Kent State Sweatshirt, "Holocaust Shirt" and More: Most Controversial Clothing Ever Sold

Warning: This story will make you groan, roll your eyes and wonder out loud, "What were they thinking?!"

After Urban Outfitters came under fire earlier today for selling a red Kent State sweatshirt with faux bloodstains splattered all over it, we were first outraged like everybody else who was reminded of the 1970 tragedy.

But then we started ticking off all the recent controversial clothes sold by retailers: Zara's children's top that resembled uniforms worn by inmates in Nazi concentration camps, or a purse embroidered with swastikas or Urban Outfitters "Eat Less" T-shirt. And our outrage tripled.  

And so taking all this information into consideration, we have to wonder if possibly the brand sees these controversies as a financial gain. It's also worth noting that Urban Outfitters only made one of the Kent State sweatshirts. "We only have one available and it can only be purchased by a single customer," reads the product description.

Kent State called Urban out for selling the sweatshirt knowing it would cause controversy. "We take great offense to a company using our pain for their publicity and profit," said the university in a statement.

Since so many of these controversial shirts have made the news recently, we're hoping that the jig is up. It probably will be harder now for brands like Urban to feign innocence after Twitter explodes with outrage.

Now brace yourself and take a look at our gallery of the most controversial clothing ever sold.