The leggings trend has become all the rage in women’s fashion and shows no signs of slowing down with new designs becoming popular.
Senior Cassie Perez, an apparel merchandising and product development major, said the leggings trend are going to become more prevalent in women’s fashion because of their price, patterns and versatility.
“You can wear them when you work out and you can also wear them to go out,” Perez said. “Even in black and basic colors, they go with everything.”
Since they became popular in the ‘80s, Perez said leggings have evolved from being an exercise necessity to popular clubbing apparel.
The recent boom in the leggings phenomenon has women of all ages adding alternatives to their everyday wardrobe.
Sophomore Amanda Screptock said she wears leggings a couple times a week because they’re comfortable and easy.
“They’re more comfortable than jeans,” Screptock said. “Almost all of my friends wear them.”
As for the crazy colors and patterns, Perez said floral leggings are going to be popular in the spring from what she has seen at stores such as Forever 21.
“Some people wear them with longer tops to go out and some people wear them with sweatpants to class,” Perez said. “When you’re sitting in class all day, jeans can be restricting.”
Sophomore Kate Hoerig said she has leggings with lace, metal studs and tribal patterns.
“They’re comfortable and they match everything,” Hoerig said. ”I get different ones at Pac Sun or T.J. Maxx.”
Recently, there has been a popular shift to twill material, which is a type of woven cloth that is thicker than traditional legging material. This helps leggings and jeans to become more versatile and comfortable, Perez said.
“Also there’s more twill denim leggings but they still have the stretch which a lot of people like wearing to class,” Perez said. “I think that jeggings are becoming more popular because there’s so many more options.”
Sophomore Emily Bella said she likes yoga pants more than she likes leggings and tries to stick with basic colored leggings such as black and blue. Screptock agreed and said she doesn’t own any wild or outrageous leggings.
“I think you need to be a certain type of person to pull those off,” Screptock said. “I just haven’t really thought about wearing them.”
While some students think the different patterns are too much, one thing is for sure, leggings aren’t going to be going out of style anytime soon.
“Normal leggings will always be prevalent because they’re comfortable,” Perez said. “They’re also pretty cheap.”
