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where is the best place to get decent leggings?

58 replies

cocobongo · 02/04/2012 22:15

and don't say leggings are naff! with my corned beef legs, i cannot go bare legged in summer, so need something for the one month of the year in which i can't wear my 40 denier black opaque tights!

so, where is the best place to buy leggings that won't go that horrible thin way or go all wrinkly?

OP posts:
SeasonOfTheWitch · 04/04/2012 22:35

baboon were your MV the high waisted ones?

bigpants103 · 04/04/2012 22:50

Anyone got a 20% code for the mint velvet ones please? I'm wanting a few colours .

lololizzy · 04/04/2012 23:13

i only tried on in changing room. Tomorrow will be the test, a day of dashing around, bending, lifting etc..wish me luck as am sick of all the bumsters out there

Iambaboon · 05/04/2012 09:56

Yes mine are high waisted, for about 6 minutes, then they are low crotched

RichTeaAreCrap · 05/04/2012 10:12

I agree with Iambaboon who said American Apparel are the best leggings you can buy. Believe me I have tried lots and nothing comes close.

Gillybobs · 05/04/2012 22:15

lolo Hurrah!!! Fantastic. Im on my 3rd MV pair and they are fantastic. Have neevr had a problem with them falling down. I do think they are quite generously sized mind you so I do size down and have no problems at all

lololizzy · 05/04/2012 22:26

sorry nothing to report as I ended up having a filthy dirty day at work so I couldn't bear to put the newbies on and ended up wearing my disgusting baggy old tatties!
Will report back though!

Iambaboon · 05/04/2012 23:07

Oooo maybe I'm just too skinny --for my size L's-/. It's possible (hurrah!)

nickseasterchick · 05/04/2012 23:14

Next maternity leggings 2 sizes smaller than you are fit fantastically dont wrinkle sag or roll down.

marriednotdead · 06/04/2012 15:52

Like the sheep I am, I read this thread and bought a pair of the MV ones yesterday.

Am wearing them now and they are v long and comfy but the waistband won't sit right. If I pull it up it sits about an inch below my bra but after a while it rolls over my flubbery belly. If its folded, it cuts my entire cake muffin top in half.

Back to my M&S Indigo treggings I think

Ryoko · 06/04/2012 16:15

Honestly no one looks good in leggings stop kidding yourself, I've never seen any woman of any kind wearing them who didn't look like she had a pair of parsnips for legs and a massive arse.

Just get thick black or nude tights/stockings and be done with it.

marriednotdead · 06/04/2012 21:17

Oi, my legs are skinny and my arse is tiny, nothing remotely parsnip like, it's the belly that's the only problem! Leggings look fine as long as my top is long and not too close fitting on my midriff.

Tights however, make my legs look like a pair of shoelaces.

Iambaboon · 06/04/2012 22:00

Truth is I'm so old and fat I'm waaaaaaY beyond what looks good and am well into comfort

Leggings are my version of my MILs elasticated waisted slacks

And I rarely go anywhere I will offend any one with my leggins / outsized over-garment get up

SeasonOfTheWitch · 07/04/2012 08:27

ryoko but surely most of us wear leggings in the same way we'd wear tights (with an arse covering tunic or dress) so any parsnip issues would be the same for both.

and leggings work much better than tights in warmish weather - ie not warm enough to go bare legged.

and wot married said.

Ryoko · 07/04/2012 15:27

No because when you can actually see the legs within rather then a block of colour the shape of the legs is far better looking, broken up by the contours and the visible knee etc, in the same way as stripes or pattens on clothing.

lololizzy · 12/04/2012 21:21

Finally reporting back....
Sorry but i literally take two steps and they're falling down! They are the worst yet Sad This is absolutely NO reflection on Gillybobs. They could've been so right. It must really depend on the body shape and the individual
I am very leggy, I have a bit of a tum too, which I thought would've held them up but no such luck! Perhaps a big bump would ie for a v pregnant lady. Literally every two steps I was tugging them back up. I think it could be by body shape and length. Also the sizing not right for me....the M was really tight on me, so I purchased the L..but it's way too loose and slouchy on me. I think am just awkward! ah well, back to the drawing board... can you wear braces with leggings?!

lololizzy · 12/04/2012 21:23

They are so loose and slouchy they would make good lounge or sleep wear....but not for any activity where you are not lying or sitting! Am on feet all day, so it was pretty difficult for the 'test day' and I nearly bared my bum foodshopping after work as had no free hoiking up hand!

Iambaboon · 12/04/2012 21:36

I'm sorry for you but SO glad it's not just me. I was starting to think I was a mutant. They're shit

Will say again though. American apparel high waisted ones are the only ones that work fir me, although even they aren't as good as they used to be. I've got a pair about 3 years old and they're thicker than my newer ones.

lololizzy · 12/04/2012 21:39

I can take the unworn pair back as they have tag on. Wonder if they'll let me return the worns I've worn for one day? I have receipt (John Lewis) Gutting, they are lovely style, love the ruching on ankles but no joke i've tried them all and these even worse staying up than Primark ones. Back to pricey and poor lasting Long Tall Sally for me, I guess. The only thing that works for me is high waisted jeans, but I can't wear them for work, and I need to be practical / comfy..no jeans allowed, skirts not practical

lololizzy · 12/04/2012 21:40

how tall are you, Iambab? I'm 5 ft 9 but my legs are ridiculously out of proportion to my body (quite squat and booby on top, but really long and slim legs) It's not great as it sounds, as trousers are a nightmare

lurkingaround · 12/04/2012 21:47

Link to the American apparel ones?

lololizzy · 12/04/2012 21:50

ooh yes please although I am only about 40 mins on train from their west end store ie Carnaby Street -I live in Greater London but fear will be tempted by all those lovely shops in central London--

Iambaboon · 12/04/2012 22:01

here. Spendy though

Yup
I'm a similar shape, 5'8ish. High waist. Flat arse

ALL trousers fall down on me. ALL if them. There had not yet Bern invented a pair of trousers that will stay up on me

I call for the return of braces then I'll probably get camel toe

lurkingaround · 12/04/2012 22:18

A bit spendy indeed, but if they're good...
I am of fabulous Hmm pear shape and trousers fall down on me also. And then, I often buy what feels like a perfect size trousers/jeans/leggings in the shops, 30 mins into wearing them, they're too big. What happens? When? How? Why?

I think it's time for me to give up on even trying to find trousers. What with pear and age, it probably ain't a good look.

lololizzy · 12/04/2012 23:11

I sell braces (run a charity shop) so am sorely tempted! But with big boobs, it would certainly be a comedy look! I've started buying Topshop highwaist jeans, which are great (Kristen range) but can't wear for work. I do a lot of lifting, carrying, unloading cars and vans, reaching up high etc I need to be comfy and flexible , it's the bane of my life, that and bra straps, which always fall down (slightly sloping shoulders)