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I feel okay stating that my favorite genre of fail videos are ones involving comical falls, because falling down for very stupid reasons and being incredibly relieved to not be witnessed is painfully familiar to me. (General pro tip: Don\u2019t wear clogs to a self-service car wash.) But I take no pleasure in the number of women recently brought down by Zara\u2019s flowy wide-leg pants, whose ultrawide hems and lightweight, silky fabric make it fiendishly easy for a walking \u2014 or worse, running \u2014 person\u2019s foot to get caught in a swirl of excess material.<\/p>\n

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TikToks with titles like \u201cThese trousers should come with a warning label,\u201d show wearers falling on the street, in parking lots, in their own homes, even in the hallway of a hospital shortly after being treated for an earlier pants-related injury. Other clips show bruises, scars, stitches and X-rays of broken bones along with cracked phone screens and ripped clothing. \u201cAs a tall girl, I thought I was safe from the Zara death pants,\u201d wrote one wearer after \u201cfaceplanting in the middle of the street.\u201d But standing still is no guarantee of safety either: One woman\u2019s hem got caught in the teeth of an escalator.<\/p>\n

Zara has not publicly addressed the disaster pants, and if history is any guide, it won\u2019t. The fast-fashion brand\u2019s voluminous list of controversies includes everything from dead rats, racist and anti-Semitic unforced design errors, offensive advertising, copyright infringement, size discrimination, sweatshop labor and employee lawsuits. The jacket worn by Melania Trump to visit migrant children detained at the Southern border \u2014 emblazoned with the words \u201cI DON\u2019T CARE, DO U?\u201d \u2014 seems to be the best distillation of the chain\u2019s business practices.<\/p>\n

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Legal experts have noted that consumers are unlikely to have any legal case against the retailer because the oversized dimensions of the pant legs put them in the category of obvious risk. And since the pile-up of injuries hasn\u2019t deterred women from buying the pants, it might just be that fashion victim is the real label of the summer.<\/p>\n

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