I tried cotton leggings and boxers from Kim Kardashian's SKIMS line, and they didn't measure up to the brand's other styles

Kardashian West's shapewear brand, SKIMS, released its Cotton Collection — one of its first spins on loungewear — in October 2019.

When the Cotton Collection launched, almost everything sold out immediately, which is why I had to wait until June for the restock to purchase the items I wanted to try.

The collection includes the Cotton Rib Thermal Legging ($52), Cotton Rib Brief ($28), Cotton Rib Tank ($34), Cotton Rib Boxer ($32), Cotton Rib Thong ($20), Cotton Plunge Bralette ($36), Cotton Underwire Bra ($44), Cotton Wide Strap Balconette ($48), and the Cotton Molded Bra ($48).

The Cotton Collection items are available in sizes ranging from XXS to 4X and five different colors.

When it comes to shopping via the SKIMS website, one of my biggest tips is to sign up for the wait-list on every item that you're interested in. The moment the items are available, you'll get an email notification.

Customers on the wait-list also get a one-hour early access opportunity to shop the collection.

I wasn't able to get anything from the Cotton Collection in October, and it wasn't until June 15 that I got an email from SKIMS saying that the items were back in stock.

I looked into trying out the Cotton Collection's bras, but the designs included thin straps that didn't look very supportive to me.

I decided to turn my attention to the collection's boxers and leggings instead. I figured the boxers would be a great option to wear at home, and I'm obsessed with leggings, so getting the SKIMS pair was a no-brainer in my book.

I've ordered a variety of clothing items from SKIMS, and in my experience, the brand's size guides aren't always the clearest.

For bottoms, I usually fall between sizes 14 to 16, so I decided to order the boxers and leggings in a size 2X. That way, I wouldn't run the risk of them being too small and having to return, reorder, or wait for more sizes to become available.

Spending more than $80 on a pair of boxers and leggings felt on the higher end of things, but I was eager to try my new SKIMS items and waited patiently for the shipment to arrive the next week.

The box was adorned with the minimalist SKIMS logo and contained my two clothing items, which were packaged separately in reusable pouches made of recycled plastic.

Due to the black-colored fabric, the "boyfriend-inspired topstitching" was not as noticeable as it probably would have appeared in some of the other colors.

According to the product description, the bottoms were designed with "cool and breathable stretch-cotton."

They also are made with 5% spandex, which I could feel immediately because the garment was really stretchy.

As someone who likes wearing boxers to bed, I was excited to try these.

Once I started wearing them, however, they stayed in place for all of five minutes before riding up my thighs. The boxers ended up rolled around the tops of my legs, which I wasn't thrilled about.

I'm used to having clothes ride up or chafe along my thighs, but I was surprised that this was also the case with the SKIMS cotton boxers.

Considering Kardashian West is curvy herself — and celebrates her SKIMS brand as making shapewear and loungewear accessible to people of diverse body types — I expected she would have taken that into account with the design of these boxer shorts, too.

I now reserve these as a sleepwear option when I don't have anything else to wear to bed, or for when I'm lounging around the house for hours.

SKIMS sells a number of bottoms with wide-leg designs, so I was happy to finally get my hands on a pair of pants with more tapered, banded cuffs.

The Cotton Rib Thermal Leggings feel so soft and comfortable, and I found that they can be worn on their own or as a layer under clothes during the winter.

Considering shops like Walmart and Amazon sell similar styles of leggings for under $15, the SKIMS version was not worth the hype.

You're basically buying into the SKIMS brand and the fact that the leggings feel softer than a generic pair — but the difference wasn't worth the price, in my opinion.

Over the course of several weeks, I wore the leggings to walk my dog and run errands, and I found that they attract lint. I was constantly having to use my lint roller before going outside to make sure the pants looked pristine.

The boxer shorts and leggings are supposed to be hand-washed to keep their quality, and for loungewear items, it felt a little high-maintenance to me.

If your heart is set on buying something from the SKIMS Cotton Collection, though, I would recommend the leggings over the boxers, only because you can wear the long pants all year round.

If not, I would suggest skipping this line altogether and maybe checking out some of SKIMS' other wardrobe staples.

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• This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author(s).