South Korean clothing brand Leje has been the talk of the town on Twitter after unveiling two very bizarre new jeans designs that look like wearable trompe l’oeil illusions.

Called “Slash Jeans”, the newest clothing items in Leje’s 2021 collection actually make your legs look like they’ve been slashed by a samurai or a ninja. At least that’s what they look like in the photos posted on the company’s Instagram, it remains to be seen if the effect is the same in real life. So how did Leje’s designers create this illusion? Well, it looks like they actually sliced the jeans and then stitched the pieces together unevenly, which is both simple and clever.

Leje’s Slash jeans have received mixed reviews on social media, with some crediting the designers for their ingenious concept, and others scratching their hands and struggling to understand who would ever wear something like this.

“This is so radically creative, I love it,” one Twitter user wrote, while someone described the jeans as “art”.

“I’m just trying really hard to understand the concept,” someone less impressed posted.

Leje jeans are available for pre-order on the official website, at a price of $375 per pair.

Personally, I don’t see how this is any weirder than selling jeans with grass stains on them, but that’s just me.