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CPSC, Lands’ End, Inc., Announce Recall of Little Kids’ Parkas

Kids’ product recall 03-529. Announced by CPSC on Mar 17, 2003.

  • CPSC: stop using it
CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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The short answer

Announced by CPSC on Mar 17, 2003. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.

Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.

What’s wrong with it?

The zipper box may detach, allowing the zipper slide to detach. The small parts, if detached, could pose a risk of choking.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What should you do?

Consumers should immediately stop using this product and contact Lands’ End. Many purchasers were contacted directly by letter and provided with a replacement parka. If you have not received a letter regarding this product, please contact Lands’ End to discuss the return, refund or replacement of your child’s parka.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

  • How to reach the firm: Consumers should contact Lands’ End toll free at (800) 200-6212 or visit the website at www.landsend.com

Which ones are recalled?

The recalled parkas are style numbers 79725 and 79721. Style numbers can be found on the top line of a small label that is immediately behind the larger garment care label.

Approximately 6,000 units, as CPSC gives them.

Land’s End Little Girl’s Fur Trimmed Parka and Little Kids’ Reversible Down Parka.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

CPSC’s photos

CPSC shows 2 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.

Who made and sold it?

  • Distributed by Lands’ End Inc., Dodgeville, Wis..
  • The parkas were sold through the Lands’ End catalog, web site and certain Sears, Roebuck and Co. retail stores, from November 2002 through mid-January 2003, for $79.50 or below.
Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Was anyone hurt?

Lands’ End, Inc. has received reports of the zipper detaching, but no injuries have been reported.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What the record doesn’t say

  • The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
  • The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
  • How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Source:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Sources

  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.

    Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.

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