Zara promised you happy with its pants for the summer. Until they ended the “killer pants” label

Zara’s summer catalog it’s news. And for a reason that probably won’t be liked too much at the Inditex headquarters. Over the last few days, several TikTok users have published videos in which they report that by wearing one of their pants they have allegedly suffered falls and trips. There is no official confirmation or response from the company, but there are two undeniable facts. The first is that on networks you can find a good handful of videos on the subject that show falls and even injuries. The second is that the matter has escalated to reach media such as NY Post, cnn either Le Parisian. unexpected protagonist @cnn Some women are posting online about a pair of Zara trousers that they claim have caused them injury. People say the wide-leg trousers are so wide that they trip over them. CNN reached out to Zara, and they did not respond. ♬ original sound – CNN – CNN When a fashion brand launches a press, it expects it to leave its mark on the market, but due to its sales and success among customers, it does not. for its riskswhich is what has happened to some flowy pants Zara women’s clothing. The piece in question costs 22.95 euros and stands out for its design palazzo. Tight at the waist and with a loose leg, they are light, fresh and, above all, versatile. Depending on how they are combined, they serve both a casual and formal style. The problem is that, in this specific case, the designers seem to have opted more for aesthetics than functionality. According to shared videos by several users and media on TikTok, the pants are so baggy and long that when the person wearing them walks with them can trip. That is what several recordings published on the platform show and that can be found with the labels #zaratrousers, #zarattrousersdangerous either #deadlyzarapantsin which the garment is identified as part of the Zara catalog. In its official website At least one very similar garment can be seen. @camilariberaroca think a THOUSAND times before buying them @ZARA should have a warning on the label of these pants💀⚠️ #deadly #zarapants #falling #zaratrousers #fyp ♬ original sound – jojo.aitools Many of the recordings come from private accounts showing trips, often captured by security cameras. Some users even shows wounds supposedly caused by falls. Over the last few days, however, complaints they have been escalating until reaching international media, such as the chain cnn, Le Parisian, Telegraaf, NDTV, Metro, First Post either New York Post. They have also addressed the issue influencers with thousands of followers, like Shivani Khoslawho tried the pants in person two days ago. His piece already has around 14,000 likes. The Australian media Nine assures that in total they have been published more than 2,000 videos on TikTok about a phenomenon that some (including that same headline) have dubbed “deadly pants” either “murderers”. The truth is that the topic has generated a wide conversation on networks in which irony is not lacking. @gracewils0nx Thnx Tom for laughing after you’ve picked me up off the floor xxxx @tomorford2301 @ZARA #deathtrousers #zara #zaradeathtrousers ♬ original sound – € “There should be a Netflix documentary about them”, joke a user. Others slip that the garment should be sold “with helmet and knee pads” or, in a deeper tonereport the injuries that a bad trip can cause. From what the recordings show, the problem would be the design of the legsso long and loose that when you run the risk of tripping over them. At the moment neither Zara nor Inditex have commented on the matter. At Xataka we have written to both (both Zara and its parent company) without having yet received a response at the time of publishing this article. If this arrives, we will update the information. Images | TikTok In Xataka | It’s 2025 and millions of men around the world still refuse one thing: shorts.

The aging of its population is about to leave Japan without a key element for the nation: pants

Japan has entered a unprecedented demographic phase for an advanced economy: retirement mass of the generation that supported its industry coincides with a young one that is too small (and unwilling) to occupy the jobs that this economy requires to continue functioning. On paper, global demand for certain domestically manufactured goods has never been higher, but in the engine room, those who know how to produce them are aging without substitutes. Fabric turned into luxury. He japanese denimslowly woven, dense and dyed with natural indigo in repeated cycles, enjoys a moment of consecration worldwide: Dior, Balenciaga and other luxury houses incorporate it, celebrities exhibit it, the market projects grow more than 85% until 2035 and tourism (supported by a weak yen) triple sales in Kojima’s “Jeans Street.” For an industry that had been hollowed out by decades of cheap imports, the return of demand is not marginal but cultural: the value resides in the texturethe way indigo ages and in that kind of aura of exclusivity that results from real and not cosmetic scarcity. In fact, brands with Japanese only website and without direct export they increase that breath of rarity and price. Without a job when it is most demanded. The apogee has arrived when the productive base collapses: There are barely fifty artisans left in the founding heart of the japanese selvedgethe average age is close to seventy, and apprentices last months before giving up due to noise, heat, grease, discipline and slowness. Bloomberg counted that the skill curve is not linear: it takes six months to five years to operate the loom and up to a decade to maintain and repair it. With the master generation entering retirement and entrepreneurs without time to transmit the trade, continuity is broken by calendar, not by market. Ancient technology. The shuttle looms of the early 20th century (now relics) allow continuous edging what gives the “selvedge” and the density of the weave that produces an unmistakable drape, feel and aging in the fabric. Japan came to have 300,000 machines of this type. The problem? Today there are less than 400 operationsa lower third a single signature. To maintain them you have to remove pieces of other machines already stopped and work at a pace that doesn’t fit with today’s industry. They cannot be replaced by automation without losing exactly what the customer pays for: a finish that only time gives on a slow-made fabric. What is authentic is paid for. Plus: the one who pays For this denim you are not looking just for the feel, but for a product that takes time to make, that ages well and does not depend on the rapid rotation of fashion. In other words, this preference fits with the rejection of fast-fashion and a turn towards objects designed to last. The signs are many and clear: Levi’s sells “Blue Tab” lines for twice the price of a normal 501, Capital places jeans worth several hundred or thousands of dollars, and funds linked to the almighty LVMH they invest in Kojima brands. The problem of aging. Japan is getting older faster than there is time to teach the trade. The factories have plenty of orders, but they cannot get hire or train substitutes. The owners travel and manage, but they do not have hours to teach, and the machines will be lost due to lack of parts and hands that know how to maintain them. If the drift continues like this, the problem will not be a lack of demand but capacity: in about ten years (according to own manufacturers) this type of product will no longer be able to be made because neither the technicians nor the machines will be able to work. There are no shortcuts. The final paradox is that the boom of the sector It doesn’t seem like it’s going to save the job, rather it accelerate towards the limit: The more demand grows, the more it squeezes the few remaining hands and the less time there is to teach others. Thus, the world Japanese denim is faced with a disturbing choice: slow down the pace to transmit the trade (even if that means losing sales in the short term) or exploit the latest generation until it is exhausted, knowing that this would leave a product that will possibly disappear, not due to lack of market, but because no one will be able to do it anymore. Image | PxHere, Liface In Xataka | That Japan has 100,000 people over 100 years old explains a problem: they are literally running out of drivers. In Xataka | Japan’s aging has hit rock bottom with a devastating fact: more and more elderly people want to live in prison

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