death of fashion: leggings
First off, I readily admit that I do not possess any semblance of excellent fashion sense. Sometimes I wear stuff that I get laughed at, sometimes I don’t so it’s pretty safe to say that I am no Anna Wintour (lol, the very idea!). Nowadays I just wear T-shirt and jeans — there’s not much to laugh at T-shirt and jeans.
Yet despite me being unfashion-worldly, the one thing I do know and very well at that is this:
NO ONE SHOULD WEAR LEGGINGS, EVAR!!!!
Leggings just so happen to be one of fashion’s worst mistake. It was fine when Jennifer Beals wore it in ‘Flashdance’, because she played a dancer and well, it was the early eighties.
But leggings are definitely not for everyone; in fact when André Leon Talley or someone of that stature was on Oprah, s/he said, “no one should wear leggings”. So I am not making any of this up (never mind that I can’t remember who said it).
All the Hillary Duffs, Lindsay Lohans, the Hilton sisters of the world can wear leggings for all I care. I don’t see them in real life, so it does not affect my daily business in anyway. Images from entertainment gossip sites can be easily dismissed. Celebrities like that are not real anyway 
But it is hard to ignore leggings when it flaunts and bounces itself right in front of your very eyes. Even more so when the perpetrator has no business anywhere near leggings in the first place, let alone short denim skirts (which seems to be the ‘thing’ to go with leggings these days).
Like last week I was in a restaurant and was innocently enjoying a rather scrumptious dinner. Then it rained stones and the locusts came, and a lady strolled in and plonked herself at the table right next to us.
Allow me to wield the power of your imagination the scene I had to endure for the rest of the night, with the following image so beautifully illustrated by my talented and esteemed colleague.
I actually look like that. Do I wear leggings? Hell NO!
And when she bent over…
Sigh. Maybe they should ban leggings instead of iPods on the streets. Public safety is after all at a rather serious stake here, aka for the love of God!!!!!
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I once met a girl wore exactly like the illustration. But she had no leggings. Trust me, that’s a whole lot worse.
the 80s trend of leggings and tights is back… and its on practically EVERY mannequin in the shops in Sydney.
nice illos btw ^_~
Worst, leggings + knee-high boots!
Leggings aren’t too bad if the wearer has legs like Twiggy or Kate Moss. I have a friend who pulls off the leggings look well.
But damn me, the woman you saw should be arrested for wearing them if the illustration does her justice…. sheeeettt… my eyes! my eyes!
I wear leggings occasionally 0.0
thatjames: acks! no one should wear skirts that short anyways!!!
midnite lily: it’s all over in kl/pj as well! but i first noticed the trend when i was back in bp for cny. i asked my cousin why the fuck people wear like this, she said it is fashion spilled over from singapore and japan etc. illustration: my colleague is good
nonnie: bwahahahhaa i wonder why
teh drowmage: hm i dislike leggings in general, no matter who wears it. the illustration captured what i saw that day
valz: bin teh leggings! don’t be a fashion victim!!!!!!!!!!!
ehhh… read my post about the blimp in yoga class…
You look like the paper doll leh… scary. Just take off the two red thingy off your face.
Leggings are like the undead.
It was hot in the 80’s and it looked terrible.
Then it makes a comeback in 2006, still looking shit.
I can never EVER fathom the fashion senses of Japanese women.
It should be banned! Burn the leggings! What’s worse are those who wear those leggings with bits of lace at the end or bits of lace going up all the way and a mini-skirt over it! *rolls eyes* Where’s fashion going to?!
Eh, this fashion is so hip. Came from mainland China, serious wor! Short skirt with legging, more fashionable if the legging is the lacey type some more!
Wear it with high heels for classy look. Wear it with platforms for vintage look. Shoe color must be gold or silver. Ngam!
Serioussss… very glamour one!
Err… anyway…
I sell leggings… cheap cheap only.
Many colors, many types. RM2.50 only one piece liow. Want or not? Come come. By 10 free 1.
‘there’s not much to laugh at T-shirt and jeans.’
People laugh at my T-Shirts if they can read Japanese.
I still haven’t seen Flashdance, but I know after that movie and the movie FAME an awful lot of people used to wear leggings. It was the ’80s though … now, what excuse do they have except they have cold legs and were too stupid to put on proper pants.
Though personally, I don’t give a hoot if they wer leggings. The thing I find repulsive is when SUPER fat people wear those tight fitting lycra pants. Eewwwww! Nothing worse than camel toe with it’s own celulite!
leggings are HOT!
LOL, I think so too. They rock. I had a pair when I was a kid, I can’t recall how I got them though.
But they’re so nice and warm…. especially with boots!
But then I’m in Melbourne and I only wear them when mornings are cold and afternoons are hot.
I wear leggings too…
..at least, running tights that look kinda like leggings …
I’ll bet you any amount of money you don’t look like that…
I’d take leggings over mullets anytime. LOL I can’t believe people still think mullets (and ekor rambut) looks good (even moreso parents who punish their kids by imposing ‘fashion’ on them.)
my eyes, MY EYES!!!
This reminds me of the other day, I found a pair of leggings from the bottom of the drawers, from the 80s! Haha, immediately binned it. No mercy for leggings people!
i don’t get leggings either. i am old and decrepit
legging ONLY for lonely cold cold winter..heck i wore them inside my jeans…brrrrrppp
um…okay, I’m male, so I think leggings are kinda sexy – if worn right.
total opaque black leggings or the 100% cotton ones are alright and if you can carry it off, you can actually look pretty alternative.
but those semi transparent ones are just GROSS.
imagine it’s 50% opaque stocking, but instead of covering your whole feet, it goes to your calves only. it is GROSS. so GROSS.
aw, but i love leggin :S
they are cute.
haha
sue me!
Davidlian – Leggings are sexy if that’s all a hot girl is wearing!
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suanie wots your take on knee high black stockings?
I FUCKING HATE EM.
I had a bad sense of fashion during the 80’s. I wore leggings then. I shudder everytime I think of it. I vow never to make the same mistake
I think tht leggings the crop capri if worn right, for instance with tunic,s is nice. you cant be too big to wear them…
I’m wearing plain black leggings with a short skirt now. HAHAHA! But only because my skirt is too short =/
at first I thought so too. but some people could pull it off! for instance, there’s this girl I know, she pairs leggings with tunic top and she looks so darn cute! so I guess, it depends lah.
oli: read… lmao!
beefstew: you mean chinese vampire issit
z: and they haunt your dreams
pinkelle: yeah when i first saw it, it already looked so wrong.
faieza: i think came from hollywood or japan, then to hkg, then to singapore and thailand, then slowly to kl… apparently that’s how fashion flows
fabs: oh but flashdance was great
i wore leggings when i was 11 and don’t really want to look back. i was stick thin back then anyways 
pinkpau: anything or nothing on you is hot
anttyk: prolly your mom bought them
“hey this is a nice pair of leggings i think it would look fabulous on my kid”
mousie: oh i don’t mind at all if they are hidden…
suertes: you can wear ‘em if you are exercising, i guess. but for outdoor fashion purposes, blah
izad: bwahhahaa lots of mullets in thailand! land of the mullets.
CC: yeah imagine if u had to see it in real life..
delia: and hot
jas: worn on the inside, yes!
S: the long ones are equivalent to skinny jeans, and definitely only a certain number of ppl can wear it lor. the half ones.. blah
christine: heh nah
Afif: next week yah
ahseng: *vomits*
Mae: oh no you were in the flashdance era!
J: nope. need to be 40kg or something
Cheesecakeerian: it’s ok, i don’t mind short skirts on hot girls
AM: maybe.. but definitely not the illustrated girl above