A leading fashion brand in the United Kingdom has introduced clear plastic jeans to their collection, marketing it as attire to “get people talking.”
Topshop lists the transparent jeans as “MOTO Clear Plastic Straight Leg Jeans” and is described as “a straight leg cut” with “classic pockets detailing and are cropped at the ankle bone.”
It appears to have achieved its purpose, as online reactions have been abuzz—mostly consisting of ridicule:
CLEAR PLASTIC JEANS ARE YOU FEELING OKAY TOPSHOP? pic.twitter.com/fRQcrhil70
— Angela (@theawkwardblog) April 21, 2017
Go home Topshop you’re drunk https://t.co/N1in5E3A8L
— Kayleigh Tanner (@DailyKayleigh) April 21, 2017
topshop designer: *cuts out random chunks of jeans*
topshop designer: *makes jeans out of plastic*
other topshop designers: pic.twitter.com/4JvCQlTN6u
— Mabel Goulden (@mabelgoulden) April 23, 2017
Others have pointed out possible sources of inspiration:
Topshop is now selling these “clear jeans”. Can you say Arashi-inspired? #TrendsetterArashi https://t.co/5EuAOaVVtE pic.twitter.com/R3otpch2E6
— Arashi Fashion Squad (@arashiFsquad) April 25, 2017
These new topshop jeans remind me of when jyp wore the clear pants in dh2 pic.twitter.com/IaoUxPK6kv — yuna. (@ATYYUNA) April 25, 2017
Previously, Topshop released “mom jeans” with “clear knees”:
Topshop: Everybody hated the clear knee jeans we should make more normal pants
Also Topshop: MAKE THE ENTIRE FUCKING LEG CLEAR pic.twitter.com/YctEoZaNrx — Little Mix Mofo (@LittleMixMofo) April 25, 2017
As of this writing, the £55 (around P3,500) item has been listed as out of stock on the brand’s website. JB
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