I am not a fan of oil-slick (or wet-look, robo-legs, what have you) leggings. Let me explain.
It’s not that I don’t think they look sexy. They do. On this model at Sass and Bide they look magnificent, like the glory of the mighty sun. It’s just that someone needs to tell 99.8% of women that they CANNOT PULL OFF oil-slick leggings like no one has ever needed to do anything.
It’s a bit like the bizarre reaction elicited by very, very big girls with fuzzy boots circa fall ‘06 (OH SHIT BEAR — oh its a lady, phew), when larger ladies, or even just not-incredibly-modelesque ladies, slap these on it evokes a malformed barbie doll, warped in the sun after summers of disuse, or just fat robots which we all know would never aid society.
With that said, I have learned that in very cold weather, oil-slick leggings act as space blankets, insulating human heat like absolutely nothing else, and London has almost definitely not decided to stop barfing bits of snow, so they’re going on. Don’t judge.
Reader Comments
February 18th, 2009
1:02 pm
word. agree x 1000000!
February 18th, 2009
1:18 pm
I hate it when people think they’re fashion leaders or whatever but seriously i was wearing wet look leggings when losers were still wanking over nu rave
February 18th, 2009
1:19 pm
Wet look leggings+baggy white tshirt=Alexander Wang awesomeness
February 18th, 2009
1:23 pm
shiny leggings and boots is the best winter combo ever
February 19th, 2009
3:48 am
I completely agree with you! I hate it when normal looking people wear leggings like these or skinny jeans. The average person was not made to dress in those things!!
-Deborah-
http://nonrambfromdeb.blogspot.com
February 19th, 2009
6:08 pm
sally is an idiot.
February 19th, 2009
7:23 pm
I so had them when I was seven and now I can’t find a pair.
February 19th, 2009
8:12 pm
i think sally and deborah should go and bum themselves with thier abnormally skinny legs and let the rest of us indulge in our lovely healthy thieghs of women
February 19th, 2009
10:56 pm
Sorry for eating
February 20th, 2009
3:40 pm
janine’s comment’s made my day!
February 20th, 2009
4:03 pm
I think if you can pull it off then you should wear it, every girl likes to feel sexy and if they look good in them no matter what size then allow it
February 20th, 2009
10:04 pm
Skinny jeans and wet-look leggings can look good even if you’re not model thin. What an idiotic thing to suggest.
February 22nd, 2009
9:09 pm
SIZE-IST!
March 17th, 2009
6:59 pm
the worst i saw was with uggs