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OAK's drop crotch jeans, on sale for $79, have been ridiculed by several fashion sites.
After several seasons celebrating ultra-tight skinny jeans, roomier options are certainly welcome. (Why yes, my thighs would like a breather!)
But do we really want “drop-crotch” jeans, harem pants’ less comfy cousin? The name itself might make you think twice.
The trend erupted unto the fashion scene over a year ago, but it’s now gaining momentum, with several retailers, including Oak NYC, ASOS and even GAP, now selling the droopy item.
"Fashion is always looking for ways to transform and shift shape," said TODAY style editor Bobbie Thomas. "At least these low-riders start above the bum, unlike the popular men's style. While this may be offensive to some, so are the rib-waisted high-rise denim styles circa 'Three's Company.'"
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These drop crotch jeans from ASOS are reduced from $89.53 to $35.81. We're not surprised?
It’s certainly a brave fad, and something likely only hardcore fashionistas could pull off. As Refinery29 pointed out, these pants make cool girls look even cooler "while making the rest of us look like we were wearing adult diapers.”
Live Poll
'Drop crotch' jeans: Hot or horrible?
There does seem to be one upside to droopy denim – as a commenter on Yahoo! Shine so eloquently put it, “these would be great for shoplifting a turkey.”
What do you think? Do they look cool or bizarre?
Rina Raphael is a TODAY.com editor who stays away from anything that has "crotch" in its title.
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it was a stupid look back in the mid/late 80's -early 90's when my kids tried that look.That lasted about a week. it is still a stupid look.
it is about on par with wearing P.J.'s in public if your over the age of 4. No Class
dude...pj's in public is awesome. i have no idea what you are talking about.
The pj look seems to be popular with the 'bigger folks' who gave up on clothes that come in 'sizes'... . It is a look that says: "I live in the trailer-park around the corner... I just need ciggies and beer, and the crazy check came in today!"
MC Hammer meets skinny jeans
Actually, on the positive side, I enjoy a good laugh!
Every time I see some kid walking with his pants falling down, and he's desperately trying to look cool, it makes me laugh.
Keep the laughs coming. Thanks!
"Hello Poopy Pants!"
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Amazing what people will wear to think they are fashionable. Stupid is as stupid does.
It's a very practical jean for Americans who can just easily "grow" into them sadly...
Oh, the chafing!! They'll be so attractive walking bow-legged and wincing.
They are so ugly. Just like the pants young people wear that show they underpants. I don't want to see your butt.
If you want that look, just buy a pair of maternity pants and don't bother pulling them up when they work their way down.
Room for your adult depends, catheter and bag!
This looks like what happens when you put your shirt on where your pants should be - skants.
These are obviously pants that some designer ordered a ton of and now he can't unload them because anyone who wears them looks like a DORK. Contrary to the statement that "these pants make cool girls look even cooler "while making the rest of us look like we were wearing adult diapers.”, they actually make "cool girls" look like they are wearing adult diapers too as well as total DORKS, but they are too stupid to realize it! I swear if they came out with jeans to wear on your head, some "cool fashionista" would try to convince you that they were HOT and a must-have for the new season.
And by the way, we are still using the word COOL, which I used to use in 1963. Wow, those fashionistas are really on the cutting edge, and sooooooooo cool.
The nice thing about these pants is that it allows the viewer to avoid testing the IQ of the wearer.
Well for one thing, it hides the "junk"!
pants on the ground...PANTS on the ground!!!!
Dumbest looking item of clothing ever.
At least now Grandma has a place to let her boobies hang down to.
I was about to say that the look reminds me of how my grandpa wore his pants.
That's not a fashion statement, that's the idiot-look for those trying to make a "Depends statement." The dropped crotch look looks ridiculous when the pants are big and even more idiotic when they're skinny. I can't think of anyone who would look flattering in them. If I wore them, they'd probably suspect me of wearing a double set of Depends. Of course there's always a good side: For those no longer allowed to wear Ugg boots in school, they can now hide their cell phones and/or iPads in the crotch. Who's going to check. Also, you can get them at a heavy discount. LOL
FYI - These pants would not work for older people who wear pads or Depends. They need the crotch part up higher to help support the pads/Depends in their underwear, otherwise, the jeans would end up wet. I will spare the details here. As a caregiver, I know that even older people would not like this "look" and would avoid it like the plague.
