Leggings!

I have never, and will never, wear leggings!

Mistymorningstar. I agree about tattoos. I can't understand why they have become such a popular craze. they make people look as if they haven't washed! There are some attractive ones, but they are few and far between!

Missiseff. Jeggings maybe? Straight trousers with stretch in them? Footless thick tights?.....
I wear each or any of these or leggings throughout the Winter under dresses, skirts, long shirts, long jumpers, tunics... They are so comfortable and look so tidy.

"I can’t believe this posting !!! I have always said that women are their own worst enemies - how condescending to comment on the physical appearance of another woman - we need to support rather than attack - there’s enough of that in our patriarchal society"

I agree!

How does her choice of wardrobe impact you? Flash news, it doesn't!so why do you care so much?

If you do not like it, just don't look.

I bet there is someone else that doesn't like something you do.

I am sure that even with the "proper body/age" and a short t-shirt, the person can be accused of not being modestly dressed.

Personal freedom to be yourself is such a beautiful thing

oodles you have reminded me; yesterday I popped into the Coop for milk to find two men crouched on the floor by the fridge. One had the most revealing Builder's bum I have seen. I had to almost lean over him to open the fridge. He was very nice and we had a joke but all the time I couldn't stop thinking that I was talking to a man with his bum flashing up at me as he crouched on the floor!

I think the rule should be leggings instead of trousers or jeans not tights ! And then only with a long tunic top or a shorter than usual dress but bum definitely covered ! I personally love them and even found some fur lined ones last year that I wore with boots and knitted dresses ....so cosy ?

Hithere
You are right.
I took this as a starter for a conversation regarding embarrassing clothes or being embarrassed by the dress of another and whether we wore leggings.

I did say that we should leave the younger women alone. They have enough to cope with in today's world without us judging their choice of clothes, especially if they are big or overweight and especially when so many struggle to raise children on a very tight budget.

You are right imho to point out that women do not need censure but support especially from the older members of the population.

I agree with GagaJo, women criticising other women’s appearance is never a ‘good look’. Judgemental is not an attractive quality! Less attractive than being badly dressed?

Less attractive than being badly dressed?, er isn't this doing just what you have condemned Stella14?

Making a judgment that some people are badly dressed.

To be unjudgmental is to take every choice of outfits on every person and make no decision at all as to whether the outfit is part of a well dressed, dressed or badly dressed ensemble.

Condescending much Crazygran? 'Some larger people manage to look great'????

100% Hithere. Personal freedom. No one else's business.

MOnica, absolutely. Make no decision about the dress sense of others. None of our business.

For those that ARE judgemental, I hope your sartorial sense is that of either the Queen or a fashionista. Judge not lest ye be judged.

Do you bundle judgements on clothes into a separate section of your brain or do you not make judgements on anything other people do? food, jobs, behaviour, etc? How do you make your own personal choices on clothes or do you just buy the first thing you see, regardless of style or size. I truly admire you.

Personally, I cannot make it across my living room without making a judgment about my environment, even if it is just that the cushions would look better if plumped up.

I think the key words there are 'my' and 'own personal choices'.

Obviously I judge myself. Sometimes harshly, sometimes kindly. But others, I try not to. Why would I want to? Either it's someone I don't know and it's therefore pointless and unkind or if it's someone I do know, it's just unkind.

With Gonegirl on this one. I wear leggings/jeggings with long tunic tops. Really comfortable and can look very smart.

I don't mind if overweight women wear leggings. I'd not notice. I very rarely notice anything to be honest. But I love leggings with a nice long T shirt or tunic top. Comfort is my main thing now.

Like the OP said, the bottom showing when wearing leggings is, for me also, like going out with only tights and no skirt. It must be a generation thing. I think some people feel that when something is a 'fashion', it should be adopted, regardless of whether it suits or not.

I wear leggings under my skirts in the winter, whenever I go out.

I would feel naked if I went anywhere in only leggings and a tee-shirt, but that is just me.

I used a pair of black leggings and an old long-sleeved tee-shirt for checking the grease and water levels in the engine room of our motor boat and cleaning the bilge. They are very useful for that as there is nothing that can get caught on anything in the engine room.

People should be free to chose what they want to wear, but I admit, I was shocked at the sight of a young woman in her twenties wearing a pair of skin tight leggings that hugged her very nice bum and its neighbours. The young man who was with me, almost walked into a lamp-post at the sight.

I agree Kupari 45.It's not a nice look.I see a lot of bigger women where I live,getting on the bus with thin leggings and vest tops.They would look a lot nicer with a longer top

I agree that tight leggings and crop tops on big people are not to my taste, its very hard not to make judgements, but some people clearly wear what they are comfortable in (or what they pick up from the bedroom floor!) and maybe that is to their taste? I am size 14 and do wear proper fitness leggings with a fitted, but longish, t shirt for the gym and Pilates and sometime cropped leggings and a long top for cycling. My DD is 31 and lives in leggings and often crop tops - but she is about size 8 and a fitness instructor!

I think we are all affected by how other people look, though we might not be consciously aware of it. When you see people scruffily dressed or who are careless of their appearance, it is depressing. Being surrounded by people who are clean and nicely dressed is uplifting.

When I posted yesterday about the choice of some ladies outfits yesterday it was done in a light hearted way. Just wanted to know how others view the appearance of someone walking along the street virtually naked . I was shocked to be honest. However I just wanted to say thank you for all your opinions, and taking the time to reply.
I am well aware my views are probably (old fashioned) but it was interesting to read all your points of view. Gave me food for thought!

Why do people always talk about big women in leggins that look bad. I have seen very very skinny women look just as bad.
I wear leggins,always with long jumpers, and tunics, but it is annoying that people always dig out the bigger person. They like what they wear so what's with the shaming?
I am a size 16 and as people say to me I have a good shape and carry the weight on my hips and bum. I wear what suits me, but do not see the need to comment on others taste. Are larger/fat people a easy target?

I wear leggings under trousers and no longer have an 'itchy bitchy' as I used to when I wore tights.... I now wear leggings with dresses too....

I don't like leggings worn in place of trousers. It never looks right to me. My daughter is a size 8 and been though she's tiny I still don't like it. Leggings with dresses ok by me though.

First let me say I am 66 and a size 16/18, but my God these days it seems the fatter you are the shorter skirt/dress you wear. I often think “ fancy your Mum letting you go out in that” a lot of youngsters dung seem to want to look pretty anymore. OMG now I sound like my Mum !!!!

I have often wondered why many women do not see themselves as others see them. It could be that they are less vain than many of us, and do not see how to make the best of themselves or have not been taught how to do it or just don't care anyway. Young women want to wear what is on sale cheaply and perhaps fool themselves a bit. They also want to wear the uniform of other young women, and especially if they are young mothers who have never worked anywhere with a dress code. Nobody is telling them that very tight jeans and leggings are a bit passe because they don't read fashion articles. They may still live in their teens, when going out looking awful was what annoyed their mothers. I often wish to get my hands on some girls and even mature women and give them a few tips on make up and hiding their blemishes but it is not my business and not their taste. My teens were in the 1950s when all clothes were pretty formal, though dresses were pretty. Wearing black stockings was considered pretty far out and tights were only for ballet dancers. Last of all, the example of "celebrities" is often stronger than any other.