https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:32:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723969 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:57:57 +0000 IRunForFun 723969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, today I saw a teenage girl walking down the sidewalk wearing sheer black leggings with some sort of cropped top. And she had a lot of junk in her trunk. It was no bueno. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723963 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:52:21 +0000 fussygal 723963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, man, this is embarrassing to admit but growing up I EXCLUSIVELY wore leggings or "stretchy pants" as they were called in our house. I don't think I wore a pair of jeans between the ages of 4 and 10. I thought they were uncomfortable. Since it was the 90s i was always wearing baggy shirts with them, natch. </p> <p>Now I only wear them around the house, and never out unless I have a skirt or dress on top! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723936 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:14:57 +0000 fancyfunction 723936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ah I used to love the stirrups when I was 8! And I thought I was just too cool! But as an adult, I never wore leggings until I was pregnant and then thought they were just the most comfy things out there. I wore them to work all the time but my excuse was - hey I'm 8 months pregnant, I don't think you're really going to try telling me what to wear right now. ;) I still wear them when I know I'm not going to be leaving the house that day b/c - still so comfy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723897 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:54:08 +0000 Boogs 723897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: Fair legging rules! Though as pants I've seen someone wear them to a funeral and I thought it was a huge no-no.</p> <p>@sorrycharlie: Yes totally rocked them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723680 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:47:43 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 723680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I loved stirrup pants! I wore them with slouch socks and my black reebok hitops. I was so stylish! </p> <p>I had lace leggings as a kid too! They were regular leggings but had a few inches of that stretchy lace around the ankle. They went great with keds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723629 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:11:18 +0000 MrsSCB 723629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know this flies in the face of current consensus, but I occasionally will wear leggings as pants with a cute t-shirt or something for a very casual weekend outfit. FYI, these are totally opaque leggings that you would wear for running, etc. They're more comfortable than my tight jeans and if I'm being totally honest....my butt looks cute in them! ;-) I'm not offended by people disapproving of the leggings-as-pants thing, though -- to each her own! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723623 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:09:12 +0000 sslm 723623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: @HLK208: Ahhhhhh!!!! Stirrup pants!!!!!! Hahaha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723617 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:06:05 +0000 Ash 723617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HLK208: Bahahah stirrup leggings! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723613 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:04:06 +0000 skibobrown 723613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love putting my baby in legging... but no, for me as an adult, leggings are not pants. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723573 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:40:03 +0000 sorrycharlie 723573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HLK208: bahaha yes. although i can see their arguments - I hate when LO's pants ride up when it is chilly out, haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723565 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:34:31 +0000 HLK208 723565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: lol like these?! I wore them daily! My mom and I had matching leggings. Omg. I will never do that to E. </p> [attach=1336/13/mlfatj.190x190.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723536 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:15:56 +0000 Mrs. Pen 723536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: @TheSwissWifeStyle: ummm I wear leg Warner's with my leggings... I'm pretty much reinventing my childhood style ;)</p> <p>@.twist.: @sorrycharlie: omg yessss to stirrup pants!! And you know what?! I was thinking they would actually probably be in style again because how often do you put boots over pants and then the pants ride up?! I want stirrups back </p> <p>@Foodnerd81: right.... I agree. I have never worn them as pants, moreso an extra layer with long shirts/tunics and short dresses. BUT what I was saying is I just randomly remembered today how I wore them as pants with no second thought as a kid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723524 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:08:14 +0000 Foodnerd81 723524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: I like your rules. But in that case, I don't think of them as pants, I think of them as very very thick tights that you can wear with a very short dress (ie tunic). If crotch and bum are both totally covered, then you aren't wearing leggings as pants. At least, that's my theory. </p> <p>@.twist.: Don't be jealous, but I totally had stirrup pants. Also rocked two pairs of giant socks over leggings, and if I was feeling crazy, I alternated which color was on the bottom (like, pink and blue on one foot, then blue and pink on the other). I guess I feel better about my mom never letting me get a perm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723505 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:52:32 +0000 .twist. 723505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: I was actually jealous of other kids who got to wear stirrup pants!! Hahaha!! Embarrassing!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723488 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:39:41 +0000 sorrycharlie 723488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>haha i agree, as long as the bum is covered. both sides. </p> <p>anyone remember wearing stirrup pants? