# Umm... What!? Clear Knee Mom jeans **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-what-clear-knee-mom-jeans/782954 "2017-03-24T20:15:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-what-clear-knee-mom-jeans/782954/1 "2017-03-24T20:15:37Z")
Can someone explain this weird concept to me? Attempt at mom sexy? [http://m.shop.nordstrom.com/s/topshop-clear-knee-mom-jeans/4619337?cm\_mmc=google-\_-productads-\_-Women%3ABottoms%3APant-\_-5360310&rkg\_id=h-d1bd5816eef52e159b7443b9eba86b4d\_t-1490386273&adpos=1o1&creative=57184969553&device=m&network=g&gclid=CKWrocP579ICFYW1wAodOZMD-Q](http://m.shop.nordstrom.com/s/topshop-clear-knee-mom-jeans/4619337?cm_mmc=google-_-productads-_-Women%3ABottoms%3APant-_-5360310&rkg_id=h-d1bd5816eef52e159b7443b9eba86b4d_t-1490386273&adpos=1o1&creative=57184969553&device=m&network=g&gclid=CKWrocP579ICFYW1wAodOZMD-Q) ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-what-clear-knee-mom-jeans/782954/2 "2017-03-24T21:53:15Z")
Nope. Not a clue. Same manufacturer also makes faux leather pants apparently, which look stylin’. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-what-clear-knee-mom-jeans/782954/3 "2017-03-24T22:01:26Z")
Like the old movie [So Fine](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083099/). So ridiculous. StG ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-what-clear-knee-mom-jeans/782954/4 "2017-03-24T22:06:15Z")
Finally my personal hell of trying to determine if moms have knees or not is over. That poor model looks like she’s really trying. It’s not your fault, dear. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-what-clear-knee-mom-jeans/782954/5 "2017-03-24T22:11:23Z")
Hmmm… Might work if your name is Bea ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-what-clear-knee-mom-jeans/782954/6 "2017-03-24T22:13:04Z")
Those look positively… orthopedic. And I say that with a big ass brace on my leg right now. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-what-clear-knee-mom-jeans/782954/7 "2017-03-24T22:16:20Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > That poor model looks like she’s really trying. …to be a Mean Girls era Lizzy Caplan? ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-what-clear-knee-mom-jeans/782954/8 "2017-03-24T22:19:20Z")
What’s an ass brace for ? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-what-clear-knee-mom-jeans/782954/9 "2017-03-24T22:49:12Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Like the old movie [So Fine](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083099/). So ridiculous. > > StG You mean where Richard Kiel’s driver’s license picture was cut off at the nose; he was so tall? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-what-clear-knee-mom-jeans/782954/10 "2017-03-24T23:08:59Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Like the old movie [So Fine](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083099/). So ridiculous. > > StG Right. Everyone knows it’s the _back_ of the knees that are sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-what-clear-knee-mom-jeans/782954/11 "2017-03-24T23:10:53Z")
That is very bizarre, I’ve never seen anything like it. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-what-clear-knee-mom-jeans/782954/12 "2017-03-24T23:24:14Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Those look positively… orthopedic. And I say that with a big ass brace on my leg right now. > [@Evan\_Drake](#): > > What’s an ass brace for ? And why would you put an ass brace on your leg? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-what-clear-knee-mom-jeans/782954/13 "2017-03-25T00:14:01Z")
It’s fetish wear for the people who like [these drawings.](https://twitter.com/crulge/status/844585853682880515) ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-what-clear-knee-mom-jeans/782954/14 "2017-03-25T00:29:14Z")
And what’s this thing where women are tucking only the front of a shirt? Either all of it or none, toots. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-what-clear-knee-mom-jeans/782954/15 "2017-03-25T00:46:52Z")
In the description, it talked about a futuristic feel. Huh. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-what-clear-knee-mom-jeans/782954/16 "2017-03-25T01:36:30Z")
::loosens tie:: They should do that for buttless chaps too, just to keep the rain off. Those pants, though, are one of the hottest _couture_ things since the bold, flapless zipper that Bob Newhart sported in the 1974 made-for-tv movie _Thurday’s Game_.\* \*That seriously had the greatest cushion fight in the history of all film(?) ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-what-clear-knee-mom-jeans/782954/17 "2017-03-25T02:13:14Z")
That model does not look like a mom. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-what-clear-knee-mom-jeans/782954/18 "2017-03-25T02:19:18Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Finally my personal hell of trying to determine if moms have knees or not is over. That actually made me laugh out loud. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-what-clear-knee-mom-jeans/782954/19 "2017-03-25T05:13:24Z")
Did this get maybe leaked early, and had been meant for next Saturday? Edit: this article has great additional suggestions: [DIY fashion looks inspired by the clear-knee mom jeans from Topshop and Nordstrom.](http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2017/03/15/diy_fashion_looks_inspired_by_the_clear_knee_mom_jeans_from_topshop_and.html) ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2017, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-what-clear-knee-mom-jeans/782954/20 "2017-03-25T06:00:19Z")
This covers the WTF post of my scavenger hunt. Thanks! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-what-clear-knee-mom-jeans/782954.md?page=2)