If I ever drew pause at wearing leggings, those days are long gone. Now, I rarely skip a beat before throwing them on as my everyday comfortwear. How can I resist? All cotton-spandex softness, they’re like sweatpants, but chic. And they’re not just for chicken legs: tightness tames the odd bump or bulge and generally just reigns it all in (they’re not called Spanx for nothing!). Thrown on with flats and a long tee or tunic, and I’m good to go.
For all apparel, what says a new season like new cuts? This spring, legging lengths travel up and down the leg. For those cool spring evenings, I’d tend towards the long, like Rachel Pally’s super long leggings. Isn’t the ankle-bunch charming?
(Photo courtesy of shopbop.com)
On warmer days, my gams want a more abbreviated cut: shorter than capris, these caught my eye in the Barneys Co-op spring catalog:
(My white flats are officially coming out of storage!)
I found a pair of slighter shorter (and way cheap) leggings at Uniqlo on Broadway. Just a little upward tug and they fall nicely between the knee and calf.
Oh and did I mention that May’s Nylon predicts biker shorts “an obvious candidate for trend of the summer”?
I haven’t gone [back] there yet. But never say never.