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723487 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:38:30 +0000 MrsCastro 723487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i wear leggings around the house with a t-shirt when i am cleaning the house...but never out...i have a feeling they will be a staple for maternity wear in the near future, but i do solemnly swear to wear them with long shirts or dresses... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723478 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:30:48 +0000 tysonja 723478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ahh well... i used to be totally against leggings as pants or in any situation.</p> <p>then i tried them with dresses in the winter and got hooked... then i bought a tunic and wore them with the leggings... haha the first time i wore it at work (casual environment with kids) i felt soooo naked! </p> <p>but i've totally gotten over it and wear them as pants with tunics all the time :) the comfort level of this ensemble outweights any fashion faux pas that might occur. SOOOO comfortable! esp with boots! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723415 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:46:59 +0000 TheSwissWifeStyle 723415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally..except back then we called them stretch pants, or "stretchies" and put ginormous socks over them ;) good times! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723354 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:09:30 +0000 Grace 723354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always thought that the people nowadays that wear leggings and think they are new are the ones who weren't really old enough to remember the 80s. I do rememeber them, which is why I will not be caught dead in leggings. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723348 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:05:17 +0000 .twist. 723348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: Those are my legging rules too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723344 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:04:14 +0000 shopaholic 723344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh my I am totally guilty of wearing leggings and yoga pants like every other day! Even as a kid though, always with longer tops that cover the bum! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723335 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:59:53 +0000 Mrs. Pen 723335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@deerylou: oh you can be sure my leggings are never sheer!! It was actually really cold Monday so I also wore tights underneath hahaha!!</p> <p>My rules are:<br /> a top long enough to cover crotch AND butt<br /> leggings cannot be see through at all<br /> no panty lines </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723330 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:58:06 +0000 deerylou 723330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: Oh, I'm sure you looked great. I'm just afraid of mooning my eight year old students. You can never be too careful with the potential of a sheer legging booty. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723324 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:55:50 +0000 Mrs. Pen 723324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@deerylou: bahaha I totally wore leggings and a long top to work on Monday. Actually I think I looked more professional than 50% of my colleagues. The long top is a blouse button up, and I wore a sleek black cardigan and cognac boots. I forgot to take a picture but I'm sure at some point I'll be wearing it again :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723321 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:54:37 +0000 Foodnerd81 723321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kemma: Exactly!</p> <p>Leggings as pants on a kid are fine. But also, they usually aren't nearly as tight as the ones adult women would wear, plus kids don't have any curves to make them extra tight in the thighs and butt. Even as a kid, once I hit puberty I followed the big shirt covering my butt rule-- more because I was self conscious than stylish, mind you. But the totally big shirts were in then, so it was fine usually. I think, but what do I know, I was a kid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723314 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:51:55 +0000 deerylou 723314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Meh. As long as your shirt covers your butt, I think it's fine. Maybe not especially fashionable, but fine. I'll totally grab coffee and get a pedicure in leggings and a long, tunic. To work? Not so much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723308 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:48:53 +0000 Mrs. Pen 723308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@char54: my dad definitely never had any input regarding what I wore hahaha! Did your dad not like them due to them being seen as "inappropriate" or just disliking the style?</p> <p>@Dapple Grey: yeah I know as a kid mine weren't ever see through. Why do so many brands make them so thin these days! ps my DH wasn't a fan of leggings/yoga pants... he's finally come around to not minding when I wear leggings :)</p> <p>@.twist.: hmm that makes sense :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723296 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:44:10 +0000 Kemma 723296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My thoughts on Leggings as pants:</p> <p>Children YES<br /> Adults. NO!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723289 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:43:38 +0000 Dapple Grey 723289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I totally wore leggings in the 80's and 90's with shirts! </p> <p>I think its like when they are see through it gets shady or maybe when your are older as a woman its more, seductive ( ex- why guys like yoga pants...) or weird as opposed to little girls cute outfits? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/leggings-as-pants#post-723287 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:43:34 +0000 Charm54 723287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dad HATED leggings and so I was never allowed to wear them growing up. I think he passed it on to me because now I only wear them if I have a VERY long shirt that covers everything well! lol </p>