WHY BUY: Levi's Black Jean Leggings/ Jeggings/ Whatever

Welcome to a new FashionBinge feature called "Why Buy?" wherein we tell you why you should buy something. No, no one is paying us to write these. If something is great and we've roadtested it and determined that it indeed does not suck and/or fall apart upon initial handling/ espying, we will advise you to buy it! It if it's terrible, you will not find it here. Make sense? Easy breezy, no? Good! Great.

Okay, our first "Why Buy" is Levi's jeans leggings/ jeggings, whatever.

Why buy them?

Well. I've been wearing a pair for a year, and these were the "jeggings" that convinced me jeggings were, in fact, okay. They're less legging, more thin, exTREMELY skinny black jeans. They look good with absolutely ANYTHING you'd wear skinny black jeans with (for me, that's mostly everything but like... a bathing suit), and after wash after wash they haven't faded, nor do they look too annoyingly new.

($40, Levi's)

The OTHER reason you should buy them: they're on CRAZY sale!  $40, guys! Stock up. UPDATE: THEY'RE ON SALE FOR 40% OFF, PEOPLE!

While mine don't feel like they've shrunk, they do fit a little snug, so I'd probably size up. And I'd probably buy two pairs. Thank me laters.

OMG. Wax Stirrup Jeans ARE HAPPENING!

($69.50, Gap)

Believe me, I did not create or doctor this image. You are ACTUALLY looking at a pair of WAX DEMIM LEGGINGS WITH STIRRUPS! Or, if you REALLY wanna go there, they're WAX JEGGINGS with stirrups. Gap! Have you LOST it?

Actually, I don't HATE them or anything. They're so deliciously Olivia Newton John in the last scene in "Grease" that I almost appreciate the sentiment. Anyway, like 'em or not, in the words of Radiohead, "this is really happening."

Gilty As Charged!

($49, Vivienne Tam, GiltGroupe.com)

Oh Gilt. Why can't I quit you? See, I REALLY need to unsubscribe to Ruelala, Ideeli, and Gilt. All they are are little landmines of temptation, bombing my inbox and blasting my bank account and that tiny little fragile shred of what's left of my self-control. My latest episode of "Oh, Hey, I Guess I'm Buying This" features these mesh, seamed Vivenne Tam leggings. Whoopsie daisies!

Rainbow Fringe Leggings = WOOF

($150, Kapow! Wow! Farfetch.com)

Yes, these are rainbow fringed leggings. Calf-length, to make matters worse. They're by Kapow! Wow!? Which, at this point is more like Ka-pohhhhno. Woof.

Why, God, Why: Leather Leggings

($955, Les Chiffoniers, Net-a-porter.com)

I mean... They're leggings. And they're LEATHER. They're ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS. And they're SOLD OUT!?!?? During an economic FREE FALL? Fail on every level.

Betsey Johnson's Floral Couch Leggings

I was going to make an obnoxious comment about how these Betsey Johnson floral leggings would look better reincarnated as a 1970s couch print. But then I realized that these are actually called Couch Floral Cotton Lycra Skins, and it kinda ruined the fun.

($90, Betsey Johnson)

Floral leggings remind me of when Chloe Sevigny did that trashy-on-purpose look for her Opening Ceremony collection. Not so good, Al.

More Crimes Against Nature: Saggy Crotch Leggings

($90, MadeMe, Karmaloop.com)

TheFashionPolice first spotted these (credit goes to them for the photo AND the horrifying discovery).

Everything about the description is depressing. I've bolded for added emphasis:

"Ultra high waist fold over legging with low crotch and multi geometric pattern throughout."

It's like a crescendoing parade of horrors.

The only reason I could imagine for these to exist is perhaps for hipsters who are into baby role playing? So you can shit your diaper AND look "Williamsburg" at the same time? That's really the only thing I could think of. And the only thing that'd make this heinous offense worse would be bust-a-sag leggings would be bust-a-sag leggings with Crocs.

Leggings By Lohan!

Look who's legging-ing! Per JustJared, Lindsay Lohan will be bringing her no-pants fashion sense to the willing-to-spend masses when she launches her own line of leggings. (Thanks to Chicago's Rustrick-On-That-Cool-Tip for the knowledge-based alert.)

So, is this the ultimate nail in the coffin for leggings, or is this a sign that they're not going anywhere? Or a sign of the impending apocalypse? And will they be as blindingly horbs as these corrupt monstrosities? And are you almost starting to consider Mom Jeans at this point?

And coming soon: Lindsay-branded coke spoons!?

Leggings Have Basically Officially Jumped the Shark

Can you count the number of things wrong with this promotional photo?

No, because you need a computer to count to infinity gazillion.

I really sort of almost wish not that Whitney Houston was still a crackhead (because I luuuuurves me some Whitney, and I'm really glad she's almost back to fully being Every Woman), but maybe just that the popularity of her reality show and this post could've been a bit more synchronicitous so it'd be funnier when I react to *Intuition's denim and tie-dye leggings with a resounding

OHHH HELLLLLLLLLLS TO THE NO!

And while we're here, we may as well get a closer look at the travesty:

($35, ShopIntuition.com)

Soooo Peg Bundy, and not in the funny ironic way. And I love the description: These deluxe faux-denim leggings are so street chic." Okay, first of all, "deluxe" and "faux-denim" = oxy moron, for there is NOTHING deluxe about faux-denim leggings or faux-denim ANYTHING for that matter. And these are "street chic" if -- and only if -- you're working the street.

($35, ShopIntuition.com)

Hopefully Jerry Garcia's grave is spacious enough to accommodate him as the poor guy rolls over a few times in rapid succession.


* Special thanks to Chicago JP for alerting me to this most heinous fashion morts.

Still "in": leggings, vestele, sandalele romane

Au fost si raman in tendinte si in sezonul cald vestele, colantii si sandalele romane, care nu lipsesc din colectiile D&G, Givenchy, Balenciaga sau Burberry Prosum. Mai multe despre tendintele primavara/vara 2008 here
Nicky Hilton

Fergie

Mary Kate Olsen in sandale romane

Lindsay este vazuta foarte des purtand leggings


Supermodelul Lily Donaldson in leggings

Vesta este un element vestimentar nelipsit din garderoba lui Kate Moss

Colanti asortati cu un top din linia lui Gwen Stefani - Harajuku lovers

No.

From Jean-Paul Gaultier's Paris 2007 Ready to Wear show



The only place I'd be "ready to wear" this to is a costume party where the directive is "Come dressed as any combination of: 'A Clockwork Orange,' 'Friday the 13th', 'Halloween' and Tom Cruise in the second half of 'Eyes Wide Shut.'"

I do like what he's done with the monochromatic, sheer leggings:





But does this mean that leggings are officially "okay" slash "in"?? I still don't have a pair and I'm still okay with that. However, the other day I saw a girl on 34th Street (of all places) wearing a pair of grey leggings -- a lovely change from the ubiquitous black ones. She was rockin' it right, with a black shirt dress which looked positively great with the contrasting grey leggings. But... are grey leggings the new grey jeans? And I thought tight black pants are the new grey jeans!? Are footless tights the new leggings? And now you CAN wear white after Labor Day? Is Columbus Day the new Labor Day? Is eggshell the new off-white? Life is sooooo confusing, y'awl.