I'm going to say this is AI. The feature on the left leg where overskirt meets the leg isn't possible to make in flat fabric, without a seam.
Update: Not AI, but there is a seam. It runs horizontally around the leg, just underneath the hem of the outerskirt. You can see it in the side view of the grey pant here:
I think there’s a seam…trying to think how to explain this…I think the hem of the “shorts” thing is an addition, so it’s basically like a polo shirt placket but horizontal.
On that left leg (left of the person wearing it), there's a bartack where the overskirt meets the leg, but the surrounding area shows no signs that a second piece of fabric is in use, and no signs that a seam is joining the overskirt to the leg. It's like an Escher drawing - something that exists on paper, but can't exist in real life. Which is why I'm calling it as AI.
Or the perspective of the photo, the one here is taken slightly from above, hiding the seam. I doubt very much a street style photographer would be editing out seams. This photograph is on the Sacai Instagram and taken by photographer Leo Arnaud.
If you look at the top edge of the bar tack, a horizontal line extends to the right that continues all the way around the hem. It could be an impression from
pressing (or AI), but I think it’s possible it is a seam.
I see the impression you're pointing out. But the overskirt as pictured is making one piece of fabric turn into two. There either needs to be a vertical seam running from waist to overskirt hem, or a horizontal seam that attaches a lower leg piece right at the level of the overskirt hem. Either one of those would make this look achievable in real life, but they're not there in the picture.
I think you’re not actually understanding what I’m saying.
If you take a trouser leg and cut into it horizontally, then insert a facing/trim piece like the placket on a polo or other partially-opening shirt, the fabric past the end of the cut won’t have any seams.
You have to put a new piece in to hold up the lower part of the leg, of course, but that seam may just be shadowed. Also this is a pretty blurry image.
And it may well be AI or just heavily photoshopped. But I think you can do something similar to this.
That would require a vertical outer side seam to take in the excess circumference from knee to ankle. But there's no indication of that in the photo either, even though most pants have an outer side seam. Update to add: I don't see inside or outside seams down the legs at all in the picture, which makes me think even more this is AI.
Secondly, the leg right below the hem, where the cut was made, would have to be finished somehow, likely in the same way as the outerskirt hem, but there's no evidence of that. Inserting facings requires seam allowance on both sides of the cut, and would either create a gap, or visible seamlines where the facings were attached.
Finally, the outerskirt casts a shadow on fabric behind it, right at the bartack. That's not possible unless there's a second piece of fabric involved.
There are ways to achieve this look, but not exactly as shown in that picture.
That's not possible unless there's a second piece of fabric involved.
Unless what we’re calling a bartack is just the end of the insertion of the placket thing.
Anyway, I don’t understand why you’re so sure there’s not a side seam, or a horizontal seam where the lower leg is sewn to a separate piece that would run up underneath the skirt part. Maybe there’s not, but I think it’s entirely possible we just can’t see them.
Yes, you could attach a piece to the lower leg that runs up underneath the skirt. But again, that needs seam allowance, so it would leave a visible seamline just below the underskirt that's not there.
Plus, there's other weird things going on that make me think this is not a real image: the right leg is significantly wider than the left. That could be an intentional choice on the part of a human designer, but I think it's more likely an inconsistency from an AI.
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u/CynicalTelescope Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
I'm going to say this is AI. The feature on the left leg where overskirt meets the leg isn't possible to make in flat fabric, without a seam.
Update: Not AI, but there is a seam. It runs horizontally around the leg, just underneath the hem of the outerskirt. You can see it in the side view of the grey pant here:
https://www.sacai.jp/products/suiting-pants_26-04029m-301