Okay: Jeggings.
I’ve been resisting for reasons I can’t explain. Possibly because they were everywhere all the time, at the same time as babies wearing diapers with a denim motif on their butts, and I was all, Can’t jeans just be jeans anymore? Oy.
Anyway, I was wrong. I love them now.
I was in the market for some inexpensive jeans, and stopped into Garage, who were having a sale, as luck would have it. Buy one pair of jeans, and get the second pair for 50% off. I needed regular blue jeans anyway, so I figured now was as good a time as any to try some – especially for half price.
I love the way they fit – they have lots of stretch to them. And I don’t mind the extra length on them (which is ALWAYS the case when you’re a shortie like me) since it’s fall, and they look perfectly fine without hemming.
The downside? After two washes, they’re already fading a bit, but I’ve found this to be the case with black jeans in general. It’s happened with pants I’ve paid more than twice the amount for. (I’m looking at YOU, Gap!) So.
The other thing is, the front pockets are sewn shut. BOO! HISS!! I like my front pockets to be useful, please… but at least the back pockets can hold whatever I need them to. (Like my hands.)
Good silhouette. Snaky with the ankle boots. Oh, yeah.
black turtleneck sweater – Le Chateau (ancient)
black jeggins – Garage, $36.90
belt – Gap (ancient)
black ankle boots – Winners, about $50 (ancient)
theres far too many grown men singing along to santa claus is coming to town in the mans gadget shop
Im so glad your friend forced you. Friends dont let friends wear baggy, shapeless jeans… its a law here, I think. ;0
i looooooooooooooooooooove jeggings. My friend who forced me into skinny jeans and out of my 4 sizes too big jeans a few years ago is in shock over my embrace of them…but I love them!
Yes,they are like lightweight jeans – still with all the seams and the hem at the bottom, pockets… very stretchy, though heavier than standard leggings – they feel like pants.
I think Ill just call them “pants” and leave the stoopid “jeggings” name alone. I hate it.
And yes, the apostrophe key is weird in this space, for some reason… Im embracing it. 😉
Im (apostrophe key just stopped working – seriously. go with it)
im confused. I think of stretchy leggings with designs or seams painted on them as jeggings; they fit like tights. What you have appear to me to be like thin jeans. Please clarify.
btw, they have some utterly *fantastic* jeggings at the dollar store near my office. 2-D stone washing. One of these dollar stores where not everything is a dollar, obviously.
regardless, you look fab as usual. Guess the strep situation has been resolved.
i want a tutu.