Aug 3, 2011 20:41 GMT  ·  By

Chanel is giving a whole new meaning to the term “fashion victim.” A considerably large number of dresses, tops and scarves, all made from pure silk, have been recalled because they’ve been deemed highly flammable.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a warning that several items from the luxury fashion brand, retailing from $430 to $3,650, are dangerous because they fail to meet flammability standards, the Daily Mail informs.

As such, they’ve been recalled. While the CPSC says that many items have already been returned to Chanel by the summer of 2010, it’s again asking customers to return them to the point of purchase and get a full refund.

The products in question sold between March and April 2010 in Neiman Marcus and Chanel stores.

“The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has taken the drastic step of asking customers to ‘immediately stop using’ a selection of Chanel scarves, skirts, blouses and dresses,” the Mail writes.

As the CPSC puts it, “the garments fail to meet the federal flammability standard for wearing apparel, posing a fire hazard to consumer.”

“There are ‘about 120 scarves and 34 garments’ yet to returned, though the CPSC say that most of the faulty designs were returned to Chanel in May 2010,” the British tabloid further notes.

Even so, members of the Commission want to make sure all “faulty” products have been recalled, wherefrom the latest warning to all fashion lovers who may have made their purchases at Chanel in the aforementioned timeframe.

“Rather ominously, the CPSC says it ‘is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product’,” notes the Mail.

All those who bought one of the silk garments and accessories, and who return them to the store, will get full refunds.

Chanel has not commented in any way on the recall.