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Leggings - okay so are there any rules?

61 replies

Bella73 · 07/03/2009 19:52

I used to wear leggings in the 80s. All the time. But that seems like a lifetime ago now so it's hard to know whether I can still wear them now. I thought not but have been looking in the shops and wondering....

a) are there rules about wearing leggings past a certain age? (I'm 35)

b) I am probably a size 12 normally (currently a size 10 as have lost a ton of weight through combo bf'ing and having painful gallstone attacks - not recommended as a method of weight loss!), do you really need to be 16 and a size 6 to wear leggings?

c) these modern newfangled leggings seem to be more sheer and fancy than what I remember, does that show more lumps and bumps and general thighs-splatting-flat-when-I-sit-down?

d) what on earth do you wear on your feet when sporting leggings?

e) is it hugely uncool to wear full-length leggings (for the Lazy Mummy Who Doesn't Shave Regularly) as so many of the shops seem to only have mid-calf length ones?

Any other legging-related info I should be informed of after a 20 year hiatus?

OP posts:
princessmel · 09/03/2009 15:52

who me mileniwmffalcon??

mileniwmffalcon · 09/03/2009 16:11

lol yes you. when were you last id-ed?

princessmel · 09/03/2009 16:32

lol, I get Id'd ever time I go out! So a month ago!

My friends think it's ridiculous.

princessmel · 09/03/2009 16:33

every

mileniwmffalcon · 09/03/2009 16:34

lol toldya

mileniwmffalcon · 09/03/2009 16:35

but that means our rules don't apply to you :P (not that i'm any kind of fan of fashion rules, especially age-related ones).

princessmel · 09/03/2009 16:40

So I am allowed to wear them then?!

mileniwmffalcon · 09/03/2009 16:49

you're allowed to wear them with shorts. the rest of us really shouldn't

MinkyBorage · 09/03/2009 16:50

I hate mid calf leggings, ankle length only imo

princessmel · 09/03/2009 16:51

I wear them with short denim hotpant type ones. With uggs . I do sometimes feel a teensy bit too old , but then think, oh who cares, I have good legs!!

ADealingMummy · 10/03/2009 20:55

I wear footless tights (like leggings but thinner), teamed floaty tops with ballet pumps or plimsoles.

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