But the other day, that friend reminded me of something that I have been seeing all too much around town lately: jeggings. Her reminder came with an internet article, explaining what jeggings are and how they're going to be even more popular this fall.
Ugh. Bad idea. Seriously, jeans...or leggings. There is no in between. Except for fat Honduran women. If stretch is noticable in jeans, it's too much. The whole point of skinny jeans is to make them look like they fit perfectly, not like you had to squeeze yourself into them like a toothpaste tube.
Through some apparant hallucination, the picture below is how some women think jeggings will look on them. (Point in fact, this about the hottest thing I've seen in months.)
The problem is, that picture isn't how jeggings look. Actually, those aren't even jeggings, they're jeans. And if you can't look like this in skinny jeans or leggings, jeggings won't look like this on you. In reality, jeggings look terrible:
I appreciate the attempt to make leggings more accessible by making them seem less like your pajamas, but it doesn't work. Now, they just look like pajamas made to look like jeans. And most importantly, just because they mixed the two, it doesn't mean you can wear these even though you couldn't pull off skinny jeans or leggings.
Shame on you, jeggings and people who wear them. Total jeans fail, fashion fail, and misappropriation of the rare and refined art of leggings as pants. May God have mercy on your souls.
