Someone please tell me this is a joke.

[Parrothead]

Please?

[Slayer]

Lol, it's a neat marketing trick XD.

[BookstoreEscapee]

I guess you get a can of paint and some pocket stencils?

[Eevie]

I'd like to see people try to get into them...

[PepperElf]

those look like yoga pants painted to look like denim.
but yeah i think it's just a ploy to sell something else - maybe the fragrances or something like that

Although if they really are making them that skinny, the front-view should be interesting too.

[bhskittykatt]

...body paint? According to people who have tried to purchase them, you get a message that they're sold out:
http://mashable.com/2013/03/21/ae-ou...-skinny-jeans/

This would have been great to release on April 1st...

[sms001]

Yikes! Not surprised the front angles were few and far between in the ad - bet they don't leave much to the imagination.

As an aside, my mom told me that back in the fifties a lot of girls would buy their jeans as tight as they could, then put them on and go soak in a hot bath!

Neither sounds too comfortable to me.

[PepperElf]

This would have been great to release on April 1st...

and if they were as cool as ThinkGeek they'd actually end up trying to make their April Fool's products too!

[wolfie]

I guess you get a can of paint and some pocket stencils?

I remember back in the '70s seeing a "kids today" item in Mad magazine (might have been a Super Special, a.k.a. recycled items). One panel was about the "super tight jeans" situation, where it asked which teenager was wearing tight jeans, and which was nude (B&W, one had what would have been a solid colour, the other had a pattern). The answer? The teenager on the left is wearing tight jeans, the nude teenager on the right has a rare skin condition.

[dalesys]

Mid 60s the fad was stretch jeans... and if your mother wouldn't buy them tight enough, you'd steal your little brother's.

Dressing for gym class was hilarious... watching the fashonistas hanging for dear life onto the benches while four or five bestest buds tried to pull their pants off.

[PepperElf]

speaking of skinny skinny - i found some leggings in the base exchange that were painted to look like denim.

i guess some people really DO want that look.

[morgana]

I saw a pair on the street this morning . . . I deliberately didn't catch up to her, because I was afraid to see what the front looked like . . .

[ShadowTiger]

Paint your own legs, thighs, and groin with a few coats of latex paint, walk around all day under the sun and wait for it to dry, then peel it off. Instant pair of sarcasmpants.

[PepperElf]

Well, I'd recommend shaving first. You don't want the latex to get tangled up in leg hair (or any other hair either). Especially if you're going to peel it off.

[AmbrosiaWriter]

Yup. Any use of liquid latex requires full and total bare shaving for wherever the latex is going to go. (There are other methods that make up artists use, but for the lay-man it's shaving it.)

Not just because of hair getting tangled or making the layer look bumpy and off, but also because there's a good chance the latex won't stick at all if you have enough hair.