Kent State University Vintage Sweatshirt with splotches that look like blood spark outrage

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19. UPDATE: Urban Outfitters Apologizes

For Its Blood-Red-Stained Kent State Sweatshirt

Washington Post: “Get it or regret it!” read the description for a “vintage,” one-of-a-kind Kent State sweatshirt that Urban Outfitters briefly offered for just $129. However, the fact that there was just one available for purchase is far from the most regrettable part of the item: the shirt was decorated with a blood spatter-like pattern, reminiscent of the 1970 “Kent State Massacre” that left four people dead.

...Here’s what the listing looked like before:



As outrage spread, Urban Outfitters issued an apology for the product on Monday morning, claiming that the product was “was purchased as part of our sun-faded vintage collection.” The company added that the bright red stains and holes, which certainly seemed to suggest blood, were simply “discoloration from the original shade of the shirt and the holes are from natural wear and fray.” The statement added: “We deeply regret that this item was perceived negatively.”

Well, that explains it, then -- they were just trying to sell a stained, discolored, frayed sweatshirt for $129 -- talk about regrettable! But the point is, see how much more sense things make when you calm down and wait until you have all the facts instead of leaping to wild conclusions?


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A listing for the shirt, with a starting bid of $550, popped up on eBay shortly afterward. User “kentstatesweater” posted a screenshot of appears to be his or her online receipt for the purchase of the sweatshirt.