--- description: The latest in a long line of controversial retail choices title: Urban Outfitters Selling Tapestry That Resembles Holocaust Uniform image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc30b9a9598730a65/69877e86cd6848595d0999ec/urban-outfitters-tapestry.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Retail](/tag/retail/) ## Retail Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Urban Outfitters Sells Tapestry Similar to Holocaust Garb by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 10, 2015 9:24 PM CUT  A tapestry seen at an Urban Outfitters store in Boulder, Colo. A tapestry seen at an Urban Outfitters store in Boulder, Colo.Anti-Defamation League by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 10, 2015 9:24 PM CUT Clothing retailer Urban Outfitters is in hot water with a Jewish civil rights group for selling a tapestry that looks similar to clothing worn by gay men in Nazi concentration camps. The tapestry, which features gray and white stripes and several pink triangles, was being sold for $69 at an Urban Outfitters in Boulder, Colo., [according to the Anti-Defamation League](http://www.adl.org/press-center/press-releases/holocaust-nazis/adl-to-urban-outfitters-remove-tapestry-reminiscent-of-holocaust-garb.html "undefined"). The group said it wrote to Urban Outfitters CEO Richard Hayne asking him to stop selling the item, but the retailer [hasn’t commented](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/02/10/urban-outfitters-sells-tapestry-eerily-reminiscent-of-holocaust-garb/ "undefined") so far, the Washington _Post_ reports. “Whether intentional or not, this gray and white stripped pattern and pink triangle combination is deeply offensive and should not be mainstreamed into popular culture,” Abraham H. Foxman, the American Defamation League’s director, said in a statement. This is not even close to the first time the retailer has had a clothing-related controversy. In the past the company has sold a blood-stained [Kent State sweatshirt ](http://time.com/3377949/urban-outfitters-kent-state/ "undefined")and a T-shirt with a logo that looked like the [Star of David patch](http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/04/23/urban-outfitters-under-fire-over-holocaust-t-shirt/ "undefined") Jews were forced to wear during the Holocaust. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3703768/urban-outfitters-tapestry-holocaust/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3703768/urban-outfitters-tapestry-holocaust/"},"headline":"Urban Outfitters Sells Tapestry Similar to Holocaust Garb","datePublished":"2015-02-10T21:24:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:18:38.070Z","description":"The latest in a long line of controversial retail choices","url":"https://time.com/3703768/urban-outfitters-tapestry-holocaust/","keywords":["Retail","Holocaust"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc30b9a9598730a65/69877e86cd6848595d0999ec/urban-outfitters-tapestry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc30b9a9598730a65/69877e86cd6848595d0999ec/urban-outfitters-tapestry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"urban-outfitters-tapestry","caption":"A tapestry seen at an Urban Outfitters store in Boulder, Colo.","creditText":"Anti-Defamation League","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/retail/","name":"Retail"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3703768/urban-outfitters-tapestry-holocaust/","name":"Urban Outfitters Sells Tapestry Similar to Holocaust Garb"}}]}] ```