ASOS Pulls Crotch-Baring Jeans After They Become The Butt Of Internet Jokes
Composite image by DesignTAXI. Background images by ASOS via Google Web Cache
Wearing your favorite undies today? Make sure you flaunt them with these thigh, bum, and crotch-baring trousers.
A pair of unfinished-looking jeans, designed by UK fashion brand The Ragged Priest, recently went up on ASOS for US$125.
The ‘Black Label Chaps’ are outrageously cut-out trousers featuring two separate pieces that are only held up with what appears to be a set of key chains. The bottoms also offer a cheeky peek of their wearer’s delicates.
You might be wondering how these jeans might be functional at all. In their defense, they’re undoubtedly anti-wedgie. Furthermore, if you decide to go commando that day, you can save yourself the hassle of pulling down your pants when the urge to use the bathroom hits.
In spite of its merits, the apparel has become the butt of internet jokes. “Just what you need to commit the first fashion crime of the year,” tweeted Yahoo Style UK.
“Edgy? Cool? Gross? Definitely cold,” wrote radio station Gem.
In light of the recent attention, ASOS has removed the product from its website. What a bummer.
Check out some images of the piece below. With its relatively dear price point, would you recreate your own version using a pair of scissors and some key chains?
Image by ASOS via Google Web Cache
Image by ASOS via Google Web Cache
Image by ASOS via Google Web Cache
Image by ASOS via Google Web Cache
Wtf Asos? Recommended for me this morning! Call me old fashioned but I like my jeans to have an arse in them!! Have you seen these @IAmWitWitWoo tempted?? pic.twitter.com/5rO6hsz60l
— Tracy ( Mrs C) (@mearns_tracy) January 9, 2018
"Is it form over function or function over form that drove the designer's choice to put the suspension rings on the front but not the back?" Excerpt from my new book 'The #Philoshophy of @ASOS Design (and how it can save your life)'https://t.co/3G13h5CN0o #fashion pic.twitter.com/nfwJmBUoIb
— Lance C. Fuller (@lfuller) January 9, 2018
When you go on asos to look for jeans and these are some of the options. I think I’ll just pass. pic.twitter.com/CvVVb3rO42
— lou (@louisenaylor_) January 8, 2018
Well you've got two outfits for the price of one I reckon - at the very least a mini skirt and some jean leggings. Er... what could possibly go wrong!?
— Helen Meissner Music (@helenmeissner1) January 9, 2018
Would be cheaper not to wear anything.
— Carlos R Postigo (@CarlosRPostigo1) January 10, 2018
These are ideal for a lot of reasons -
— Louise (@LouisePentland) January 9, 2018
1. Never have a sweaty gusset.
2. Real freedom of crotch movement.
3. No need for bangles with that thigh bling.
4. Denim goes with everything.
Please feel free to add to this list guys.
That looks like someone wearing a skirt that
— Mia Is My Name. (@Trashy_trashBOI) January 9, 2018
happened to have stockings made of the same material.
[via Cosmopolitan, images by ASOS via Google Web Cache]
