Zara T-shirts like the one worn by pop star Bad Bunny during the Super Bowl have surfaced on resale platforms with asking prices in the thousands of euros, hours after the garments were distributed to staff at the world’s largest fashion retailer.
The tops were handed out on Monday (Feb 9) to a limited number of employees at Inditex SA, Zara’s parent company, following Bad Bunny’s show on Sunday (Feb 8).
T-shirts accompanied with a thank-you note from the artiste have appeared on resale platforms including Vinted and eBay, with some sellers asking as much as €30,000 (approximately RM139,850).
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A spokesperson for Arteixo, Spain-based Inditex declined to comment on the resales.
Zara collaborated with Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, "purely to help make Benito’s vision complete”, according to a statement.
It dressed his dancers, band and orchestra as well, without any plan to sell the outfits commercially, the company said.
The eye-catching amounts in the listings underline a shift in Zara’s brand positioning. Inditex’s flagship label has spent years pushing upmarket, raising prices and partnering with designers and cultural figures in a bid to move the fast-fashion brand closer to the world of high fashion and celebrity.
Bad Bunny’s role in the Super Bowl also underscores Zara’s growing cultural reach in the US, a key market for the group, where the artiste’s influence spans Latino and non-Latino consumers alike.
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Zara is investing in large-format flagship stores in key US cities like New York, Los Angeles and Miami, using new openings, renovations and relocations to create premium, digitally-infused shopping experiences.
Inditex announced in December that it would bring Zara’s sister brand Bershka to the US, with two stores set to open in Miami in 2026. The brand targets teens and young adults with casual, more affordable looks.
Higher end brand Massimo Dutti opened a store in the US recently. – Bloomberg
