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Could You Live Without Black Leggings?

VenusCow

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Are black leggings an essential wardrobe staple or a style killer as labelled by the fashion press to be avoided at all costs?
As we move into Fall I've already got mine on, along with 3/4 of the women of the UK.
Could you live without a good quality pair of black leggings in your closet?

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Latest reply was from VenusCow

jurocha

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Veteran

Yes. I don't do leggings at all. That's my style pet peeve... I couldn't live without hose, though: 50 to 100 for the winter months.

shaz

I manage without them, helps that i don't have the legs for them. I think they look best on a shapely leg not my chicken legs lol

anne

Veteran

I could live without them (and did in the early 2000s) but I choose not to, and bought a new pair today! I am trying out a fleece lined pair.

I wear them at home, and under dresses that are a bit short and under tunic length sweaters. I'd like to get another tunic length top too.

I tend to alternate between favouring leggings and jeggings - some years one will predominate, sometimes another.

Hil

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Veteran

I love my blacl leggings - in winter and summer, under tunic length tops. They're also great for leisure wear - definitely an essential in my wardrobe.

kkards

Veteran

i could take them or leave them...mostly leave them, as i find that they are really limiting on the tops that you can wear.

dlb1960

Hate them on me! Can definitely live without them!

cheryle (Dianthus)

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Veteran

I don't have a pair at all so I guess I do live without them quite easily.

Anonymous

I have one pair but I don't think I have ever worn them in the last 3 years or so. Maybe once.

Kim

Veteran

Since I just donated my only (and unworn) pair of ponte leggings after having them in my closet for 3 years or so I'd say "yes, I will happily live without them."

I do have the legs for them, its simply a question of it not matching my style. I don't like tunic tops (and I've tried a few) so leggings are pretty useless for me.

I do own a couple of pair for running, but that's gear and hardly the same thing.

Janet

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Veteran

My only leggings are running gear. I don't like tunics on me, so leggings aren't even in my wardrobe.

AnnieMouse

Veteran

I'm not a fan.

donnat

Veteran

Leggings are running gear to me too.

Diana

Veteran

I've hardly worn mine at all in the past year. I prefer skinny pants with tunics and footless tights under dresses, and I never wear leggings as pants.

velvetychocolate

Veteran

I don't actually have any leggings, except one pair of 'capri' type leggings I bought for gym-going.

I can live without leggings

Anonymous

The only leggings I own are for running and yoga.

Elly

Veteran

Never worn a pair . . . no wait, I had a pair in high school, but I still don't think I've worn them. I'm not against them (I think they are great instead of tights in the winter, under skirts or LONG tunics, and can even get with them as loungewear) I've just never succumbed.

Thistle

Veteran

I don't own a single pair of leggings. So, yes

vibgyor004

Well, they are a staple in my wardrobe as I love to pair them with the tunics, long loose knits and loose T shirts! Works well for me, it's not that I can't live without them but would love to have them as they go with a lot of things in my closet!

Dawn

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I used to live in leggings with boots and short dresses, but I'm over them now.

Angie

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I do not wear black opaque tights at all - (wore them once in the '90s and that was that). I find the look extremely "heavy and black" for my personal style preferences. When done well, I can appreciate the look on others. I wear sheer textured/patterned hose instead.

I wore cropped black zippered leggings a lot 4 years ago, but not any more. I much prefer to wear trousers, jeans, and knee length dresses or skirts.

Gaylene

Veteran

To me, leggings have always been reserved for exercise, biking, or outdoor wear. I've never liked the look for street wear or even lounge wear, so, yes, I would have no problems if black leggings ceased to exist.

ironkurtin

Veteran

No. I love black leggings. It's the 90s part of my soul.

I do not, however, wear them as pants.

Beth

Veteran

I don't own leggings, so yes. I like the the look on others but somehow have never been happy with the look on me.

MsMary

Veteran

Leggings are not a "thing" here in So Cal. I get along fine without 'em.

I do have a fab pair of black footless fleece-lined tights for when I go someplace cold, but I almost always use them as a layering piece under some other long pants.

Aziraphale

Veteran

Why yes, I've been living successfully without black leggings for most of my life. I don't live in the UK, though...maybe I'll have to buy a pair for when I visit my cousins there?

OK, seriously now. I do sort of like the look of leggings, and I tried them for a while a few years ago. There are two main problems. One: leggings simply cannot be worn without a top that completely covers your bum -- i.e. a tunic. (Or a dress, I suppose). And the leggings-and-tunic look works so much better on other women than on me. On my short and slim frame, a tunic is often overwhelming, and makes me look either topheavy or even shorter than I am. Not good. Two, I cannot stand the feel of anything stretchy and snug hugging my waist above my belly button. I've tried! I put them on in the morning and they feel perfectly comfortable, but then midway through the day I'm tugging at the waistband and feeling like I can't breathe. It might be partly psychological.

So I finally gave up on leggings and now wear either skinny jeans or skirts if I want my legs to show.

milehighstyle (Linda)

Veteran

I could live without them - I have them (and not only in black, but in grey, blue and olive green as well), but it's really only a once in a while thing for me. Tights, on the other hand - I could not live without those.

catgirl

Veteran

I rarely wear them any more. But I do wear black fleece tights in winter with dresses, which is similar to how I would have worn leggings.

Pawprints

Bought a pair, never wore them. I wear few tunics, and wear narrow pants with them. I always think they would be great as a warm layer under skits or dresses but then wear hose, tights, or skip on to pants instead of a skirt.

I don't wear them for loungewear or exercise wear either.

I have a pair of new leggings on my maybe need list for winter. You guys have made me realize they can come off the list.

I'm surprised how many here don't wear them. I thought "everyone" but me had built them into their wardrobes.

Diana

Veteran

Oh! I did think of one place where I still like my leggings. On airplanes! I like to wear loose dresses (no waist constriction) on planes but then my legs get cold, so I wear loose leggings (usually I size up) under them.

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