Gen Zers are obsessed with Aritzia's $148 Effortless Pant. Uniqlo's 'work uniforms' are Asia's budget answer to it — at a fraction of the price.

• Aritzia's Effortless Pant, at $148 apiece, has attained cult status for working women. 
• But Southeast Asian workers have a much more affordable local answer to it: Uniqlo. 
• Uniqlo basics have become the unofficial "work uniform" in parts of Asia.

Aritzia's Effortless Pant has made its rounds on social media as the work staple that stylish corporate girlies need to have in their wardrobe.