Comments on: Leggings and Tights Are Not Pants

By: Manda

Manda — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:37:53 +0000

I do have the right to judge people any which way I want. I also have the right to say it. You have the right to disagree with what I say. Like you said, we live in a free world.

Not once did I say we need to “censor” people who wear leggings and tights as pants. If you read my post, you’ll see that I am making the argument that leggings and tights are not pants. No matter how you look at it, they are NOT pants. Look it up in the dictionary.

By: Cleve

Cleve — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:09:25 +0000

I don’t understand…!
Do you actually think that people will change the way they LIKE to dress just because a lot of people doesn’t like it? It’s like, the way you dress is not just about the fashion world, is about your own taste. If someone likes to wear tights as pants, you are you to censure them!? Even if you were a fashion designer or fashion advicer, you wouldn’t have the right to judge people just because the way they dress.
Please, we live in a free world!

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By: Manda

Manda — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:00:48 +0000

Oh, I don’t have a problem with tights being used when dresses/tunics are long enough so that the tights look reasonable. My irritation with leggings and tights stem when they are paired with a normal shirt, and not a dress/tunic or other garment that is relatively long!

By: Haley

Haley — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:48:57 +0000

As someone who loves to wear tights, I must say I was rather sad to see this post! LOL. But I do understand your frustration. I have my rules about when to wear pants and when to wear tights, and they are as follows:

Tights: When the dress or tunic covers your bum and then some. The dress/tunic cannot be skintight or too short.

Pants: When the dress or tunic does NOT cover the bum and thighs enough to allow tights to be suitable.

I personally have had severe dermatological problems on my legs, so that’s why I wear tights with just about everything. I will NOT show my legs, so I don’t really have a choice in terms of not wearing them.

Also, I agree with Olga. Tights are a much warmer choice than pantyhose that catch on everything and rip!! :P

By: Olga

Olga — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:16:55 +0000

Further proof that we are hanker for a decade not our own (except the eighties were totally mine.)

Personally, I’m not totally offended by leggings and tights, but mostly because I love wearing them under dresses. They keep you delightfully warm but they aren’t the painful itchy hell that pantyhose put you through.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:33:18 +0000

I agree with Jem here. In the 80s leggings were “the thing” to wear. In the early 90s when I was little, I would wear leggings as trousers with a jumper or t-shirt. It wasn’t all that odd back then.

By: Kaylee

Kaylee — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:52:24 +0000

I was going to just echo Krissy and say “Amen”, but I have to add that I really don’t like this trend, and I wish people would SERIOUSLY consider their body shape when deciding to wear leggings.

And tights are just taking it to a whole new level of… horribleness :P