Leggings and Tunics – How Not to Look Pregnant
I don’t know how many times I have women tell me they can’t wear leggings and tunics: “I look pregnant!”
While it’s true it takes a bit of finesse to avoid looking like you’re with child, leggings and tunics are a wardrobe staple and they’re not going anywhere soon.
How to wear?
First, when wearing leggings, it’s best to wear a top that can be cinched in at the waist or goes straight down to your hips. By pulling in some forced tailoring on the top, not only does it make you look trendy, it offers onlookers verification that the only bump you have is from lunch.
One of the biggest mistakes women make with leggings is going for a flouncy top with a too high empire cut or yoking that creates more material than necessary just below the bra-line. While this is appealing if you’re feeling bloated, it’s a surefire way to have your friends who may not have seen you in a while say “How far along are you?!”
Leggings are cute with flats or heels, heels elongating the leg of course.
There are so many different types of leggings that have evolved since they hit the market some years ago that I laughed when I saw this Marie Claire article talking about “jeggings,” which are just really tight-fitting jeans.
Guilty of wearing the jegging perhaps more than I should, I admit to being obsessed with Prairie Underground’s denim legging (I own six pairs).
They stretch like crazy, have stylish details and change seasonally.
This fall, look to your favorite eco-boutique for their Tuxedo Leggings that will glam up any evening.
I’ve already ordered two. Is that bad?
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11 Comments
August 25th, 2009 at 8:21 am
Good advice. It’s true about the look and yet it is so appealing. I can’t say I wear leggins anymore but I love tapered black pants with tunics, another good look with the right tunic, right?
August 25th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Leggings are fine but empire line dresses totally make me look pregnant.
August 25th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Great post Amy! I wish I was more of a leggings girl. Maybe you’ve inspired me to become one…because those Prairie denim leggings are adorable!
August 25th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Sara’s getting the Prairie leggings next week! I will change you all over to the dark side, of leggings that is.
August 25th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Yes, I guess the key is to wear a belt or sash around your waist. I cant have floating fabric around my waistline!
August 25th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Sooooooo not my usual look, but Amy is certain they will work.
I’ll try!
August 26th, 2009 at 12:36 am
Is this seriously an ecopage??? Six leggings of that style, the next two ordered of another style, and oh, they change seasonally! Wow! We can have different looks and trendy fashion items galore, no matter the cost. Just chuck them when the next six pairs come along.
While I do like leggings myself and also do not want to judge your personal foibles I find it highly questionable that you are promoting this unsustainable nonsense in the context of an ecological website. And everybody else going along with enthusiasm.
What is going on here?
August 26th, 2009 at 10:31 am
@Elke I think your point is valid and I’d question the eco-credentials if the article was on how to wear something faddish like bubble skirts or toeless boots. However, Amy makes the point in the article that leggings “aren’t going anywhere soon”. Leggings are not a seasonal fashion fad – they are eternally popular, like jeans. It makes sense from an ecological point of view to learn about the best ways to wear non-faddish fashions.
August 26th, 2009 at 10:33 am
PS Also, I don’t replace my entire wardrobe every season but I do buy some new clothes each season, as old ones wear out. I don’t think Amy was advocating that you buy Prairie Underground’s entire line and throw them out and replace them at the end of every season.
August 26th, 2009 at 10:34 am
…and clothes (at least any clothes that I may “chuck”) are not thrown in the garbage to end up in landfills. They are repurposed, rehashed, sold, donated, swapped and so on.
August 26th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Wow, I leave looking at this article for a second and you’re all talking without me!
Sorry Elke, those leggings are honestly all I wear which is good that I have as many. I’ve accrued the six pairs over the course of 5 years by the way which speaks a lot for how well I adapt to change and perhaps how much use I get out of my leggings.
Sorry to have confused you.
While you might think this is nonsense and perhaps not an ecopage, it is and we all strive to find the balance between good fashion as well as sustainable fashion and we think it’s okay to be girlie once in a while too.
All work and no play makes Amy a very dull eco-fashion writer.
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