Im really not sure how good leggings and tunics look on a lot of women

[CNyle]

ok amazons and kate moss a likes exempt.

I saw a really smart " expensively elegant " woman in a ong cashmere type sweater and leggings at the gym and she just looked like she had forgotten a skirt - although all the items looks GREAT in theory.

then just now at posh swimming I saw about hthree women attempt it and if you are no REALLY thin you do look pregnant and the material just CLINGS to all the wrong bits.

[ChristieF]

Actually through my two pregnancies I wore leggings because they were so comfy. With my husbands shirts. You get away with a lot when you're pregnant. And I think they look fab (!) with knee boots, maybe because they look like tights. I have knobbly knees and large feet. Not so good with sparrow legs! I use my bony knees as a secret weapon when wrestling with my sons. They always surrender!

[TheOldestCat]

Mmmh, am about to embark on this perhaps ill-advised look for me. But I am pregnant and thus already sporting tunic tops and dresses; I thought leggings would be practical as the weather cools - also my legs are my best feature (not that they've much competition).

Am I going to look like a toffee apple? A 33-year-old toffee apple?

ChristieF - I had some bright pink ski pants from C&A back in the day. I thought I looked GREAT.

[ChristieF]

Yes I remember the knotted shirt fashion. You only have to look at old films of men wearing tights (leggings) like Robin Hood to know that they are not a good look. I've noticed ski pants are making a comeback. Now there's a comfy fashion that I lived in the eighties. Also what knickers to wear with leggings? All of them can be seen through the flimsy fabric. I had matching pink leggings and t shirt on hols in France and I see the pictures and think I look like I'm wearing pyjamas. Don't do it girls. Not if you're over 20. Also I've seen little girls in leggings with short tops. They look far too exposed to me with all these funny folk about.

[OurLadyOfPerpetualSupper]

That's reminded me - I had a white pair (white!!!) which I wore on holiday one evening with a big shirt knotted at the waist.

I might as well have had an arrow pointing to my arse.

Was about 26 at the time, slim but definitely curvy and I dread to think what the camel's foot must have looked like.

I remember vaguely having that feeling you get from those dreams where you suddenly find yourself out and about semi-clothed or naked, trying to pretend everything's normal.

[ChristieF]

I saw someone (who shall remain nameless) on Ideal World shopping channel (just flicking through honest) and I was so taken aback because she looked like she had tights on but forgotten the skirt. Just awful on older women.

[ChristieF]

No don't do it! Leggings are not a good look if you're not careful. I wore them first time round in the eighties when we wore tops only to the waist. See pictures and don't know what possessed me. Navy blue striped ones. And I have long skinny legs like knots on cotton. Just awful. You have to be extremely careful to cover up with a long top almost to knee. They can look funky then. I've seen older women (fifties) in them and they don't seem aware that they look like Max Wall. Only for the young I think.

[opinionatedmother]

late to the party, but yes, leggings are an appalling injustice to womankind, unless you are toned to perfection from waist to toe, it is a no-go.

and even then, best if you are tall, otherwise your leg is shortened by being ankle - hem of tunic.

i saw rose print leggings in topshop that could have come straight from 1985 - shocking!

i really don't think many women look good in them, it's too casual a look for work, and for home I'd want to wear something more...well, more wearable!

[deaddei]

Ah but it's a bugger getting trousers to fit.
And heated- I do exactly that too.

[Heated]

It's why I have ordered a selection of leggings and narrow trews from a ubiquitous store with free P&P - so I can laugh hysterically in the privacy of my own bedroom with the blinds drawn - and then send the whole lot back.

[OurLadyOfPerpetualSupper]

If you've got 36 inch legs I'll be the one giving you envious sideways glances!

[deaddei]

Our lady....that nail has just been well and truly knocked in. My Duo boots have arrived- flat but right to the knee, and I have just tried them on with my leggings and a long straight tunic(just above knee)
As a size 12 bottom, with 36 ins long legs I think I look ok- in fact, actually, pretty good.
As a 49 yr old I plan to wear it to Waitrose when the weather is appropriate.
But I do know what you mean, big legs/short tops- a definite no-no.

[inveteratenamechanger]

Short tops are very wrong, no matter how slim you are.

Leggings can look nice, but a lot depends on the dress/tunic. Agree that it has to be at least half way down the thighs. Rugby shirt not a good look.

I wear them - am a size 12, but reasonably slim legs.

Have to say I don't think it is an age thing - have seen lots of teenagers looking awful in leggings. It's all about the top/legging combination.

Boots do help balance the whole thing out. I also think that leggings which end mid-calf are a whole lot more flattering than the full length ones.

I just can't get with jeggings, but I salute those of you who have taken the plunge.

[noddyholder]

Jeggings or footless tights but not leggings.If you need to put a tunic over them you are too fat!Me included.

[CNyle]

oh no i like them - look fine on me
am just not sure about the whole look on anyone over 25/30

[SixtyFootDoll]

I do not look particularly great in my leggings/ tunic combo
I am 5'6" and siae 12
But I really like wearing them and tbh couldnt care less what anyonr elsse thinks.

[OurLadyOfPerpetualSupper]

I too am anti-leggings.

They're only for size 10 max, and if you remember them in a previous incarnation you shouldn't be wearing them.

The final nail in the coffin will be when women in their 50s are trolling around the supermarket in them (particularly attractive with a rugby shirt over the top) - we're getting dangerously close to that stage now I fear.

[Lonicera]

I agree with Donnie

[NorbertDentressangle]

Also, why do people not check that their leggings are actually thick enough that you can't see through them?

The "incomplete" look is not helped by the fact that a lot of them are wearing footless tights not leggings

[CNyle]

I think its a loose tunic that is the issue - it just hangs off the wrong bits

adn i dont like htose polyster dresses peopel wear - reminds me of naff work uniform

[donnie]

LEGGINGS ARE UTTERLY WITHOUT MERCY oops, sorry for caps. Most women look awful in them. I include myself in that btw.

[CNyle]

yes I have never seen these folk in short tops but apprently they look odd!

The jeggings I got in new look are THicker and less pj ish

[ThePhantomPlopper]

After spending many months declaring to anyone who would listen that leggings look shit, I finally purchased a pair to wear with my new Fly boots and dresses or tunics.

I am size 6-8 and 5ft 5 BUT I am 11 weeks pregnant and have only a couple of weeks of being able to wear them without looking pregnant left.

[FuriousGeorge]

DH informed me the other day that smock tops/baggy tunics make me look pregnant.Bless him,he did redeem himself by explaining that it was because I am so slim and should stick to fitted clothing instead.I have de-smocked my wardrobe now.

[themoon66]

I keep seeing people with leggings and short tops... leggings that are a bit see-through too. Looks like they went out with top half of clothing missing.

[fishie]

i think it is ok if the top or the bottom has some structure. so i will wear cord dress with leggings, or jeggings with that bloody wallis dress which i have got to get some wear out of. and a hoody or bolero and boots.

can't wear jersey top to bottom, is like a giant babygo.