Where the question "Is this Justifiable?" is answered.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Leggings for Pants

As I lay out on the beach by the bell tower on Temple's campus on this BEAUTIFUL Autumn afternoon, a number of things catch my eye. It appears there is some sort of gay-rights speech that is about to take place. I could be wrong, although the giant rainbow made of hundreds of balloons seems to be an indicator, as well as the people mingling about the plaza in their shirts that read "Gay? It's okay!"
I digress, this isn't the reason why I'm making my first entry in Justification Station. Laying out here by the bell tower and people watching made me realize something. More and more recently I have been noticing an ever increasing trend that's spreading quicker than the swine-flu: leggings acting as pants!

I'm really digging the knee-pads.

In order for all of us to be on the same page here, the working definition of leggings for pants will be a girl wearing leggings with just a t-shirt/anything that doesn't cover their ass or crotch.
I'm torn, really. On one hand, I love leggings/tights on girls; on the other hand, THEY AREN'T WEARING ANY PANTS! While some may argue that, I ask you this: when you're getting dressed in the morning, do you say to yourself "Gee, I think I'm going to wear pants today" or do you say "I'm going to wear leggings today"? If said "yes" the latter, YOU'RE NOT WEARING PANTS!
What drives me crazy are these girls that are walking around in just a t-shirt and leggings and thinking they're hot shit (I would take a picture if I had my camera to prove it to you, but alas...). This just isn't the case. Sure, leggings show off your legs (if you have good ones), and your ass (if you have even have one), but 80% of the time girls end up looking plain ridiculous. Leggings can be some of the most unflattering things a girl can wear. It's like going outside with no pants on!
Now I love leggings just as much as the next guy... okay, maybe even more so than the next guy... okay, who am I kidding, I love leggings more than most people I have met, but even I can identify when enough is enough. There needs to be some restrictions on this whole leggings-for-pants phenomenon, and they are as follows.

1.If you have an outfit that you would be willing to wear in public without leggings, then leggings are acceptable. If you only wear an outfit because you believe your leggings-as-pants makes it acceptable, you probably shouldn't be wearing it.

2. The half-ass/no-crotch policy: The furthest extent to which someone can wear leggings as pants is if their shirt/blouse/whatever they're wearing covers at least half of their ass and their crotch isn't hanging out when they're standing. That means no t-shirts with leggings. Also, in conjunction with the half-ass policy, if half of your ass is hanging out, please try to keep the VPL's (visible panty lines) to a bare minimum.

If used in moderation, sure, it can be justifiable, but 80% of the time, in terms of straight up leggings for pants and you're not following the above rules, I'm going to have to go with UNJUSTIFIABLE, as much as it pains me to say so.

VERDICT: UNJUSTIFIABLE

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