First a leather-shrouded rock, then jeans with "windows"—now pre-muddied pants? Nordstrom's latest eye-roller, per CNNMoney: PRPS' Barracuda Straight Leg Jeans, "heavily distressed" denim with a "crackled, caked-on muddy coating" that "embody rugged, Americana workwear"—all for $425. Cutting through the PR speak, they just look like a pair of really dirty jeans. Comments about the jeans were taken down from the Nordstrom site on Tuesday, CNET notes, but there are plenty elsewhere. Nordstrom also sells a PRPS Barracuda jacket with the same look, for the same price; Neiman Marcus and Saks sell similar Barracuda products. Some reactions: