Leggings are not pants

MrsChanceW

I feel like I see women all the time who think leggings are pants and they are NOT! I love leggings but they do not and will never take the place of pants. They need to be worn properly. Does anyone else hate seeing this or is it just me?

MommyLiberty5013

As a woman who doesn't have the correct body type to wear leggings as pants, I have to say that I am embarrassed for other women who wear them incorrectly (and often 'inappropriately'). Leggings look good on most body types as long as crotches, behinds, and upper thighs are covered correctly!

Sillygirl45

Bahahaha! I just saw this post and have to second your thoughts. I do not have the body to wear leggings as pants either...really I don't think most people do.

bslsg13

If they aren't transparent and you can keep things from getting bunched up and/or hanging out they look fine...otherwise...yeah....don't do it.

SmrBrd2012

I'm really hating the legging trend, even for those that do have the body. I feel embarrassed for people that wear them too, especially when they're super tight and not black in color (where you can see less at least). I feel awkward when I see young girls in high school and even middle school wearing them. How do schools allow that and HOWWW do their parents let them out like that??

erollis

I used to wear leggings as a kid. But they are different then what they are now. The material now seems much thinner. I wear leggings now but for working out or I act like they are tights (and cover my butt with a long top/dress).

I have seen a lady wear tights (yes tights!) as leggings. It was wrong. So wrong. And not appropriate in the least.

srcr2011

erollis said:

I used to wear leggings as a kid. But they are different then what they are now. The material now seems much thinner. I wear leggings now but for working out or I act like they are tights (and cover my butt with a long top/dress). I have seen a lady wear tights (yes tights!) as leggings. It was wrong. So wrong. And not appropriate in the least.

Eeew for the lady in tights!!! I have some leggings, but they are black and white. I also have some brown and black. I dont wear them to work and ALWAYS, ALWAYS wear a nice, long, flowy, blouse or sweater/dress with a belt that covers the booty and upper thighs! I pair them with cute flats or boots. I have a ba-donk-a-donk and would feel very awkward in them if my shirt did not cover it.  I dont wear them often, I feel a little juvenile in them, not matter how cute they may look, but I will wear them occasionally in the right way. I hate it when woman wear them, they are a size too small, and the shirt is too short AND too tight!

cpg002

I wear leggings as pants only around the house. I am very modest and wear my leggings and running tights out of the house only if my top covers my rear. I wholeheartedly agree that leggings are NOT pants!

ajpotacki

just thought this was an interesting article

http://feminspire.com/how-accepting-leggings-as-pants-made-me-a-better-feminist/

emily1004

If you are over the age of four, then no, they are not acceptable. I was at the vital records office picking up a copy of my birth certificate and there was a grown a$$ woman standing there and I could see her entire polk-a-dot thong. Apparently she thinks tights are appropriate to wear as pants. It's really nasty when I am standing in Panera trying to order my bacon turkey bravo and I have to stare at a woman's bits and pieces because she forgot to cover up.

If leggings were pants, you know what they would be called? Pants!

And for the record, I have a very nice behind and I never attempt this so-called "trend".

MiaBrass

Absolutely. Real leggings, such as the kind we wore when I was in my late teens/early 20's were not glorified stockings the way they are now. They were made out of a heavier, knit material, which made them thicker, stronger, & definitely NOT see-through. You can still buy that type, if you know where to find them. And darn straight, we DID wear them as pants, under longish tops and shirts. I practically lived in them as a result of going to dance class several nights a week, and black was the only acceptable color for them as far as I was concerned. Have fun

consciousdear88

Thankfully I don't see this trend all too often since I'm living in a smaller city now. When I was at the mall in a bigger city yesterday with DH and my sister, I saw a girl in horrifically bright leggings in lieu of pants. It seemed like more of an eye sore than anything.

I'm all down for comfort, but there's such an aesthetic appeal look wise (in my opinion) between sweatpants and leggings.

katmo82

You are not the only one, we share the same opinion. Leggings are definitely not pants. I don't wear leggings only pants however I do think leggings are really nice  

lifeguard

It's not right when girls and women are strutting about in full public , in the daylight . With a set of "pants" that provide all the coverage of body paint.
  Maybe if you are bold and wearing a dress, long shirt  or long sweater on top and going clubbing . It's just rude to go and "camel toe"  everyone at a fast food restaurant or mall.   

beautiflaw

IKR! Sooo tired of seeing cameltoe and people's panties in public... There's a time and a place and the grocery store isn't it.

TLK08

cpg002 said:

I wear leggings as pants only around the house. I am very modest and wear my leggings and running tights out of the house only if my top covers my rear. I wholeheartedly agree that leggings are NOT pants!

I'm right there with you and only around my house! And if my DH saw this thread he would be screaming 'yes, yes, yes!' 

buttercup1958

ajpotacki i just read that article and i wanted to gag the whole time. seriously that was one of the most condescending piece of work about absolutely nothing in a really long time. i see my fellow classmates all the time wearing leggings and it annoys me. not because of "slut-shaming" but it annoys me that they look lazy. call me judgmental but if i can make myself look halfway decent then they can at least wear something that doesn't shove their camel toe in my face. long rant over haha

Sillygirl45

I have to add, since reading this thread, I have a coworker who keeps wearing these skin tight leggings that you can see her skin through to work with a barely hip length sweater. I just want to shake her and ask WTF she is thinking!

lifeguard

 I had to google that one and found it in the urban dictionary. Sorry for the rude terms.

badonkadonk

An ‘ebonic’ expression for an extremely curvaceous female behind. Women who possess this feature usually have a small waist that violently explodes into a round and juicy posterior (e.g., 34c, 24, 38). Other characteristics would be moderately wide hips and a large amount of booty cleavage (i.e, depth of butt-crack).

lifeguard

TLK08 said:

cpg002 said:

I wear leggings as pants only around the house. I am very modest and wear my leggings and running tights out of the house only if my top covers my rear. I wholeheartedly agree that leggings are NOT pants!

I'm right there with you and only around my house! And if my DH saw this thread he would be screaming 'yes, yes, yes!' 

    I never really thought about it but it's a matter of location and context.
   Ever notice how men get all interested in trying to catch a glimps of cleavage in the office. Yet on the beach or around the pool the boys/men give half exposed boobs a relatively casual glance by comparison. Or what would be a scandalous peak of underwear with a skirt.Yet a bathing suit bottom 2/3 the size yields another relatively casual glance. 
      It wasn't until I was dating DH and he baffled me with the statement that I had an awesome camel toe in a bathing suit. I then realized that over the years as a kid we never noticed and was used to it later when it did occur to us along with perky nipples in the cold. That some bathing suits when wet gave all the coverage of body paint.     It was just part of the pool environment, just like some of the boys getting woodies.