Retailer 'not sure the issue is so serious' as to warrant withdrawing the items
'This is Hong Kong, and Chinese people are not sensitive about Nazism,' marketing manager Deborah Cheng said after the company's managers met last night. 'If you grab 10 young people from the street and ask them if they know what Nazism is, I bet you none of them would answer 'yes'.
'People should not be too sensitive. It is simply the creative work of a very politically ignorant and insensitive designer,' she added.
Izzue.com was still considering whether it was necessary to recall the garments emblazoned with symbols and references to dictator Adolf Hitler, Ms Cheng said.
'We're not sure that this issue is so serious that we have to have the whole thing pulled.'
Since the South China Morning Post reported the fashion chain's salute to Nazism last week, dozens of complaints about the store have poured in from across the world. Discussion groups have been set up online by people outraged by the incident, and people continue to make their views known to the Post, the clothing chain, and the German and Israeli consulates in Hong Kong.