Liquid-Filled Bubble Patch Girls' T-Shirts Recalled by GUESS?
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 31, 1999
Release # 99-165
Company Phone Number: (800) 347-1466 CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Nychelle Fleming, (301) 504-7063
CPSC, GUESS? Inc. Announce Recall of Liquid-Filled Bubble Patch Girls'
T-Shirts
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), GUESS? Inc., of Los Angeles, Calif., is recalling
about 78,000 liquid-filled bubble patch t-shirts. The liquid in the
vinyl bubble patch contains a petroleum distillate. If the bubble patch
is punctured or leaks, the petroleum distillate can be harmful if
ingested.
CPSC and GUESS? are not aware of any injuries involving these t-
shirts. This recall is being conducted to prevent the possibility of
injuries.
These girls' t-shirts have vinyl bubble patches in three different
shapes: a heart, a circle and a rectangle. The heart-shaped bubble
measures about 4 inches by 3 inches, has the "GUESS girl!" logo in blue
frost, blue bell or red, and contains liquid and glitter. The round-
shaped bubble patch, about 4 inches in diameter, has a red heart inside
the circle, and is surrounded by blue liquid with the GUESS logo. Two
rectangular patches containing dual color liquid of either yellow and
blue or purple and blue, with the GUESS logo in black lettering. All the
logos are applied to the front of various colored t-shirts. The collar
label reads, "GUESS? girls" or "GUESS USA." They were sold in girls
sizes small through extra large.
GUESS? Inc. and other clothing stores nationwide sold the t-shirts
from June 1997 through March 1999 for $10 to $26, depending on the
style.
Consumers should immediately stop wearing these t-shirts, and
return them to the store where purchased for a refund. For more
information, call GUESS? at (800) 347-1466 between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30
p.m. PDT Monday through Friday, or write to GUESS? Inc., 1444 South
Alameda St. Los Angeles, CA 90021, (ATTN: Customer Service Dept.).