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bigtree

(85,998 posts)
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 11:12 AM Jun 2018

Other items sold by Zara- seller of Melania's jacket- mock the Holocaust, feature swastikas

Last edited Fri Jun 22, 2018, 01:24 PM - Edit history (1)

Charles Jaco @charlesjaco1 11m11 minutes ago
Melania's jacket made by Spanish company Zara. Other items they sell mock the Holocaust and feature both swastikas and the white nationalist mascot Pepe the Frog. So I'm thinking her jacket's statement was aimed at the kids. For Zara, hate seems to be a marketing tool. She knew.





Why Zara Can't Seem to Stop Selling Anti-Semitic Clothing
http://fortune.com/2014/08/27/zara-anti-semitism/
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Other items sold by Zara- seller of Melania's jacket- mock the Holocaust, feature swastikas (Original Post) bigtree Jun 2018 OP
dt hasn't given up his tax return yet... Crutchez_CuiBono Jun 2018 #1
Every maggot will want one. What was Melania paid to be a walking billboard for Zara? Wwcd Jun 2018 #2
Maybe it's the "Art of the Deal" and she got a free coat. justhanginon Jun 2018 #14
JHC.. you cannot make Cha Jun 2018 #3
K & R Wwcd Jun 2018 #4
Bunch a Really BAD actors. F string. Cha Jun 2018 #6
The jacket thing will be a boon to this company oberliner Jun 2018 #5
So we shouldn't talk about the jacket? Kingofalldems Jun 2018 #10
Exactly oberliner Jun 2018 #15
I posted an OP. Kingofalldems Jun 2018 #22
Really? ProfessorGAC Jun 2018 #11
It's pretty inexpensive oberliner Jun 2018 #16
Yeah, I Figured That Out ProfessorGAC Jun 2018 #17
Trump and his pals want the whole issue dropped. Kingofalldems Jun 2018 #19
This is one of the few things she wears that a normal person could afford. redstatebluegirl Jun 2018 #7
Daddy Donald must have cut her allowance. Necessary for NCjack Jun 2018 #8
Throw in some slave labor and IP theft and pretty soon you're talking real imfamy. Tactical Peek Jun 2018 #9
They're also notorious for ripping off designers and artists without payment or credit. So it fits Neema Jun 2018 #12
I'm running out of wtf's... dhill926 Jun 2018 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author itcfish Jun 2018 #18
So she was sending a message to all her good white nationalist fans struggle4progress Jun 2018 #20
Outrageous Johnny2X2X Jun 2018 #21
If it came down to wearing her crap raven mad Jun 2018 #23
Fascist fashion: Melania's passion Blue Owl Jun 2018 #24
 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
2. Every maggot will want one. What was Melania paid to be a walking billboard for Zara?
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 11:21 AM
Jun 2018

What a deal for the profiteers!
The US taxpayers picked up the tab for the Zara photo shoot..how damned convenient!
No overhead...

They exploited the humanitarian border crises for profit.

justhanginon

(3,290 posts)
14. Maybe it's the "Art of the Deal" and she got a free coat.
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 12:56 PM
Jun 2018

When you have turned greed into an art form as the trumps have, there is probably nothing free that is too small to take advantage of.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
5. The jacket thing will be a boon to this company
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 11:26 AM
Jun 2018

Not sure why so many people are helping that along.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
15. Exactly
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 01:06 PM
Jun 2018

It's a non-story. No need to make it one. Much more important things to talk about in my view.

ProfessorGAC

(65,068 posts)
11. Really?
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 12:37 PM
Jun 2018

You think people are going to pay designer prices for ugly clothes because people are talking about what a tool Melania is?

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
16. It's pretty inexpensive
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 01:07 PM
Jun 2018

That was part of what got people buzzing about it (since normally she wears such expensive clothes). Seemed like she was going out of her way to wear something she would never normally wear because of the message.

As far as brands are concerned, publicity is generally good.

My POV is: this should be a non-story.

ProfessorGAC

(65,068 posts)
17. Yeah, I Figured That Out
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 02:04 PM
Jun 2018

Being a tone deaf idiot is not a story. Being a tone deaf idiot as FLOTUS, is a story.

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
7. This is one of the few things she wears that a normal person could afford.
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 11:30 AM
Jun 2018

With that in mind they will fly off the shelves for all of the little deplorables.

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
8. Daddy Donald must have cut her allowance. Necessary for
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 11:31 AM
Jun 2018

her, as FLOTUS, to stoop to such crass commercialism.

Tactical Peek

(1,210 posts)
9. Throw in some slave labor and IP theft and pretty soon you're talking real imfamy.
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 12:21 PM
Jun 2018


Zara's unpaid workers have been leaving desperate notes in clothes

“I made this item you are going to buy, but I didn’t get paid for it”

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/fashion/fashion-news/a13305614/zaras-unpaid-workers-have-been-leaving-desperate-notes-in-clothes/



Fashion brand Zara accused of copying LA artist's designs

In the latest such case, Tuesday Bassen posted a comparison of her pin designs and Zara’s on Twitter saying ‘companies like @zara consistently rip you off’

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2016/jul/21/zara-accused-copying-artist-designs-fashion








Neema

(1,151 posts)
12. They're also notorious for ripping off designers and artists without payment or credit. So it fits
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 12:40 PM
Jun 2018

that Melania would wear Zara since she loves ripping off Michelle Obama.

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