So there I was, idly browsing eBay for some new tights (I really really want black tights with big pink hearts scattered over them), and I ran across something called "liquid leggings".

WHAT.

They're SPANDEX, people. Shiny, shiny spandex. Do not try and fool me, I lived through the 80s.

But now I have a NAME for the horrifying things when I see them being paraded around the corporate campus. And trust me, I have seen them. Usually worn with open toe "booties", which also make me shake my head. Boots are supposed to be CLOSED TOE. Peep-toe boots are a crime against nature.

From: [identity profile] staxxy.livejournal.com


I um... no... ew. Just ... ew.


and regarding black tights with pink hearts... End of the month, you pick up the tights and the fabric paint, and I will make them happen.

Pick up a few pair that are a wee bit less than opaque (sheer is not necessary, just a little less than fully opaque) and I can also make you GCS tights. :P

but you knew that, even if you momentarily forgot. ;)

From: [identity profile] twilight2000.livejournal.com


"liquid leggings" *and* open toe booties? - oh we*must* have piccies of this!!
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From: [identity profile] palesknbeauty.livejournal.com


Its awesome that they let you get away with your fabulesness in your office...In Los Angeles they are super uber uptight and any deviation from boring is being a 'distraction'.

From: [identity profile] theosakakoneko.livejournal.com


But...but...Alexander McQueen!

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Though in general I do have to agree.


That said, I wholeHEARTEDly hate shiny leggings.

From: [identity profile] mina5643.livejournal.com


I agree, shiny leggings are awful. But there are some cute peep-toe boots that have made me consider going over to the dark side. I don't really consider them boots anymore though, when there's a toe visible...

From: [identity profile] gothfox.livejournal.com


Oh! thanks for reminding me i need to buy a pair of those liquid leggings to go under my sequin mini skirt for the 80s themed Zombie prom this month.. muahahhahahahaaa

From: [identity profile] chibitourniquet.livejournal.com


>.< i just googled this horrific crime against nature! i had never seen them before. Boy! are they shiny. i hope to never see them in real life. go go insecure little town midwest!

From: [identity profile] paillettes.livejournal.com


i have to admit i kinda like shiny leggings, but i don't really understand them outside of, like, a fetish club context.

From: [identity profile] cupcake-goth.livejournal.com


See, in a fetish club context, or worn under a skirt, I understand them. But them worn as pants? With a not-even-hip-length shirt? No. Horrible, horrible 80s flashbacks.

From: [identity profile] paillettes.livejournal.com


oh no. see, leggings should not be worn as pants*. leggings are for under skirts/dresses or for those weird items of clothing that are too long to be shirts, but not quite decently long enough to be dresses.

i recently saw a young lady on michigan avenue wearing what she must have thought were leggings-as-pants, when in fact they were some form of control-top tights-as-pants. with the oddly more opaque bike-shorts top area and slightly less opaque leg are and everything. with an oxford shirt of average length.

From: [identity profile] metum-capere.livejournal.com


yes, i have a pair of the shiny leggings.. mine are almost a vinyl material. and ill fitting. i would only ever wear them under a skirt. and that's that. the open toe boot thing is.. erm, weird. and i'm open to most bad fashion.

From: [identity profile] cupcake-goth.livejournal.com


Worn at a fetish club, sure!

Worn under a skirt as a form of tights or stockings, sure!

Worn to the office? I've gotta say no.

From: [identity profile] mimi-monsterr.livejournal.com


these have been a fashion here in Liverpool for about a year now..you can get them in...metallic blue and purple (pukes).
But I do like these peeptoe boots!
(someone is selling them on niceboots and I WANT!)

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From: [identity profile] cupcake-goth.livejournal.com


I will grudgingly admit those are kind of cute. VERY grudgingly.

From: [identity profile] satellite6.livejournal.com


I was strong. I was! Just like you. But then... Jeffrey Campbell... he... he did this.
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From: [identity profile] cupcake-goth.livejournal.com

Re: Once again, I am confused by


I'm fine with PVC leggings (and hell, I'd possibly be okay with the "liquid leggings") worn under skirts! Leggings are merely glorified tights, and belong under skirts! They should not be worn as pants, however. That, I have very strong views on.


From: [identity profile] aniline.livejournal.com


I looove my shiny leggings. They're more lightweight and sleeker than my cotton ones and go with everything. They're perfect for spring.

Now of course, I wear them like a rational person with *a skirt*. Leggings are Not Pants, leggings are a subclass of pants to prevent creepies from seeing your underwear when you bend over or walk up stairs. :D

From: [identity profile] shirtlifterbear.livejournal.com


Go Fug Yourself has been a key player in the Anti-Leggings Crusade, and while I normally agree with them, I have seen a few that went well with skirts.

But shiny, 80's versions, as PANTS?

Stop the insanity!

From: [identity profile] icprncs.livejournal.com


The comments here make it very easy to tell who did and didn't live through the 1980s.

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Edited Date: 2010-05-05 02:22 am (UTC)

From: [identity profile] ozitonaranjo.livejournal.com


I'll meet your leggings flashback and raise you this for sheer horror:

http://www.gbyguess.com/ProductDetails.aspx?style=R01A0300000&image=R01A0300000-BWA&category|0=&rlid=product

"Vintage Wash" my aunt martha...


Haven't seen too many examples of these new super shiny leggings here thankfully. They remind me of the tights I had when I ran track in high school. *shudder*

From: [identity profile] munin-and-hugin.livejournal.com


I wholeheartedly agree. The only person I have ever seen, EVER, that could pull of all the bad '80s fashion tropes is my little sister. Because she's amazing. I honestly don't know how she does it, she's got the shine or something. But even she would have a hard time with the "liquid leggings-as-pants with open-toed booties." Blech.

I think I would have the embarrassing reaction of cringing from someone's shinyshiny bum in those leggings in bright sunshine. All the more reason to wear leggings of any flavor with a skirt! Oy.

Alas, even McQueen cannot get me to like open-toed boots. But then I am a strict "only if it's '50s style clothing is an open toe allowed." :/

From: [identity profile] reddheart.livejournal.com


Peeptoe boots are kinda silly..

I have my own boot rant, instilled in me by my mother: Boots that have lacings AND a zipper are for sissies. If you wanna have a laceup boot, you better have the fortitude to lace 'em and unlace 'em yourself. You're too tired/drunk/lazy? Get your significant other to do it, or you sleep in them until you're able to take care of it.

My MommySan, she's a funny (as in both humor and weird) lady.

From: [identity profile] keffufal.livejournal.com


open-toes - I just laugh at the fools, thinking about how they are going to feel when it rains. Wet cold feet hahahaha!

leggings as pants - I'm sure you know this website
http://tightsarenotpants.com/
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