https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/meggings Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:24:20 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/meggings#post-796225 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:51:45 +0000 cciele 796225@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, Claudia, I was thinking the same thing regarding the historical aspect! I totally welcome men to get back into this trend </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/meggings#post-796223 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:48:47 +0000 rachylou 796223@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@Claudia - Yes! those are among the women I'd like to understand! Women who fancied court fops! ... not that they got to choose their husbands.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/meggings#post-796219 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:35:04 +0000 Claudia 796219@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@ Rachylou - they (hose/stockings/breeches/meggings) were worn by European men for centuries, from the Middle Ages through the 17th Century (I know because I Googled it), so obviously at least a few women were okay with it. </p> <p>Apparently such body-con clothing created body image issues for those less-well-endowed-by-nature men:</p> <p>"Historical background</p> <p>Originally derived from the hose worn by European men several centuries ago, tights were made as close fitting as possible for practical reasons when riding horseback. For men of nobility, the material would be made of silk or fine wool rather than the coarser fabrics used by the lower classes. At the time of King Henry VIII of England, such was the male fashion for displaying a well turned leg that even the king padded the calf area under his hose. Portrait paintings of him and other nobility often portray the wearing of a cod piece covering the groin."</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tights" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tights</a></p> <p>Then we have our uber masculine modern day super heroes that have been known to don a pair. Bat Man, Super Man, Spider Man... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/meggings#post-796212 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:25:23 +0000 milehighstyle (Linda) 796212@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Reminds me of a couple of weeks ago, my hubby was getting ready to referee an outdoor flag football game so was putting on his long underwear and my son asked "are those jeggings?" </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/meggings#post-796208 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:20:50 +0000 rachylou 796208@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just want to understand any woman who looks at a man in meggings and says to herself: That man is going to be the father of my children! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/meggings#post-796185 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:53:22 +0000 Claudia 796185@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maybe there will be a new industry and revival for codpieces. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/meggings#post-796179 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:48:46 +0000 Sona 796179@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think they need man tunics if the are going to have meggins/skinnies. I do not want to see crotch- male or female displayed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/meggings#post-796175 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:43:49 +0000 Aziraphale 796175@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>On a guy with nice, muscular legs, and with an appropriate top (there are certain anatomical parts we probably don't need to see outlined, ballet-style, a la Mikhail Baryshnikov, although my goodness did he ever have nice legs), these could be all right, I think. Remember Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy? Those knee breeches are basically tights, and yum. </p> <p>The leggings would have to be quite a thick fabric, though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/meggings#post-796110 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:58:27 +0000 Suz 796110@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Can't see my husband wearing it...but I don't necessarily dislike it on others. It all depends! ;-)</p> <p>Maybe tail coats will also come back for men if they embrace this look. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/meggings#post-796104 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:46:27 +0000 Claudia 796104@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Laurinda, I am not against this trend myself. Maybe I am turning into a dirty old lady in my advancing years, but I kinda like it.</p> <p>You'd have to be a self assured and confident guy to give this look a go, and like on the ladies, some will definitely wear it more successfully than others. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/meggings#post-796094 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:36:16 +0000 Laurinda 796094@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think guys in biking lycra (gear) pants are kinda hawt *blush*. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/meggings#post-796038 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:02:41 +0000 Diana 796038@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Leggings are Not Pants. </p> <p>Perhaps even more of a truism for men. =P </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/meggings#post-796033 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:57:34 +0000 Transcona Shannon 796033@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh dear...that second pair looks like he showed up in his long underwear! I won't be buying my hubby a pair for Christmas, that's for sure. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/meggings#post-796013 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:39:25 +0000 Claudia 796013@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For those that are irked by the word 'jeggings' get ready for "meggings," leggings for men.</p> <p>I am personally visually bored and exhausted by all the skintight skinnies and jeggings over the past seasons and am embracing a looser leg for myself and on others, but I am interested in seeing some guys in these for a change. "Don’t mock the meggings<br /> Gird your loins, lads: the hottest new style item for you this season is a pair of men’s leggings. Anish Patel slips into something more revealing": <a href="http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/fashion/dont-mock-the-meggings-8412335.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.standard.co.uk/life.....12335.html</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/men-in-tights-meggings-are-taking-manhattan-by-storm-2012-12#ixzz2ErUBmxCc" rel="nofollow">http://www.businessinsider.com.....z2ErUBmxCc</a></p> <p><a href="http://fashionista.com/2012/12/are-meggings-leggings-for-men-the-next-big-trend-in-menswear/" rel="nofollow">http://fashionista.com/2012/12.....-menswear/</a> </p>