selling a kids’ shirt that resembled a Holocaust prisoner uniform. The retailer later apologized, saying “the T-shirt was inspired by the sheriff’s stars from the Classic Western films.”
#EpicFail…
[Image via Zara.]