Fug or fab: Leggings edition

I'm having a crisis of conscience.

I wore leggings yesterday.

All my sartorial education and common sense tells me this was a terrible idea. Nonetheless, something deep inside made me spend $7 on a stretchy pair of black butt-huggers at Charlotte Russe last week. I feel so ... confused. I need to make a pro-con list.

LEGGINGS: PROS

• They are kind of adorable.
• They make my legs look super skinny.
• They are SO COMFORTABLE I can't even explain. Seriously. I put them on at 8 a.m. Sunday, and I didn't take them off until 8 a.m. the next morning. That's right. They were so cozy that I slept in them.
• They make wearing super short dresses in public reasonable, not sluttackular.
• People who know things say they are more in style than ever right now.

LEGGINGS: CONS

• I wore them in 1990. When I was SEVEN.

• They hack my leg line off at the ankle or shin. I am too short for this nonsense. Every metric unit of leg length counts.

• They show every Godforsaken cranny of my rear, requiring me to pray a heavy wind does not come along to betray my tunic.
• It just feels like I'm wearing NO PANTS. I can't rectify this.
• Two words: Lindsay Lohan.

So, brethren, I need your help. Do I need an intervention? Or is wearing an occasional set of Spandex butt tubes appropriate? HELP OR I'LL DIE.

Deal Diva Stephanie

(Photo by Getty Images: Habitual legging offender Lindsay Lohan last week at Bloomingdales in New York. I think we all can agree that Loca here needs to diversify, because the leggings never leave her body. Which, NOW I KIND OF GET!)

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Comments

[Stephanie Hayes]

Yay, Amy!! Glad my indecision could inspire greatness!

[amy]

I couldn't figure out what to wear this morning.

As I stood in front of the mirror, the Deal Divas blog popped into my head. Aha! I'll wear leggings.

So here I am, at work with leggings, an almost-too-short dress and heels. It was a good choice, I've gotten many compliments on my outfit!

Thanks for the inspiration, Stephanie! :)

[USFBullsBabe]

you go girl

[Stephanie Hayes]

Thanks for all the legging support! I feel the love. I'm gonna keep wearing them. I'm doing it. I'm going all Lohan.

[Arielle Stevenson]

I love leggings. I wore them then. I wear them now. They are comfy and practical. Being a female of short stature myself, they cut the leg at the right spot, right below the knee.

But they can go trashy very easily. The t-shirt and leggings look that seems to be popular in Ybor on a Thursday....eek.

I vote yes though, with the right situations, plus they do make delish pj wear.

[no match]

Are they tights or leggings? What's the difference again, feet or no feet, right?
I say, if it looks good, wear it!

[Kay]

You know when you have a dress that isn't too too short but the slits up the side ARE too short? That's when it's appropriate to wear leggings.
Kay

[Amanda]

I applaud anyone that can pull leggings off. My legs are twigs and I would never want to accentuate that so no leggings for me.

[dan]

those cons don't sound like much, vs how much you obviously like them. and there's nothing wrong with looking your height :p

[Deal Diva Colleen]

I saw you in said leggings. You totally pulled them off, balancing the short factor with some kicky wedge heels and wearing an appropriately long tunic and cardigan to hide potential butt crannies. Just stay out of the wind!

[short girls]

short girls can only pull off leggings as capris...

[USFBullsBabe]

wear them tucked in with ankle boots of the same color as your leggings (preferably black) when it starts to get cooler - makes your legs look longer. in other words, DO IT

[Dalia Colon]

Stephanie, you looked fab yesterday. But you make some good points in the "con" column. Plus, didn't you once go all day without realzing your clothes were on inside-out? Doesn't the breeziness of leggings make it easier to forget bottoms all together? Like, you look down and realize you're not wearing leggings after all...