How To Wear Leggings

There are a few elements of fashion that are so simple yet are bungled as often as Lindsay Lohan
is arrested. Take leggings for example. This item of apparel is simple
with variations only in length and color. Yet even this may be a little
too much choice for people.

Apologies for the quality but a stealth picture had to be taken in this instance of a strong leggings don't.


Note the woman on the right. Note the length of
leggings she's chosen which hit right at mid-calf. Even in the low
quality photo she looks frumpy. A legging that ends in the middle of
the calf muscle truncates the leg and no woman, not evenBrazilian supermodels want that.

We have two options to offer friends and the first is for everyone. Short or tall, thin or heavy, everyone's legs elongate when wearing leggings to the ankle. Here's the do:

If you are taller than 5'5", you have another option. You may also choose to wear leggings that stop just below the knee.



This look came from the Marni Spring 2007 runway show. Looking forward to fall, Consuelo Castiglioni
has shown an even fresher leggings look; a stirrup legging. Before you
say that sounds just about as modern as the side ponytail, take a look.

You sort of can't tell what's going on in the nebulous ankle/shoe region. All you notice are long slim legs.

Get it Together: Shapeless Shifts

We realize that shapeless flowy dresses are very in right now, in fact, we even wear them with shameless abandon. Check out this version from Marni Spring 2007:



The model is teeny, the dress is huge, yet somehow, it all seems to come out ok. We see copious women pulling off this look in NYC. The shape here is lollipop and as long as we're not talking about people's heads being too large for their anorexic bodies, we're all over it.

However, we saw something last night that really got us riled up. So angry in fact we felt the need to snap a stealth picture. Apologies for the quality but drastic measures need to be taken when one attends happy hour wearing one's nightgown.



Note the girl in the center. She's wearing something out of Twas The Night Before Christmas. All we ask is that people dress for their body types (and that they refrain from wearing pajamas in public). It's not the garment itself we have a problem with, it's just the way it's worn. I think if Consuelo Castiglioni were present to the above debacle she would echo our sentiments: please, for the love of god, throw on a belt.