You’d think that leggings/tights were the most utilitarian, straight forward piece of clothing imaginable but as the following assless wonders from Dov Charney and heinous faux-jean hybrid sported by The Hill’s Whitney Port show people love to tinker with a perfectly normal formula and ruin it for everybody.
The latest offering from American Apparel imagines what would happen if a pair of tights walked into a stip bar, got a lap dance from some stripper chaps then procreating on the floor. Nine months later (not too sure on the gestation period of inanimate objects?) the backless tights pictured above would be born with an instant self-esteem problem as its sole function seems to be the objectification a woman’s ass. The porny overtones are enhanced only by the choice of model, adult film star Sasha Grey. For that rare breed of woman who wants to project “class” on the outside but “hoe-tastic” on the inside.
Lets get this cleared up. Leggings are not pants. If only for the simple fact that if they were – they’d be called pants.
If you’re not exercising, late for a ballet recital, below the age of 12 or in your own home there is absolutely no excuse to sport leggings in lieu of pants.
Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t a slight against leggings in general. When layered under a dress or shirt with derriere clearing hemlines leggings are perfectly acceptable. My gripe is with the increasing number of women (and alarmingly, men) who think exposed buttocks and a visible camel toe is an attractive look, a trend that jeggings will no doubt normalize further. Where’s your decorum people? Have we learned nothing?
