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I KNOW this topic will probably sound like a broken record but I won’t be apologetic for bringing it up. Instead it seeks to give you an insight into a rage about how appropriate or not this apparel is.
I know leggings are a woman’s best friend but there has been a long debate over the last couple of years on whether leggings should be worn as pants.
Camps have been set up against each other with each camp firmly believing that leggings cover enough to be modestly worn as pants, while the other has stood in support of the idea that wearing leggings as pants is inappropriate and absolutely not something any woman should do.
Well, a friend sent me an interesting read a while back on a topic she engaged herself in — should married women wear leggings?
I must be honest and tell you that I laughed at the topic at first glance but after reading through the topic I really had a different view.
Anyway it is up to women to decide on what they want to wear at the end of the day. As I noted in one of my musings a couple of weeks ago — dress according to the way you want to be addressed.
Women always make so much noise about men, particularly those at commuting places such as the Basch Street terminus, also known as Egodini, for picking on them by calling them names, which I definitely will not mention on this forum.
In some instances, such as that which took place in Harare some months ago, where a mini-skirt clad woman was tormented and abused by touts at a commuter omnibus rank, I know it would sound inhuman and archaic for me to say she deserved what she got, but the men were trying to send a message although it was in the wrong form. In fact, what the touts did was just barbaric.
They should have advised her to dress appropriately than to lay their grubby hands on her. Nonetheless, it is an event that is in history.
Back to the subject at hand, if women choose to wear leggings as pants, it is up to them or their partner to accept the dressing or not.
However, as I have mentioned countless times, consider your partner’s feelings on what you choose to wear out and about.
While leggings definitely have their time and place, everyday wear as pants isn’t one of them if you want to remain modest and not show off every corner of your lower half. Yes I said it, you read right.
Some of the appropriate atmospheres to wear leggings include the gym.
Leggings are great for the gym, they are less restrictive than sweats and in some cases work-out leggings are made to wick sweat away.
They are also ideal for wearing at home; they can come in handy while you are carrying out your everyday chores.
The major reason why the issue of wearing leggings as pants isn’t appropriate is because of their too-tight and revealing nature.
They are made to fit snug to the body and that doesn’t always flatter the woman’s body or leave much to the imagination.
Women should consider this, if a woman is in a committed relationship she does have a responsibility to keep her partner’s feelings in mind when going out for the day.
Chances are if wearing a low cut top and miniskirt to a supermarket would make their partner uncomfortable, leggings as pants would do the same thing.
If you are not sure if your partner would mind, open a dialogue about it; find a synthesis between your fashion sense and your partner’s comfort level.
Because leggings can’t be worn as pants doesn’t mean you should get rid of them.
There are plenty of ways to wear leggings modestly that will leave you in a light of respect, your fashion sense and your partner’s comfort.
Ladies and especially young girls wear a tunic shirt or dress over the top of your leggings.
This is trendy and on-point with the ever popular layering trend.
Wear a long sweater that covers your bottom paired with boots, pumps or sandals, which ever tickles your fancy.
You can also pair leggings with a skirt and your favorite top.
There are still plenty of uses for leggings even if you want to wear them modestly and give the rest of us a break from the too-tight fashion statement.
Till next week let’s keep styling.
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