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Here’s How To Tell if Your Activewear Is Actually Meant for Working Out
Back in 2009, you couldn’t read a fashion magazine or blog without seeing the phrase “leggings are not pants.” I once believed this, taking a stance that leggings were meant just for working out or for wearing under tunics with a big belt. One, LOL. Two, in recent years I have seen the light, and the majority of my wardrobe is comprised of leggings and other athleisure essentials. But with the prominence of athleisure comes a tricky question: when it comes to workout clothes vs. loungewear, how do you know which is which? It’s like that thing you learned in...
10 comfy T-shirt dresses to throw on now that pants are cancelled
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The rise (and rise) of black leggings over the past 10 years
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Black leggings are a nearly ubiquitous staple in women’s wardrobes today, but that hasn’t always been the case. Throughout the past decade, leggings have been a stretchy symbol of the rise of athleisure—and, by the same measure, the fall of getting “dressed up” for anything but the most formal occasions—and an increasingly massive moneymaker for brands. In the ’70s, leggings shimmied onto our fashion radar after Olivia Newton-John donned her shiny pair in Grease‘s final scene (a look that later inspired American Apparel’s ultra-popular Disco Pant), and it soon became a staple of ’80s aerobic culture and a key component of...