Nike’s new tights with X-Ray bones are flying off the shelves

Halloween might be over, but that doesn't mean your opportunity to wear skeleton-inspired fashion has ended for the year.

In fact, Nike's new line of Dri-FIT performance tights featuring digital X-Ray images of bones on them are flying off the shelves. Good luck finding a pair.

The $90 tights come in black and grey, green and purple and the more scandalous nude-on-nude, but are currently out of stock on Nikestore.com. (Don't pout. They don't ship to Canada, anyway.)

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Nike's blog describes the Nike Exclusive Print X-Ray tights.

"The tights feature Nike Pro and Dri-FIT technology along with spandex construction, ensuring they can stand up to any workout. The eye-catcher though is the visible x-ray bones on the front and back, not only illustrating the wearer's inner-toughness, but looking damn good while doing it."

And while the skeletal tights have a certain badass appeal to them, a press release indicates the company is actually using the "girl next door" angle in its marketing strategy.

"On the outside, she might be the girl next door, but on the inside, her body has survived grueling workouts, often pushing through pain, broken bones, pulled muscles and harsh tears. With images of X-Ray bones digitally printed on the outside, the exclusive print tight gives a glimpse of her inner toughness."

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Jezebel's Erin Gloria Ryan writes that while she's fallen for their novelty, her purchasing hesitancy comes from being "sensitive about things that look thinspo-y to me."

Bones on spandex doesn't exactly send a "curves are beautiful" message.

Blisstree's Hanna Brooks Olsen, however, is championing the tights and Nike's message about women's strength.

"[F]emale athletes — and, specifically, runners — are expected to get all dolled up, and wear cute, feminine outfits. These tights, though, aren't pink, sparkly, or even particularly concerned with looking fashionable. They're just tough. And scientific. And bring awareness to the fact that women aren't made of sugar and spice, they're made of tendons, muscles, and bones," she writes.

If given the opportunity, would you consider modelling some digital bones while training for your next half-marathon?