The Wrong Trousers

This is a pair of "Boyfriend" jeans from The Gap. They're cute, and the slouchy shape would certainly be more flattering than the page-adjacent "skinny" jeans (featuring gratuitous crotch-whiskering), especially on someone with a bit of a belly. Like, say, a two-year-old. These are toddler pants.

I'm wondering if the Gapfolk really thought this one through. As I understand it, the "boyfriend" garment is supposed to evoke a specific sort of scenario. The waif-like ingenue sleeps over at the boyfriend's bachelor pad, all very spontaneously, and in the morning she shrugs into his pants/blazer/sweater/over-sized white shirt with tails that flap charmingly about her slender thighs. They go to brunch. She looks all insouciant and gamine and all that French stuff. Adorable! But surely the "sleeping over" part is key? Why does a two-year-old need boyfriend pants? Does this not seemat least  borderline icky?

Next up: the "Walk of Shame" holiday line at Gymboree: sparkly, but wrinkled. The "last night's party dress" look, come to think of it, pairs perfectly with a boyfriend jacket. It's a classic. 

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