Leggings: Do's & Don'ts

As a young woman of New York aka one of the fashion capitals of the world I spend my days seeing both glorious & absolutely horrifying things. A lot of them revolve around people’s fashion choices, mainly LEGGINGS!

            I will admit when leggings first became popular I was against them, just another excuse for girls to not wear pants & a new reason for men to hoot & holler as you walked down the street. But, then I began a love affair that has almost taken over my wardrobe.  Do I only wear leggings? No Do I try to work leggings into an outfit to avoid jeans? Heck Yes I’m only human! Plus my booty happens to look quite nice in them.

            But as the fashion has taken a turn for “boyfriend” styles,loose fitting items, cropped everything & the occasional long shirt leggings have worked their way into almost every fashion option there is.  And that’s fine! But ladies PLEASE remember this: THERE ARE DO’S & DON’TS TO EVERYTHING!

 And because I feel my eyes as well as plenty of other people’s have had enough I’m here with the legging bill of rights/the doctrine of proper usage/ my list of grievances.

Don’ts:

panty lines: Panty lines are never ever good when seen unless you are standing in simply panties. Seamless Panties 
too small: leggings are suppose to fit like stockings in a sense tight/formfitting but they aren’t suppose to look like they are about to bust at the seams at any given moment… leads to: muffin top and snickering

too big: if they are too loose they look like dare I say funky & bring on horrible images of you wearing your grandma’s old stockings/bloomers plus it  defeats the propose of showing off your amazing curves

 Note: both too small/ too big lead to the game “guess the shape?” which isn’t as fun as it sounds

 

replacing pants: this is a personal pet pevee of mine (well they all are but this one in particular causes me to throw my arms up in front of my eyes) No one should be able to see your crotch while you wear your leggings, I get it there are crop tops & such but still your shirt or cami should cover your crotch in some way Camis & Tanks

 

Do’s:

•   wear leggings to show the world that you have curves & you LOVE them!  

• Put on anything from flats to booties

•  Try patterns & various colors  (but be wary not everyone can get away with these)
  

• Put on a smile and confidence nothing completes an outfit more than those two aspects

 





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