I’ve never been a fan of leggings. They make legs look like sausages, are unflattering to the butt, give everyone a camel toe, and reveal far too many unsightly ankles. I also believe that leggings are one of the main causes of the freshman 15, which I thankfully dodged.
Expandable waists allow you to eat as much as you want without ever feeling the pressure of a button pressing against your protruding stomach. And, it doesn’t just stop at your waist; your thighs start to get in on the growth because bursting seams don’t exist in a pair of stretchy leggings. Leggings, to me, are just a big NO. So, naturally, you can understand my horrified face when I heard the term “jeggings” a couple of months back.
No matter what everyone told me, I refused to get behind the trend. Leggings are bad enough, and they’ve managed to stick around for far too long. But, jeggings? JEGGINGS? No. There was no way a pair of leggings made to look like denim jeans were going to get this girl’s approval.
Until…
…a friend of mine showed up at my apartment wearing what I thought were an awesome pair of extra skinny black jeans. After commenting on how much I liked said “jeans”, she corrected me and said they were “jeggings”. After putting my eyeballs back in their sockets and picking my jaw up from the ground, I examined the jeggings closer. The butt pockets were real pockets, there wasn’t a noticeable elastic waist, and the button and zipper deterred from her possible camel toe. They looked like ACTUAL PANTS. “Perhaps I could get on this band-wagon trend after all,” I thought to myself.
While I still have yet to buy a pair, I can’t help but continue to compliment people on their jeans, only to be corrected and told that they are in fact, jeggings. Now, ladies, if you do decide to purchase a pair of these miracle pants, my one suggestion is not to wear them all the time, because while they may not have the look of leggings, the expandable waist is still there and thus, so is your expandable stomach.
photos via revolveclothing.com
Comments
Not to be too politicaly incorrect, but they’re only gonna work with a body like the one in the photos.
top left pic “super hot”
they don’t even fit the models right haha, look how the pants are stretching in that atrocious way across the front. these are still entirely unflattering and should probably only be worn by the skinny minny olsen twins.