These pants and those three foot long pointy shoes ....we're good to go!
Kallie, you totally forgot about the Justin Bieber 'do, a beard, horn-rimmed glasses, and an Ed Hardy t-shirt--check out my dragons! Then we're good to go.
It's a great look if you want to look like one of the Kia hamster posse.
It does look like the wearer has some horrible abdominal distension though.
Dumb. The price of this atrocity will be hip problems later on, just like the hang-below-the-crack jeans. Both of them prevent the hips and legs from natural action during walking. Advice for the college kid of tomorrow is to go into orthopedic surgery, the number of hip replacements needed will be phenomenal.
these look like a slimmed down version of the way the wanna-be `gangsta`s let their pants droop to their knees, all the while wearing a belt...? Wearing a belt is supposed to keep your pants `UP` STUPID ! Who would be dumb enough to fall victim to a fashion trend that has been out of date for 10+ years ?????? whomever said it was right...`stupid is as stupid does`....no brain of their own...must follow like lemmings into the sea...
LMFAO!!!!!! Hamma time..... Hey, these DO leave all kinds of room for guys to further enhance their trunk junk!
No wonder people in other countries look at us like we are idiots!!! We let our kids wear this stuff? Good grief!
Is this the "drop a load" while in high-heels look? Or the "I only shop the 'seconds' rack look"? Because, wow.
Is there really even a question here?
Absolutely horrible look. Freakish even.... Ghaaa!
Based on the premise that women will buy anything that the fashionistas produce?
Yes.
Not all of us. That's just eewww.
I believe that second picture is a man.....
Can't find a bathroom... no problem, no one will know.
Looks like somebody needs a diaper change.
They might trying selling them to the older set. or anyone who needs Depend. For leakage problems. Really ! These are the Worst. Sexy? Whats sexy having to go to the Bathroom?
Actually if one is wearing Depends, you want it close to the body, not down by the knees. At least, that is where my mom wore hers. She always said it was "bad enough to need to wear them, no need to advertise it." No argument there.
Honestly .. .. who thought this was a good idea? Do they still have a job?
are these people out of their minds!!!!!!
Wow. That's pretty ugly. --mark d.
Great. 99% think that they're horrible, so now we're going to be seeing them all over the place--on the red carpet, in paparazzi photos, and at concert events and high school parking lots, and on shoppers in Wal-Mart.
I disagree, Wal-Mart shoppers will continue to wear a NASCAR t-shirt from Jeff Gordon's 1998 championship and pajama pants with skulls, all complete with holes and vaccum cleaner bag smell.
:(
WoW! The fashion industry has officially run out of ideas. Please don't dump the eventual overstocked warehouses of these 'things' onto the shelves of Walmart. The world looks bad enough already.
Absolutely ridiculous. And sadly, kids with too much money and too little common sense will flock to the stores and happily shell out the $90.00 for a pair.
At first I thought they meant jeans where the crotch came off or something, like easier access versus the button zipper pull down style. These are... unattractive. Not sure I'd want crotch removable jeans either though, certainly not on my teenage daughter, right?
I'm with you Kallie, they would look really sharp together!!!!
Looks like someone dropped a load!
I could see Carrot Top wearing them. Be good for his act.
This is perfect for my Uncle Guido. He's self-conscious about his catheter bag.
Only to be worn by idiots who are incapable of thinking for themselves.
It is beyond horrible, but women will wear anything, especially if Hollywood wears it.
No, not all of us will. Some of us actually care about the way we look as opposed to the way we THINK we look.
Funny, now how do you explain the men that have been rocking the drop crotch since the 80s?
edwardo-1001200.....................not all of us will.....this is crazy in my opinion! I don't care why Hollwood wears!