• by Tanya Gazdik , July 20, 2026

The billowy, wide-legged pants from Zara have been dubbed “death pants” for a reason. 

“These pants almost killed me,” Ellin Costa from Canada told CBC News, after a fall in which she broke her wrist and cut her face. 

“There are many more videos on social media of people tripping and saying how they’ve been left battered and bruised, hence they’ve been dubbed the deadly Zara trousers or Zara death pants,” according to The Guardian. 

The retailer’s trousers are grabbing attention for all the wrong reasons.

“TikToks with titles like ‘These trousers should come with a warning label,’ 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,” according to Salon. “Other clips show bruises, scars, stitches and X-rays of broken bones along with cracked phone screens and ripped clothing.”

Even those who have had the trousers shortened have found them at risk, as the width of the leg is so wide, according to Firstpost. 

“While jokes of the ‘lethal trousers’ started as light-hearted, others have since claimed they have been left shaken in hospital waiting rooms with serious ailments,” according to The Sun. “Shoppers allege the injuries they have suffered include grazed knees, sprained ankles, deep facial cuts, split lips and lost toenails.”

Ghislaine Engel says her entire foot gets stuck in the bottom of the Zara pants.

“Walking back from a cafe, Engel juggled both pant legs and an iced coffee,” according to The Washington Post. “Her friend, who also works in social media, decided to film the scene. Engel posted the video on TikTok with the caption ‘Literally already broke my neck 46 times already.’ Engel assumed she was just clumsy. But the video garnered comments from hundreds of women who had been injured by falling while wearing the same pants.”

A representative for Zara did not respond to The Washington Post’s request for comment.