Leggings Forever, I.D.S.T

So, just as I began to feel leggings were finally being phased out after years of their dominance, it suddenly seems like everyone is excited about them again! Is that the sound of cold days and dark nights that is calling us back to their footless comfort, or are they just too easy to wear to ever really let go of?

At Lindsay Lohan's leggings labels latest launch (gosh, that was a lot of alliteration) for her line 6126, named after Marilyn Monroe's birthday, she said:

"I love to wear leggings, so it should come as no surprise that my first venture into the world of fashion design is with leggings!"

No surprises there at all, really - but when it was first announced, I did think it was all a joke because of how often she wears leggings. Easy mistake to make, I guess.

I love Lindsay Lohan madly, deeply and bizarrely for reasons I will never fully be able to explain (least of all to myself) but even I am finding it hard to say anything nice about the leggings. Those ones she's wearing above? Definitely not.

And I'm even less impressed by these awful "Mr President" leggings. Urgh, Monica Lewinsky reference? Gross, gross, gross.

You can buy them here at Shop Intuition for $132 or £80, depending on which side of the pond you're on. But, um. Don't buy them.

However, not even bad taste fellatio jokes can dampen my excitement! Getting me all giddy with jealousy were these crushed velvet lovelies on Almah blog. 

 

Even better though have to be two gorgeous bloggers who've D-I-Yed their own pairs of leggings lately. Rumi of Fashion Toast slit hers to perfection.

While even more impressively, the exceptionally crafty Queen Michelle of Kingdom of Style made her gorgeous multi-toned pair by hand. 

I want basically all of the things she makes though, it has to be said.

And as if all this leggings loving weren't enough, today I had to go and completely fall in love with these beauties by Louise Goldin for Topshop- sadly I can't find them on the Topshop website.

They were £100 which, for leggings, is a little insane. I haven't lost it yet, you know. But they were made from such a beautiful knit. And they were in such gorgeous colours: grey, a soft cyan, lilac and black... delicious. And they would look so amazing with the grey dress I also fell in love with today.

Quick, let's change the subject.

Comments

[dnai]

There were a number of comments that sprung to mind here. Some of them were by the super pleasant, jovial me. Some of them were by the slightly boisterous, playfully malevolent me. Let's have a look, shall we. You can decide which is which.

Woah, Marilyn Monroe was born on the 612nd of June?

So.. Lindsay Lohan has worn leggings four times?

Ha. I'm so glad you don't like them. I hate being out of step with the fashioncenti.

"Lindsay Lohan's leggings labels latest launch"!, !

I also was worried leggings were going out of fashion - surprising, for me, worried that girls were going to stop wearing leggings but perhaps it's because shorts look Completely Unpalatable without them - but maybe this is only a minor resurgence. Darkest before the dawn, most vibrant before the void, what have you.

Wicked slits.

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[Blood Roses]

ive never seen those louise goldin leggings before. they are so beautiful!

[ambika]

Lindsay's leggings aren't even funny & miss clever by a mile.

Queen Michelle always looks amazing.

[Premauflage]

I love the printed leggings.
Today I bought a pair of grey argyle leggings, but they don't have feet which annoys me.

[Anna Shapiro]

Ah, don't be ashamed.
I'm deeply in love with leather and sequined leggings, and now you've got me wanting a velvet pair as well....

want to trade links?

[Amy May]

Dnai: 1st of June, 1926. At least, I presume Li-Lo has written it the American way. Shorts are fine in the summer, surely? You love my alliteration, don't lie.

And I'm ignoring everything else you said here. :)

Blood Roses: Gorgeous, right? I want. So much.

Ambika: She's a stylish lady indeed!

Premauflauge: I thought leggings never had feet!

Anna: Velvet is good for the winter. I'd love to trade links. :)

[dnai]

I did love your alliteration.

Shorts. Ew.

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[jade]

aghhh those louise goldin leggings are amazing.