These $440 One-Leg Jeans Sell Out After Influencers Go Viral for Polarizing Try-On Videos. Would You Wear Them?

Mar. 15, 2025

Coperni jeans.Photo:Kristy Sarah/TikTok; Coperni; Danielle Pheloung/TikTok

Kristy Sarah/TikTok; Coperni; Danielle Pheloung/TikTok

Yet another divisive fashion trend is making the rounds on social media.

TheCoperni One-Leg Denim Trouser— which is one-half bootcut jeans and one half jean shorts — is ruffling feathers for its controversial design as well as the $440 price tag. On the brand’s website, the jeans are described as “a radical departure from tradition.”

“Nobody wearing that,” he says later in the clip.

CreatorDanielle Pheloungalso tried out the unusual item. “I, like, can’t take myself seriously in these,” she says while wearing the design. She later declares they’re “iconic” after styling them with a silver tank and silver accessories.

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“These jeans are my new obsession,” she captioned the post.

Many of Pheloung’s followers weren’t in agreement. “Absoslutely awful no,” one user wrote.

Another shared, “Is this a joke.”

A third said, “They discounted since only half jeans?”

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Others, however, were on board with the style.

“Why do I kinda like it… " one user wrote.

Another said, “I feel like this could be fun with a knee high boot.”

Coperni is known for its controversial styles like theHybrid Flare Denim Trousers, which feature black jersey material at the top and fall into a loose denim with a buckle around the knee. The pants come in regular denim and black denim and retail for $1,070.

source: people.com