To be sick of the enduring athleisure trend?

Hah.

You'll never be able to unsee it now.

Ours were dark green.

What other people are wearing have nothing to do with you. You are just looking for an avenue to be a snob, which is quite an unattractive look ironically.

@AllTheChaos abysmally but at least I’m comfortable

What is “too casual”

how does it affect you ?

@PomegranateVase
So many people just look far too casual all the time now that I can’t tell if they’re going to work, going to a restaurant, going to the gym, or going home to sit on their arse all day.
well where they are going is none of your business so I think it’s ok.

I find if I get up and put on leggings I will almost always without fail get to an exercise class. If I wear my smart office clothes I will sit at my computer all day. I know which is better for me!

I have a pair of the softest lightest leggings that feel like wearing nothing, so comfy.

If I was a size 6 with a perky ass I would sassily strut around outside. But I’m not. However, that is my choice. So long as bits are covered decently wear what the hell you like.

I’m voting that YABU op on the grounds that it’s hard for women to find time to exercise nowadays, so if they have to multi-task and wear gym clothes to the supermarket for example, or when dropping off dc, that’s better than not exercising at all.

You don’t wear a twin set AT ALL TIMES? You are failing at womanhood!

I live in sports clothes because I do a lot of sports. If you are noticing vulvas, it’s because you are staring at them. Stop being weird.

I know the type you are specifically talking about. Gym bras, cycle shorts and scrunch bums.

My theory is that in places with better weather people can go to the beach etc to wear less and comfortable clothes,

We have such crappy weather and crappy shops that this is the lazy answer.

Also not a fan tbh. I recently saw a thread on Reddit about Doctors turning up to interviews in athletic leisure clothes. Didn’t go down well with the interviewer, but people were generally piling on to say what you wear isn’t important? So maybe I’m just old and times have changed 🤷🏻

It can be hard to avoid - you shouldn’t have to take evasive action to avoid seeing stuff like that - and yes I do tend to walk looking downwards

I’m very often in gym gear as I’m either coming from the gym or heading there. I WFH so will often go to the gym at lunchtime.

I agree you need to stop staring at other women’s vulvas 😂

I took wear my leggings a lot - walking, running and sometimes when working from home. However, I don't think this is what the OP is referring too.

There are lots of women at the moment wearing lycra hot pants essentially that are so tight they ride up bums and create camel toe amongst all shapes and sizes of women. Was away on hols last week and there were loads of people wearing them. It's not a good look.

Omg, I never made this connection but you're right.

I think I actually carry trauma from having to run round a field in royal blue gym knickers, my thighs covered in fresh, red stretch marks on display to all the boys (& other girls).

90's PE class fashion comeback.

I wear running tights (which I assume you would call ‘leggings’) quite regularly. I live on a farm and I can do the school run and quickly throw wellies on to go muck out or do some other chore. But not the Brazilian bum lift up the crack sort. The chickens don’t need to see that. 😂

I mean I’m a woman and I live in leggings but this I object to. Don’t care if I am being ‘sexist’, if this is true then society has gone too far!!!

Yep - I find it so unpleasant. Why do they care so much about the way other people dress?

This.

Ao far this morning, I’ve done the school drop off, stripped the beds, hung out two washes, 6K with the dog, then spend an hour scrubbing the patio. Hardly going to do that in a twin set and pearls. I dress for comfort 90% of the time and I’m too old to give two shits what anyone else thinks of my “ath leisure”

It's even worse when men wear tight bumscrunch leggings. My eyes nearly fell out of my head.

Why critisised women who value comfort over fashion. Just leave them alone and don't look. They are dressing for themselves not you

I pretty much live in leggings and t-shirts, plus sweaters or hoodies when it’s cold. I walk
dogs for a living so it’s a mix of comfort and practicality - but I also have no interest in fashion or following trends, I just wear what’s comfortable and what fits me.

I have started rewatching desperate housewives from 20 years ago. The characters gabby and Susan wear active wear a lot so although I know it’s more widespread now, it’s nothing new. It just shows more of us are taking care of our bodies and mental health through exercise nowadays.

I don't mind the shorts tbh, but they do remind me of the large 'gym knickers' we used to have to wear at school for athletics in the summer term.

Mind you, they had a pocket for a hanky, so of slightly more use than today's version. And of course, today's wearers won't be tucking an aertex games blouse into them.

Athleisure is comfortable and practical. It’s much better than denim, for example, which is uncomfortable, tough, bulky and annoying.

Worse are those cut away shorts that has half the bum exposed. It's a really unpleasant look and always looks as if the wearer has bought shorts 2 sizes smaller than they need. I saw a girl a couple of weeks ago and the shorts literally had half of her bum cheeks on display. She was only a teenager and I did wonder why a parent would buy and allow her to wear shorts like that. I assume they are wearing them for attention to knowingly expose that much of yourself but it looks horrible.