Dear Topshop, stop trying to make clear plastic jeans happen. Love, the internet.

Not again.
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Rachel Thompson
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Dear Topshop, stop trying to make clear plastic jeans happen. Love, the internet.

Topshop just keeps wanting to make clear plastic jeans happen.

A mere matter of weeks after Topshop brought "Clear Knee Mom Jeans" into the world -- complete with transparent plastic knee patches -- the retailer's gone and done it again. Topshop is now selling pairs of completely see-through plastic jeans at £55 ($70) a pop. And it's safe to say the internet is having absolutely none of it.

"Think outside the box with these out-of-the-ordinary clear plastic jeans – guaranteed to get people talking," reads a product description of the rather unconventional "jeans". According to Topshop, the jeans are a "straight leg cut" featuring "classic pockets detailing."

"Ideal as a statement piece for a festival or costume party, take the look to the extreme with a bikini and sequin jacket or dress down, layered under an oversized jumper or asymmetric hem dress," suggests Topshop.

You can always rely on Twitter to call BS on strange and highly unnecessary new trends.

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One concerned person asked Topshop if it was feeling OK.

While another made use of the glorious evil Kermit meme to point out that Topshop hasn't learned its lesson after the clear knee jeans.

Of course, some people pointed out one major flaw in the jeans, which will be less than ideal as we enter the warmer months.

One person said that even quirky fashionista Carrie Bradshaw wouldn't go near these jeans.

One person felt the jeans weren't a positive step in the reduction of plastic consumption.

And, one person was just completely and utterly done.

Topshop didn't immediately respond to Mashable's request for comment. So, the verdict's in: jeans and plastic just don't mix. Sorry Topshop.

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Rachel Thompson
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Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.


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