leggings.

[pinkvans]

what would you think of wearing a top like this http://www.topshop.com/wcsstore/TopShop//images/catalog/04E41PNEW_large.jpg

with leggings?

also has anyone seen the leggings (£3) in primark? spotted them a few days ago but didn't get a proper look.

[icey]

After a few discussions with mates we have come to the conclusion that leggings are shit. They look pretty crap on everybody tbh.
The top is nice though! :thumb:

[FireyFirenze]

go for it i say. i think it'd look good. im getting in my positive opinion now before everyone starts saying 'ohh leggings they dont look good on anyone, they're shit, blah blah blah' :thumb:

although...i have that top (topshop riiight?) and i dont think its long enough to wear with leggings, haha.

ETA: i think i just got a bit mixed up, do you mean full on proper leggings? cos i was sort of meaning footless tights...i call them all the same thing. hmmm.

[Simba T Lion]

Oh good choice! I have a shirt just like that, but a shorter version and pink and there are roses inbetween the skulls. It looks good with jeans ;)

[Thunderstruck]

Agree with icey. Leggings never do any favours for anyone.

Jeans would look better cos the top's not bad.

[lipsy]

i wear tops that just cover my bum with leggings. but they should be tops which are a bit flowy - not tight tshirt ones like in that pic.

and i think they look great on me! so there :razz:

[lucifer devil]

icey, you and your mates have clearly never seen me in my leggings. ;) :p

i don't think that top would look right with leggings, no. but you won't know until you try it on!

[SuzyCreamcheese]

I like the top, but Ive never seen leggings look OK on anyone unless they have REALLY stick thin legs. Thats not to say I didnt used to wear them in the past :o but I do now see the error of my ways.

[briggi]

I don't think that would look good with leggings unless you have buns of steel as they would be fully on display in all their lycra-clad glory! It's too short and, as lipsy said, it's a bit too fitted for that look.

It's a cute top, though :)

[lipsy]

I don't think that would look good with leggings unless you have buns of steel as they would be fully on display in all their lycra-clad glory! It's too short and, as lipsy said, it's a bit too fitted for that look.

It's a cute top, though :)
i think girls get it wrong when they wear tops which are too short. i have seen girls do this and even with buns of steel it just doesn't look good. you need to make sure the top at least covers your arse.

[SuzyCreamcheese]

could probably wear it with leggings if you had a skirt on too.

[briggi]

could probably wear it with leggings if you had a skirt on too.

A rara skirt? :razz:

I guess you're right lipsy that even with a great arse you'd still probably end up looking like an extra from this video:

http://eil.com/newgallery/Olivia-Newton-John-Physical-45210.jpg

unless the top is a bit longer than the one in question.

[kangoo]

I think it'd look ok as long as it covers your bum

I've got a gray pair of leggings from primark

[Young and sexy]

Tops should at least just cover your bum with leggins. And they shouldn't be fitted. I got a skull print top from Topshop the other day. It's long sleeved and flowly..and much nicer than that one! :razz:

[clementine_the_tangerine]

Hehe. I have that top!!

[Olive]

I think it'd just look like you were wearing a t-shirt with leggings. I would expect you to start jogging on the spot at any minute.

[pinkvans]

Tops should at least just cover your bum with leggins. And they shouldn't be fitted. I got a skull print top from Topshop the other day. It's long sleeved and flowly..and much nicer than that one! :razz:


lol i don't have the one i showed, but one of a similar style. I WANT THE TOP YOU'VE GOT! how strange, was just telling my disinterested boyfriend about it.

I got my leggings and tried it on with top I've got and it didn't look bad, though since outfit was all black looked a bit ninja-like. =P

[Skive]

I think leggins can be sexy.

[Bunnie]

as lipsy said, if it goes over your bum, should be ok.

i didnt like them at first, now i love them

[*Snow White Queen*]

Bought a lovely dress/long top/whatever they are called today and it looks gorge with them underneath. Thought I'd buy leggings rather than footless tights. Practically the same thing anyways.

