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"  Photo: Courtesy of Net-A-Porter We don&amp;#039;t know quite what to call these leather pants/boots hybrids, which just went on sale on Net-A-Porter.com today. Bants? Poots? The designer, Tamara Mellon, describes them as &amp;quot;a thigh boot that pulls right up into a legging,&amp;quot; but we think they could also be &amp;quot;a calf-high boot that turns into capris,&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;a thigh-high boot that blends into leather shorts,&amp;quot; depending how you look at it. Either way, it&amp;#039;s one long line of leather\u2014and people are surprisingly into it. Since this morning, the $1,995 pants/boots have already sold out in 9 out of 20 sizes. Perhaps it proves that old business school adage true: If a product fills a niche, people will buy it...even if they don&amp;#039;t quite know what to call it. For now, we&amp;#039;re oscillating between &amp;quot;the fanciest riff on footie pajamas, ever,&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;the lazy girl&amp;#039;s solution to winter dressing.&amp;quot; Just add legs, and go.  UPDATE: 24 hours after they went on sale, the leggings are now sold out in 13 out of 20 sizes. And counting. UPDATE UPDATE: Tamara Mellon responded on our Facebook:  We already knew Mellon was a charming and well-spoken and wonderful woman from this article, but now she&amp;#039;s proven a good sport with a sense of humor, too. Well-played, Tamara! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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