Just purchased a new pair of Sweatfleece mega cargo sweatpants exactly a year after purchasing my first pair, and I'm horribly disappointed. I did scour the internet for reviews or opinions, especially on this sub post-rebrand, but I couldn't find anything conclusive. Last week, I finally pulled the trigger. I'm mostly posting this for anybody else on the hunt for experiences with the new sweatfleeces prior to buying.

Guys...they're so bad. I'm a curvier girl and the TNA branded sweats hugged my behind SO beautifully, whereas these Aritzia branded ones just fall on me and make me look extremely dumpy (and it can't possibly be due to one of those cases where quality falls as size goes up because I've just bought a small).

They're also 100% made of a thinner material. I bought the aritzia branded sweatfleece shorts before the summer began and the thickness was on par with my TNA ones so I figured the difference in the sweatpants couldn't be that bad but it really, truly is.

The decision to decrease material quality and increase production is one many businesses follow, but I'm pretty sure we're all aware that most of Aritzia's clothing items are sub-par for the price. The TNA line was the only draw the brand had for me, because every other thing I've ever purchased has been disappointing (well, except for some lovely wool-blend dress pants). As a whole, Gen Z seems to be moving towards purchasing a smaller quantity of higher quality items (probably a response to the utter waste and consumptive depravity of the Shein era that occurred while we were in high school/college). The data is controversial and some of it is very new but, anecdotally, I find this to be true with most of my peers and female relatives.

Rebranding the products that go viral after realizing how much of your revenue is coming from them is a great idea. But choosing to cut the quality drastically when your market is made up of young people with capital and a hunger for high quality clothing is just...a choice.

Linked for Mods: https://www.aritzia.com/us/en/product/cozy-fleece-mega-cargo™-sweatpant/116230.html