Men in leggings….seriously?
Features | Anna Rossiter | February 8, 2007With skinny jeans and leggings being at the core of ‘below the waist’ fashion, accentuating legs seems to be key to most styles. I myself have a number of pairs of leggings and absolutely love them, whether I’m wearing them with a dress for a night out, or with a hoody for a cosy night in. BUT…I feel a line has been crossed when we transfer this fashion ‘must have’ to our male counterparts. In my opinion, and I have complete faith that my girlfriends would agree with me, I don’t want to wake up one morning to find my boyfriend or brother sporting the same leg warmers or leggings as me……there are just some trends that shouldn’t be shared between the sexes….
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Oh my god I would lose all respect for my man if he turned up in these.
I had the same sentiment and wrote about this on Pierce Mattie’s Fashion Blog about two weeks ago. I’ve only gotten 2 comments in response to what I wrote…both from men in support of them wearing leggings.
There is only one word that comes to mind:
Ewww.
Shannon
Errr…that is just wrong. And what the hell is with the sagginess in the crotch of the model?
Leggings for men is not a new trend - one that’s been around for years. It’s time to get over the body image constraints and go for the comfort. Just wear them. Leggings are perfect casual wear for women AND men. Having worn leggings for years, I’m aware of people’s comments both negative and very positive. After all, it’s not the leggings on the man but the man in the leggings. Everyone looks good in leggings and some people look great!
If more people, women and men, wear leggings then it will just be another apparel choice. At one time denim jeans were worn only by miners digging for gold. Now they are everywhere.
So never say never - when you do decide to wear leggings, choose a well made pair - not with cotton fibers that bag out over time but a high tech fiber that retains its shape. Go for the comfort and support. Leggings that go to the ankle look better than capri style that chop the leg. Plus the full length leggings support you from your ankle to your waist and give you an energetic lift. Laugh, Live, Love & Enjoy! Check out http://www.UnJeans.com
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Men have worn leggings and tights centuries not years before women. They have bene around since 1600’s. We men are the one’s who started leggings, capris, knickers, and capris with tights or nylon socks. Look in history in the colonial times. Men worn capris and nylon stockings. In 1700 and 1800 and early 1900s we still worn tights with shorts or knickers. England and Europe Still do. There are plenty of europeans that wear tights and many wearing legigngs and will sell more than women in the European Market. There are sites to buy tights for men. Sports brands offer leggings for men now. What is the difference and big deal! I am for them and I am hoping they come to US market. I am wanting to buy them from Calvin Klien. For now I have both tights and leggings for sport and casual use.
Go GUYS! BUY THEM! Wear them to sleep in and wear under shorts of any kind: basketball/ casual shorts. I have witnessed this several times and have tried it casually myself. What is the big deal. Go to Tights-for-men.com , Activskin.com, or do a search on it and on “leggings for men 2007″. you will find it.
Nice!
i think its awesome, some men can pull it off, specially those who embrace androgyny.
But to condemn the idea and say yuck, puhlease, Fashion and Style are what they are for its daring elements.
love it or hate it, its unfair to say it shouldnt belong on men
WAKE UP LADIES, men sported these “leggings” of yours far earlier than you guys have. They were called hose back in the centuries, and only MEN wore em.
to DEEM these un-manly is wrong, its like deeming a dress Un-womanly as that was what women wore in the middle ages, when men sported the Hose….
TSK tsk for the closed minded “fashionistas”… what a joke