I've been whinging about these for months and now I have a pair :yeees: The outfit looks cool though :D

Oh, and I don't think you need stick thin legs to be able to wear them. My legs are normal sized.

Oh and to the OP - I really like that top.

[*Snow White Queen*]

:yes:

The one I've bought today is really long. Goes well well below my bum. Like a normal skirt does.

I should have said that when I posted but hey ho.

[pinkvans]

Got a real nice long top today from Internacionale. £6. Marl grey, V neck, puff sleeves, comes to mid thigh. Looks better with leggings but needs a belt.

Anyone seen any nice ones? To wear with black leggings, and leopard print pumps and above mentioned top.

[pinkvans]

I think it'd just look like you were wearing a t-shirt with leggings. I would expect you to start jogging on the spot at any minute.

I don't know why. But you just made me think of Lizzy and Joggy Bear.

[lipsy]

I've been whinging about these for months and now I have a pair :yeees:
pft.

[Carolina]

Oh, and I don't think you need stick thin legs to be able to wear them. My legs are normal sized.


Don't think you need to be stick thin but i think leggings have a nasty knack of making some people look broader in the beam than they usually are because of the way they are skintight. Suppose it's just one of those things. They suit some and not others, whether you're a size 8 or a 14. A young lass came in the pub wearing a pair under a long shirt the other night and she's lovely looking with a good figure but they made her look really muscled up and bigger than she is :no:

However saying that i've bought myself a pair so with my horse riding thighs i'll probably end up looking like a russian shotputter :D

[lucifer devil]

i seriously don't know how people with bigger legs can wear footless tights. i have 2 pairs and they're both really tight! i have slim legs but they leave marks around the bottom of my legs. they only come in 1 size fits all (well the ones i've bought anyway) so what to bigger legged people do? :eek2:

[*Snow White Queen*]

pft.
Errr yeah?

[lipsy]

Errr yeah?
oh nothing. i guess some people are just behind.

[*Snow White Queen*]

I'm not behind darling. Gawd. I saw them in the shops as soon as they came out, I just didn't like them much. Didn't think they'd suit me.

Sheesh. I just don't behave like a sheep as soon as something new comes out. Just because I don't buy something as quickly as other fashion victims, that doesn't make me "behind". I don't wear or buy things I don't think will suit me either.

I never liked them at first but have warmed to them. Realised they actually suited me when I tried them on in the shop with a long top after my friend suggested it. I thought they'd look awful but it turns out I was wrong.

[VinylVicky]

and breathe

[*Snow White Queen*]

Haha. Sorry. I just didn't think her comments were necessary. No need for it.

[VinylVicky]

tbh honest we're all sheep unless we designed something ourselves

[katralla]

That top looks like a dress to me...

[lipsy]

I'm not behind darling. Gawd. I saw them in the shops as soon as they came out, I just didn't like them much. Didn't think they'd suit me.

Sheesh. I just don't behave like a sheep as soon as something new comes out. Just because I don't buy something as quickly as other fashion victims, that doesn't make me "behind". I don't wear or buy things I don't think will suit me either.

I never liked them at first but have warmed to them. Realised they actually suited me when I tried them on in the shop with a long top after my friend suggested it. I thought they'd look awful but it turns out I was wrong.
it was just annoying that you slagged them off and NOW you're wearing it. if anything that makes you a "sheep" because everyone else is wearing them so it makes you want to. and don't patronise me sweetheart ;)
well i'm glad you've realised you're wrong. because i know i've been right about them for well over a year now.

[lipsy]

im not having a go, but doesn't it make you a sheep if it takes you a few months to catch on to something, when you've seen everyone else do it first, instead of liking it when its new and different and no-one really has it on? you've got more balls if you fucking go for it when its first out.
:yes:

[*Snow White Queen*]

it was just annoying that you slagged them off and NOW you're wearing it. if anything that makes you a "sheep" because everyone else is wearing them so it makes you want to. and don't patronise me sweetheart ;)
well i'm glad you've realised you're wrong. because i know i've been right about them for well over a year now.

