- You might know me as, Sarah,
the girl that wears weird pants outside.
This is too much.
Look at my pants and tell me what you think.
It's a weird thing to be known as.
My co-worker Ade, he dropped them in our slack,
and he was like, Sarah, I think you should wear them.
And I took a look at em.
They're from ASOS, and they're the Rivington
festival high-waisted jeggings with suspender detail.
If you're wearing pants, the one of the benefits is that you
don't have your thighs rubbing together to form chub rub.
But these, allow you to be hot, because you're wearing pants
and they also allow you to get hot here.
(upbeat music)
I'm here in New York City and
I'm going to find out what people think of my pants.
What do you think of my pants?
(laughs)
- They pretty ugly.
- New?
- They are new.
- I real like your pants, I would personally not wear this.
- They make me laugh.
- You're fat? No.
- I'm fat?
- No no no, she means that, um, it makes your legs, like--
- Fat?
- Yeah, pretty much, yeah (laughs).
- They're just kinda cool looking,
like they're very stylish.
- They seem very, like, in tune with the heat.
Nice air going through.
- What celebrity do you think
could really pull these pants off?
- Oh, maybe Rhianna.
- I feel like Rhianna could pull off anything.
- That sort of makes me think of Jayne Mansfield.
- Okay.
- Ed Sheeran.
- No celebrity.
- C'mon, Beyoncé would totally pull that off.
- Like a Kendall Jenner sort of type of thing,
since she's like really skinny.
- Wait, do you think that I'm pulling them off?
- Yeah
- If you guys were selling these pants,
what would you call them?
- I'd call them the Balogna Pants.
- Balogna, why would that be?
- Yeah, it makes your legs look like, slices of bologna.
- Oh, okay,
- Thigh-Gap Pants, maybe? I dunno.
- Thigh suspender...
- I would call them, like, name of a superhero,
but really bad one.
- So these are being called online, like the chub-rub pants.
- Why did they make these pants?
- Why were these made?
- I don't get it
- Why? Why? How does that make sense?
- Yeah... I don't know why.
Why? I can't answer that, so I'm going to reach out to ASOS
about the origin of the design, to see if I can find
the designer of the jeans and maybe they can explain
to us why they created them.
Let's just give them some time and see how they respond.
What do you think the designer was thinking when she,
or he, made these pants?
- I think that she was probably stoned, I dunno, maybe high.
- Desperate to think of something that nobody else
has done before, and that's what designers do,
they just throw it out and see what works.
- Did this work?
- I'm not so sure (laughs).
- So, I emailed ASOS, they did get back to me.
"Could you give us more information?"
So, I sent them a context and to find out, y'know,
why they created these unusual pants.
They said they're gonna pass on this opportunity.
Um, maybe they don't really know
why these pants were created.
Maybe the designer is like very artsy
and like in their craft.
They just can't be interrupted to talk to someone like me.
So, I found this woman named Elizabeth.
She works in women's fashion, she works with designers,
she deals with buying new designs, and hopefully
she'll be able to help with that question - why?
I know that you didn't design the pants, okay?
But if you could get into the designers head,
could you please explain,
what they were thinking when they made these pants?
- My first initial gut feeling was,
is this some sort of like equestrian like chappy pant?
- They remind of like if you're like a jockey or something?
- They feel like reverse chaps, in a way, almost.
- They're almost like, like thigh-high boots,
but without like, the shoes.
- I used to horseback ride,
you don't want that part of you rubbing up on the horse.
- Yeah.
- Sort of look like what people are wearing in the gym,
with the sort of, cut out things, only more bizarre.
- It made me think about that dress from Pretty Woman,
um, in the opening scenes with the cut outs in the bodice.
But like, a pin-up version.
- [Sarah] So, I can see the inspiration.
- [Elizabeth] Yeah.
- They do look uncomfortable,
they look really uncomfortable.
- Do fashion designers care at all about comfort,
or is it all style?
- I think it's really brand specific.
ASOS, as a brand, tend to push it a bit more,
they are UK based, and you know something could be
really popular over there that doesn't do well here.
- I don't think they'd be a big seller.
- I couldn't get them in my size,
they had sold out in my size.
People are buying these pants.
- I know bodysuits, sometimes they can be uncomfortable,
because they're not long enough, but I still wear them.
- Style's not always comfortable, right?
- No, that's true.
- [Sarah] So, that could happen with these pants.
People just think they're so great,
even though they're like (hands rubbing together).
So, how would you describe them?
- Chafe-proof.
- Wow. Do you know what chafing is?
- Those would like, induce chafing though.
- The stuff that you put on feet to keep it from chafing,
you'd have to put that on.
- That's a good idea.
I wore these outside, and I actually had to get the stick.
- That's another extra step too, when you're getting
dressed, to have to apply there, don't forget your
deodorant, it's like whoa, it's getting complicated.
- Is there any thought about those kind of
uncomfortable issues when people are designing?
- I think it's really important when you're designing
to think democratically about different body types,
especially in women's wear.
I do see products out on the market all the time that
you're like, okay if you're not 5'9" and a model,
like who is this going to look good on?
- Right.
- Especially someone like me, that would just hurt.
- It's a very specific person that I think could wear these
without having that friction.
- With a very nice thigh gap, which we don't have.
(laughs) Wait, you might.
- Because of my hips, it's no, get out and look like...
- Jello. Jello.
- I don't feel like you're hitting as big of a market
as you could, or reaching as big of a market
as you could with your brand.
- Thank you so much for doing this, bye!
- Bye, take care!
- Fashion designer companies, we think it's fun that you're
coming up with cool stuff, but hey, most of America,
American women, they're bigger than that on average.
So, how about we look at their size, find out what
makes them comfortable and sexy, and then guess what?
That's a lot of money coming your way, okay?
That's just math. You're welcome.
Oh my God, wait...
What are these?
These pants are made of fur?
What?
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