Balenciaga’s $1200 Sagging Boxer Sweatpants Branded As Racist

Popular fashion brand Balenciaga is under fire for their $1,190 sagging sweatpants that have fake boxer briefs sewn inside. Many are labeling the new design as racist as they say it appropriates black youth culture.

Per Hot New Hip Hop one shopper took to TikTok to post the Balenciaga pants at the store rack, which was later shared to Twitter with the caption: “They’ve really just gentrified sagging.”

“This feels very racist Balenciaga,” the person says in the tik tok. “They’ve woven the boxers inside the trouser.”

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Sagging pants were made illegal in some states, with a black man even being killed over it. In Shreveport, Louisiana, a cop killed 31-year-old Anthony Childs, while trying to arrest him for breaking the “saggy pants ban.”

“This actually pisses me off,” added another Tweeter. “Do you know how many black men have been vilified, discriminated against, and killed for this only for it to be marketed as high fashion?”

Balenciaga has not yet responded to the backlash.