I didn't like them because I didn't think they'd suit ME. Out of pure chance I tried them on the other day. I didn't think I'd have the legs for them. Turns out I do and they looked rather nice. It doesn't mean I was wrong, it just means I didn't have enough confidence in myself.

I STILL think they look stupid on SOME girls tbh. I assumed they would on me too. I was wrong about that, fair enough.

I'm wearing them because I think they suit me, not because everyone else is wearing them. I tend to want to look like more of an individual rather than a clone.

Back to the topic now anyways. We've both made our point.

[lipsy]

I didn't like them because I didn't think they'd suit ME. Out of pure chance I tried them on the other day. I didn't think I'd have the legs for them. Turns out I do and they looked rather nice. It doesn't mean I was wrong, it just means I didn't have enough confidence in myself.

I STILL think they look stupid on SOME girls tbh. I assumed they would on me too. I was wrong about that, fair enough.

I'm wearing them because I think they suit me, not because everyone else is wearing them. I tend to want to look like more of an individual rather than a clone.

Back to the topic now anyways. We've both made our point.
i said you was wrong because YOU admitted you was WRONG.

and what is this 'fashion victim' and 'clone' you keep firing out as some sort of insult? are you suggesting thats what i am? why is that? because i saw something in a shop well over a year ago and started wearing them?

[*Snow White Queen*]

I'm talking about people in general.

I don't know what you wear! I've never seen you or a picture of you!

I'm talking about girls at my uni tbh. Most of them look the same.

[lipsy]

I'm talking about girls at my uni tbh. Most of them look the same.
well now you can look just like them! :thumb:

[lucifer devil]

HAHA tbh.

[lipsy]

:lol: you remind me of someone..

[*Snow White Queen*]

Not really. I'm not wearing them with a demin skirt and I've only seen people wear them with demin skirts here. Although, it does look nice on SOME people, for example, stephy and lucy off here, I don't think it looks nice on some girls.Maybe I will wear them with a demin skirt one day though and be hidden in the crowd :chin:

I won't look anything like everyone else tbh because I haven't seen anyone with my sort of top around here in Preston. Most people here wear footless tights with demin skirts, rather than long tops.

I won't be like the girls at uni. I won't be wearing them everyday like most of them seem to around here. I won't wear them everytime I go out either. I've only come to these assumptions because of what I've seen here, not because of what everyone has wrote on these boards.

Back to the topic anyways. This is getting silly.

[*Snow White Queen*]

HAHA tbh.
Good impression :thumb:

[lipsy]

Not really. I'm not wearing them with a demin skirt and I've only seen people wear them with demin skirts here. Although, it does look nice on SOME people, for example, stephy and lucy off here, I don't think it looks nice on some girls.Maybe I will wear them with a demin skirt one day though and be hidden in the crowd :chin:

I won't look anything like everyone else tbh because I haven't seen anyone with my sort of top around here in Preston. Most people here wear footless tights with demin skirts, rather than long tops.

I won't be like the girls at uni. I won't be wearing them everyday like most of them seem to around here. I won't wear them everytime I go out either. I've only come to these assumptions because of what I've seen here, not because of what everyone has wrote on these boards.

what a plan!! go you!!

most people wear them with tunics nowadays anyway.

[*Snow White Queen*]

Why thanks.

[katralla]

Well I will never succumb (sp?). I was joking about how ming the leggings fashion thing is with a friend who went and bought some footless tights the next week becazuse they 'looked good on her'. I think it's catching so I'm staying well away.

[Bri-namite]

Oh. My. God.

This reminds me of Primary 6 when I stamped my feet and went in a huff because somebody in my class saw the Power Rangers movie before me, even though I liked Power Rangers before he did.

