Primp Panda sweats. No longer available.
In case you think a blog called "BTW, You're Trash" makes me a social/economic snob, let me direct you to an article in The Wall Street Journal from April 2010. To summarize, some higher-end designers and retailers have started designing sweatpants and marketing them to be worn with high heels. The fugly things mentioned in the article started in price at a pair of $160 sweats from TopShop, to a cashmere pair from Michael Kors,selling for $995. The slideshow also has pictures of runway models sporting this look for men, too. Yeah, clearly being trash has little to do with being poor.
This look doesn't seem to have really taken two years ago, but those with questionable taste keep trying to make it stick, again and AGAIN. Some people might argue that pants are pants, and that it's the cut, not the material, that make pants look sloppy. And I'd agree (though the designer pants still look like sweats), except that other people will use this stupid trend as an excuse to wear their old Juicy/Pink/Dumb Slut words on the butt pants out. I've seen women dressed like this. It seems within the realm of possibility that if we don't quash this idea, they'll try to sit on bar stools and chairs in decent bars and restaurants in the same clothing that they like to sleep in and wear when they're sick. It's not just a fashion problem, it's a public health concern.
And anyway, there is nothing more annoying than someone with bad taste trying to pretend like they have good taste. And that is precisely what a "dressed up" sweatpants wearer is doing. It's far, far worse (and much trashier) than someone who goes around dressed casually in sweatpants. That person knows they look sloppy, but they don't care. They have chosen comfort over looking good. And they may have an excuse. They may have had to run out for an errand, recently had surgery, or recently given birth. I try not to wear sweats in public, but it's none of my business if other people do. Unless they're wearing high heels. Because that person got all dolled up, thinking how edgy and fashion forward they would look. Except they don't. They look like a damn fool who forgot to change out of their PJs.
However, I predict that this trend will not ever really take off, because anyone can afford sweats, and higher-end clothing is supposed to be about exclusivity. Though I could be wrong. Sometimes the ugly things that don't have a staggering price point do manage to become standard, presumably because they are comfortable. Like Ugg boots, for instance. But this is so much worse than snow boots. Remember, friends don't let friends buy expensive sweat pants and then wear them with high heels.
