Fashion Faux Pas

I am not wholly against leggings. However, I do believe that the only time it's acceptable to wear them is when the top covers the butt and continues to cover it if the wearer bends over. If you wouldn't wear an ass-revealing skirt/dress, then you shouldn't wear leggings with short tops. Then again, I suppose many girls would air out their asses for the world to see.

I suspect the reasoning behind its accepted status is that skin is being covered; hence, it is not as revealing as I believe. The problem with that logic is the leggings are so tight, there is little left to the imagination. Not only that, but more often than not, there is either no underwear or simply a thong being worn . Maybe my aversion to thongs--and things up my butt, in general--has something to do with it, or maybe I'm a logical human being who doesn't think seeing a jiggling ass in my face as I walk up the stairs is attractive.

I think there are two "deeper" reasons for both my disdain for leggings and the question of why girls wear them without question.

1) I would never wear leggings in the the aforementioned fashion and still feel comfortable. I can't wear anything shorter than mid-thigh, and if something is so short as to only reach mid-thigh, I'd have to wear tights. The acts of walking or sitting down could expose too much thigh and, therefore, increase the potential of seeing ass. In my opinion, suggesting sexuality is better than exposing it. I am not the girl who wears a miniskirt with a thong underneath to be on display at a party while she eats the face of some stranger as her grabs her (nearly) bare ass. That is certainly a sight I will never forget.

2) It is a Colgate-only phenomenon. For the past four years, I've spent approximately eight months of out the year on this campus. For eight months, I see the same more-attractive/fitter-than-average and more-conformist-than-average people. It's not often that I see girls wearing leggings with short tops paired with Uggs while I'm away from here.

Combining these two explanations gives me hope for the "real world". While I'm still a student at this small, liberal arts university in the middle of central NY, I'll bitch and moan, but in only a few months, I'll be away from it all. Then, I'll find another fashion faux pas to rant about.