There's nothing funnier seeing somebody walking about looking like an idiot in God knows what that totally doesn't suit them, when it's blatantly obvious they're only wearing it because some magazine told them that this would be the next big fashion thing.

There's nothing to say someone who started wearing something a year ago suits it any more than somebody who started wearing it a week ago :)

[lucifer devil]

Although, it does look nice on SOME people, for example, stephy and lucy off here

thank you. :)

[lipsy]

Oh. My. God.

This reminds me of Primary 6 when I stamped my feet and went in a huff because somebody in my class saw the Power Rangers movie before me, even though I liked Power Rangers before he did.

There's nothing funnier seeing somebody walking about looking like an idiot in God knows what that totally doesn't suit them, when it's blatantly obvious they're only wearing it because some magazine told them that this would be the next big fashion thing.

There's nothing to say someone who started wearing something a year ago suits it any more than somebody who started wearing it a week ago :)
way to totally miss the point!


and i don't even read magazines nor have i said i look better in leggings than stacey does.

[Bri-namite]

and i don't even read magazines nor have i said i look better in leggings than stacey does.

Uhh, I never once said you said you look better than she did.

My point was that just cause you see her as being "behind" and sneer at her ("pfft") doesn't mean shit - what's important to most normal people is they like what they wear and wear stuff that suits them, irrespective of how long you claim to have known all about it, or how long it's taken her to cotton on.

It's exactly the same mentality as me being about 10 and getting huffy because I liked to see myself as the first to like Power Rangers and didn't like it when other people started liking it too.

[lipsy]

Uhh, I never once said you said you look better than she did.

My point was that just cause you see her as being "behind" and sneer at her ("pfft") doesn't mean shit - what's important to most normal people is they like what they wear and wear stuff that suits them, irrespective of how long you claim to have known all about it, or how long it's taken her to cotton on.

It's exactly the same mentality as me being about 10 and getting huffy because I liked to see myself as the first to like Power Rangers and didn't like it when other people started liking it too.
i was actually attempting to be nice/avoid an argument when i said she was behind. my actual point was that in previous threads she has laughed at leggings and slagged them off yet now she has gone out and bought some. then she implies i'm a sheep because i got them when they first came out.

[briggi]

I've waited all my life for a leggings-related catfight! Ladies in your corners ;)

[Young and sexy]

Ooof it's all going on in 'ere eh? :D

[FireyFirenze]

I've waited all my life for a leggings-related catfight! Ladies in your corners ;)

haha that made me laugh. a lot.

and erm. i dont know why but i feel like pointing out that a lot of rock/alternative girls have been wearing footless tights (and not even footless tights that you buy especially, in th'olden days when they didnt sell them in topshop you would just cut the feet/bottom off a pair of tights, which is what i still do :D) for at least 3 years or something.

i remember cos a few people i know started getting annoyed that they sell them everywhere not and when they started selling them in topshop.

but anyway. erm. yeah.

[Babyshambler]

In reply to Lucy's post - I've got proper little chunky legs and I wouldn't even dare put on a pair of leggings (unless I wanted to be laughed out of everywhere I went to!) My mate, however, went out on Saturday night wearing a fit grey tunic-type top from good old Topshop and some leggings, she looks spot on. She, however, has nice slim legs. ;)

To the OP - like everyone's said, the top is too short for leggings. It's a nice top, though! Topshop have got LOADS of long tunic tops in at the moment in shitloads of colours that look wicked with leggings. :)

[Babyshambler]

and erm. i dont know why but i feel like pointing out that a lot of rock/alternative girls have been wearing footless tights (and not even footless tights that you buy especially, in th'olden days when they didnt sell them in topshop you would just cut the feet/bottom off a pair of tights, which is what i still do :D) for at least 3 years or something.

Yeah, I remember meeting Steph for the first time and she was donning the footless tights (i.e., cutoffs!) that was like, the start of 2005 or something.

