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to think leggings on their own is ridiculous

164 replies

sidress · 05/10/2012 21:56

as they are basically a form of tights worn under a skirt or long top. Not worn as trousers like I see so much of, particularly teens or young students. My daughter has taken to this recently but its her choice, I have bigger battles to pick.

I suppose the false jeans kind make a BIT of sense but I still don't get it.

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Quadrangle · 06/10/2012 00:10

YANBU. Even if someone has the most perfect figure in the world it still looks bad IMO. I don't want to see the exact shape of someone's bum cheeks and camel toe.

Sarahplane · 05/10/2012 23:53

Yadnbu. Its a hideous sight on anyone. Leggings are not trousers. when will people learn. Leggings and dresses or big jumpers are ok but not shirt tops.

Startailoforangeandgold · 05/10/2012 23:39

Why are they so thin?

DD2 has some footless tights, bought labeled as such and DD1 has some M&S angel leggings. The difference in thickness is negligible. In fact I think DD2s tights might be more decent.

SaggyOldClothCatPuss · 05/10/2012 22:32

I quite agree. Im my day, leggings were trousers. nice and thick, and totally not seethrough! Nowadays, they are just footless tights!
I spend a lot if time people watching at work, and its really never a good look!
The trouble is that NOTHING is left to the imagination. And even if you have the pertest bum in the world, in leggings, its going to jiggle unpleasantly.

scottishmummy · 05/10/2012 22:29

how disgusting to link a picture probably taken unawares
you think the lassie consented to that
it's nasty picture to prove puerile point about attire

cerealqueen · 05/10/2012 22:24

YANBU. Especially the patterned leggongs where the pattern becomes distorted out of all recognition as it is so s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d.

panicnotanymore · 05/10/2012 22:22

I am in that unfortunate position of being too pregnant for my usual clothes, but not pregnant enough for maternity trousers to stay up. Leggings are my only choice. I do my best to find arse covering tops, but on the days where I have nothing left that manages to cover bump and butt forgive me.

Bluestocking · 05/10/2012 22:20

Countess, the campus where I work is heaving with girls wearing very flimsy leggings with short tops. Not so bad from the front but usually unforgivable from the back. To quote Ogden Nash "You look divine as you advance . . . Have you seen yourself retreating?"

Startailoforangeandgold · 05/10/2012 22:20

YABU

Back in the 80's when leggings were invented they were a decent thickness.

The trouble is the modern ones are shiteAngry

ivykaty44 · 05/10/2012 22:20

It really doesn't look very nice and often leaves nothing at all to the imagination which is pretty gross when out and about.

GoldenSeptember · 05/10/2012 22:19

Grin at Max Wall - that's what my mum and Sdad used to liken me to in my leggings and DMs. Yes leggings must be worn with long t-shirts, obviously. Wink

usualsuspect3 · 05/10/2012 22:19

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BegoniaBampot · 05/10/2012 22:17

Saw a group of young girls like this. All bar one had on black leggings and cropped tops. It looked dull and boring and like some kind of uniform. and they all looked like Max Wall, remember him.

IneedAsockamnesty · 05/10/2012 22:17

i think people can dress up as giant toothbrushes if the fancy takes them

usualsuspect3 · 05/10/2012 22:16

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mirry2 · 05/10/2012 22:16

Just don't wear pale pink ones, if you are white skinned (sorry, had to think about that. Is the word caucasian?)

Anonymumous · 05/10/2012 22:16

Are we allowed to wear leggings and a cropped top to the gym? Only I usually start off wearing a T-shirt over the top but get so hot after five minutes that I end up taking the T-shirt off. (I do put it back on before I go home though...)

P.S. What is 'hoof'? Blush

changeforthebetter · 05/10/2012 22:14

usualsuspect ITA - enough with the clothing police. Shock horror! Woman with chubby thighs wears leggings - it's not exactly the bombing of Aleppo/massive financial fraud perpetrated by the banks, is it?

SoleSource · 05/10/2012 22:12

Yabvu

manticlimactic · 05/10/2012 22:11

My DD wears them with long tops. She makes sure they aren't see through. But she's 16 and v.slim Envy

wonkylegs · 05/10/2012 22:11

*thin not thing

OutragedAtThePriceOfFreddos · 05/10/2012 22:11

There are a few, people, very few people, that can actually pull off this look. It's not one I particularly like on anyone, but the problem isn't the leggings, it the women who think they have the figure to wear leggings without a bum covering top. It can look ok if you have the perfect arse, but the majority of people don't.

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wonkylegs · 05/10/2012 22:11

I was walking behind a girl in very thing leggings and a short top this morning - it was glaringly obvious that she had nothing on underneath. From behind it looked bad thank god I didn't have to look from the front Blush

Softlysoftly · 05/10/2012 22:10

Is it me or is the linked image a bit intrusive? It feels a bit wrong someone snuck up behind her to take a photo of her arse, I know she looks ridiculous but still. Just doesn't feel like a moral thing to do.