From Abercrombie & FItch to Urban Outfitters, there’s just no limit to bad t-shirt design ideas. Here are 15 offensive t-shirts that have been removed from stores.
American Apparel Vagina Shirt (Getty)
American Apparel Wet T-Shirt (Getty)
Nike Boston Massacre The Nike Boston Massacre shirt was pulled from shelves after the Boston Marathon Bombing. This shirt was actually a commemorative T honoring the Yankees’ 1978 sweep of the Red Sox, but good sense prevailed.
Urban Outfitters Eat Less While this Urban Outfitters Eat Less shirt was pulled from the Internet, it remained available in stores. Ugh.
Topman Domestic Violence Shirt This shirt was removed from British store Topman when shoppers said it glorified and excused domestic violence.
JC Penney Too Pretty For Homework Shirt JC Penney came under fire when it tried to sell this girls’ t-shirt that declared the wearer “too pretty to do homework.”
Amazon UK Keep Calm Shirts BOTH of these shirts were available for a time on Amazon.UK. They were created by an independent seller and removed by Amazon.
A Pea in the Pod I Miss My Waist Shirt While A Pea in the Pod removed their other offensive t-shirt, this one bearing the message “I Miss My Waist” remains in stores and online.
Sears Don’t Make Me Kick You Shirt Sears shoppers weren’t too happy with this t-shirt which says “Don’t make me kick you in the fallopian tubes” and called it “Sears Smut.”