[lucifer devil]

In reply to Lucy's post - I've got proper little chunky legs and I wouldn't even dare put on a pair of leggings (unless I wanted to be laughed out of everywhere I went to!) My mate, however, went out on Saturday night wearing a fit grey tunic-type top from good old Topshop and some leggings, she looks spot on. She, however, has nice slim legs. ;)

To the OP - like everyone's said, the top is too short for leggings. It's a nice top, though! Topshop have got LOADS of long tunic tops in at the moment in shitloads of colours that look wicked with leggings. :)


:o

i wasn't trying to be mean or in anyway suggest anyone with anything other than slim legs wouldn't look nice in them! i was just curious because i have quite slim legs and find them to be quite tight. my footless tights are anyway, not my leggings. i'm sure you'd look lovely!

[Babyshambler]

:o

i wasn't trying to be mean or in anyway suggest anyone with anything other than slim legs wouldn't look nice in them! i was just curious because i have quite slim legs and find them to be quite tight. my footless tights are anyway, not my leggings. i'm sure you'd look lovely!

I didn't think you were being mean at all - I was trying to back up what you were saying, haha. Me in footless tights/leggings would be HORRIBLE. Guaranteed! I would have to laugh at myself in disgust, haha!

[HIT]

I wear long Johns, do they class as leggings? :D

[lea_uk]

I wear long Johns, do they class as leggings? :D
I've got long Johns that I got for skiing when I was 11 and they still fit hehe.

[pinkvans]

I've read all the posts. And the only thing I've managed to glean from them is if I wear leggings I will actually turn into a sheep then die a horrible death.

[katralla]

No, it's a fate worse than death, you'll still be alive AND be wearing leggings!

[lea_uk]

No, it's a fate worse than death, you'll still be alive AND be wearing leggings!
:lol:

[pinkvans]

Ok. Ok. Not sure what the point of this is but I think it needs to be said:

1. I am not a fashion victim. I LIKE LEGGINGS. I wore them the first time round, purple ones with the ankle straps underneath and some funky orange patterned ones =P
2. POSITIVES: They are nice to wear with boots and a skirt because they keep your legs warmer than actual tights.
3. I wear leg warmers as well and I don't see everyone else at uni wearing them = I have my own individual sense of style.
4. They're just clothes at the end of the day and it's just sad to think people can be defined so strongly about what they wear =]

Anyway, I saw some chav wearing footless tights in the my home town at the weekend and once these trends get to where I live [out in the sticks] it generally means they are well and truly OVER. ;)

[Skive]

You've got to be taking the piss with this..

They're just clothes at the end of the day and it's just sad to think people can be defined so strongly about what they wear

followed immediately by this...

I saw some chav

:lol:

[lucifer devil]

haha good work skive. :thumb:

[kangoo]

Well I love my leggings! they are so lovely and warm and cosy! I wore gray ones last night with a long stripy kinda top and my peter pan boots. I was muchos happy

[**Helen**]

I wore gray ones last night with a long stripy kinda top and my peter pan boots. I was muchos happy

That's exactly the outfit my Mum wore to her 30th birthday party twenty years ago.

You'll all see the light soon :razz: ;)

[jenni30]

i like leggins as long as the person has a good shape, and sense of style. I like the top, but it would be so much better if the pattern wasnt skulls. Im not a big fan of skulls....

[banoffi]

hi i was just wonderin if any one has any ideas on dressin up as an 80's dancer as we have got leg warmers and that but are not to sure on how to do it or what to do if any one does please let me know

[JustThinking..X]

I hated them to start with and i go SO MUCH SHIT from my mate for having a pair then lo and behold, she went shopping sunday and came back with a pair of leggings !

[Littleali]

hi i was just wonderin if any one has any ideas on dressin up as an 80's dancer as we have got leg warmers and that but are not to sure on how to do it or what to do if any one does please let me know

you're best makin a new topic, this one is old and people probably wont post in it....