Zara pulls children’s t-shirt after complaints it was sexually ‘suggestive’

Zara has pulled a children’s T-shirt from sale, after mothers on TikTok called it out for being sexually “suggestive”. The white T-shirt reads “the perfect snack” and “the strawberry: a small burst of sweet joy”. On the back are two halves of a strawberry, one from inside and one from the outside with a caption that reads “take a bite” and “a burst of sweet delight, making it the perfect summer snack” and “the strawberry: a small burst of joy”.

A “snack” is a term informally used to describe a person who is sexually attractive, according to Oxford Languages. TikToker Laura Wilson came across the item while browsing the store at the Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent on Saturday 10 August. “I am not one to be overly sensitive about clothing, and this was in the girl’s section.

Just wait till you see what’s on the back. If you have bought this for your child, you need serious words with yourself, in my opinion. “I’m so shocked.

‘Take a bite,’ is it just me? Or is this just not OK? I would never have my girls in this T-shirt.” She went on to explain why she thought the garment was inappropriate for children. “It’s very suggestive.

This T-shirt was for a six to seven-year-old and I don’t think this is OK,” she said, according to the Daily Mail. “Where it says, ‘The perfect snack,’ this is very suggestive. You say, ‘That’s a snack,’ and that is quite suggestive of an attraction.

That’s how I took it anyway. “Ther.