On the subject of pants
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LJ is having PROBLEMS! Oh, I am getting a bit tired of this. I was ready to feel for them during the first (and even second) wave of DDoS attacks, but this is getting old pretty fast. LJ folks! T'is the time to do something, you had plenty of time already.
Forgive my old-school sensibilities , my younger friends, but this season seems to be the time for some of the ugliest fashions I have ever seen. Namely - girls wearing tights without wearing anything else (please see the illustration below). This look belongs (may be) in a gym or in a ballet performance, but NOT in a café, unless the aim is to cause gastrointestinal disturbances.

You might say that these are not tights but leggings, but how the casual onlooker is supposed to know? For the record, thin-ish leggings worn without a long top over them look as ugly as any tights. And matched with UGG boots (the ugliest foot wear invented) the look is terrible, even on the gorgeous ladies like Olivia Wilde:

I have shamelessly stolen the pictures from the Internet, but I see 5-10 examples of this "fashion" every morning I am walking to work, especially around the University area.
This is a hilarious chart I have stolen from
lage_nom_ai: Am I wearing pants?. This chart needs to be spread all over the world, and I am going to help the good work. Young ladies and gentlemen! Please consult the chart before stepping outside!
Forgive my old-school sensibilities , my younger friends, but this season seems to be the time for some of the ugliest fashions I have ever seen. Namely - girls wearing tights without wearing anything else (please see the illustration below). This look belongs (may be) in a gym or in a ballet performance, but NOT in a café, unless the aim is to cause gastrointestinal disturbances.

You might say that these are not tights but leggings, but how the casual onlooker is supposed to know? For the record, thin-ish leggings worn without a long top over them look as ugly as any tights. And matched with UGG boots (the ugliest foot wear invented) the look is terrible, even on the gorgeous ladies like Olivia Wilde:

I have shamelessly stolen the pictures from the Internet, but I see 5-10 examples of this "fashion" every morning I am walking to work, especially around the University area.
This is a hilarious chart I have stolen from
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Date: 2011-11-29 04:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-29 04:43 pm (UTC)LOLL oh dear - if I ever wear leggings it's at home with a long t-shrit. Can't stand the idea of my bum being so exposed! XD
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Date: 2011-11-29 04:59 pm (UTC)I'm probably classified as one of your younger friends...
But I honestly hate people wearing leggings as they are. It's fine if they're wearing shorts or a skirt or something...
I also hate Ugg boots, I don't understand why they wear it in the summer wither...
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Date: 2011-11-29 05:01 pm (UTC)Yeah, the lack of pants is definitely at an alltime high around here. AUGH MY EYES.
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Date: 2011-11-29 05:33 pm (UTC)I don't own UGG boots (too expensive) but I have my own fake pair and tbh I don't know how my feet would survive the winter without them. So comfy and warm.
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Date: 2011-11-29 05:59 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-11-29 06:34 pm (UTC)I love, love, love your trouser essay. I would also propose a corollary that the tighter a woman's leggings (or tights) become as outerwear, the baggier and droopier men's pants seem to trend. I saw a couple at the mall earlier this week: she was in skin-tight jeggings (ugh!) and he was in droopy jeans that, in the back, hung almost as far down as his butt descended. DO NOT WANT!
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Date: 2011-11-29 06:57 pm (UTC)That 'Am I wearing pants' chart was hilarious btw.
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Date: 2011-11-29 07:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-29 07:34 pm (UTC)I am all for leggings, but only if I'm wearing a big chunky sweater/shirt that falls below my ass. Having everyone be able to see the clear definition of my buttocks is not something I'm into, nor is camel toe.
I have been known to wear jeggings.
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Date: 2011-11-29 10:00 pm (UTC)The chart btw is made of win xD
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Date: 2011-11-29 10:00 pm (UTC)But in my defence I wear yoga pant legging things so its not as bad..
To be honest, I think people are just too lazy to wear real pants. Thanks for the chart, it made my day!
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Date: 2011-11-29 10:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-30 04:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-30 05:30 am (UTC)These are my favorite jeans in the world
http://www.ae.com/web/browse/product.jsp?productId=0431_7127_852&catId=cat90120&bundleCatId=cat4860004
And I don't necessarily wear them with long shirts/dresses/skirts. To me, they are just skinny jeans. They define my legs but don't expose my underwear or show the crack or anything like that so I see nothing wrong with that.
But I do agree about the leggins...One time I saw a girl wearing super thin leggings that were totally see through....I saw her butt and underwear in great detail and it horrified me. Doesn't she know?
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Date: 2011-11-30 08:34 pm (UTC)For the record, thin-ish leggings worn without a long top over them look as ugly as any tights.
Couldn't agree with you more.
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