Comfy sweatpant jeans are the new chic — and nobody can tell they’re not real: ‘It’s the Gen Z jegging’

Tired of wearing real pants? Don’t sweat it.

As summer heats up, there’s a sizzling new fashion trend taking over — sweatpant jeans.

Fashionistas are clamoring to get their hands on a pair of the 100% cotton sweats, printed to look like jeans, delivering an optical illusion that could deceive even the sharpest shopper, or their bosses. The denim duds have been seen going viral left and right on social media in recent months.

Clothing brand Rag & Bone has done a great deal to make the ultra-casual look ultra chic; the pants from the brand’s Miramar collection — billed online as looking “like denim but feels nothing like it” — are flying off shelves.

24-year-old Maddy Chang works in finance, but has worn the pants to her corporate office, telling the Wall Street Journal that “no one mentioned that they looked like sweatpants.”

“They’re such a great conversation starter,” San Diego social media manager Samantha Zhang, 36, told the Journal. “Everyone is legit shocked they’re actually sweatpants.”

While not everyone is on board — some have branded the trousers as “odd” — Rag & Bone has churned out 200,000 units so far this year, Jennie McCormick, the company’s chief design and merchandizing officer told the Journal.

The allure of the trousers, according to rave reviews from TikTokers, is the comfort masquerading as uncomfortable, stiff denim.

“I think they’ve solved jeans forever,” Lisa, a content creator who boasts nearly 30,000 followers on TikTok, admitted in a recent video.