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You can finally buy pants with McDonalds’ Big Macs on them

The move wasn't an April Fool's joke from the fast food chain

Big Mac Tights

McDonald’s is now selling apparel featuring its signature sandwich, the Big Mac. The fast food retailer unveiled the new clothing on a Swedish website this week, along with a range of similarly-styled products including bedding and wallpaper. There’s even a dog coat.

The products showcase a Warhol-esque design of dozens of Big Macs in a linear pattern. But if you try to buy the goods from McDonald’s Swedish website, be prepared to fail — delivery to the U.S. doesn’t seem to be an option.

The Big Mac collection isn’t a joke, AdWeek reports, despite the release coming right around the corner from April Fool’s Day. Instead, it’s part “of a global day of McDonald’s hijinks” called imlovinit24, a marketing campaign taking place in 24 cities around the world.

The flashy new McPants come as McDonald’s has been struggling financially in recent months. The company reported in a 21% decline in quarterly profit in January. Revenue, meanwhile, fell 7% to $6.57 billion, while net income slid to $1.1 billion from $1.4 billion a year ago.

“Over the next 12 months, our charge is to ensure that we are adapting to the changing marketplace,” CEO Don Thompson said in a statement at the time. Shortly thereafter, Thompson announced he’d be stepping down as McDonalds CEO after less than three years.