Ought Not To, Ought To: Embellished Leggings

Embellished Leggings

Vince
Hue
Urban Outfitters
Forever 21 Leather
Lysse
Forever 21 Velvet

patterned leggings

Issey Miyake
Volcom
Steve Madden
Onzie
Adidas
Salt Gypsy

Leggings. Who doesn't love em?

But we're not talking about regular leggings here. We're not discussing the basic black footless tight. Nope. Today we're covering embellished leggings. Leggings with zippers and buttons and patterns and lace and leggings cut from leather and suede and velvet. Cool leggings, basically.

From my observations, patterned leggings are worn mostly to, in, and from the gym or in the park when doing yoga or on female bodybuilders on an everyday basis. And the other type of leggings - the embellished ones featured in the top collage - are worn as the bottom part of an outfit or under the bottom part of the outfit. So either on their own with a top or not on their own but rather under a dress or skirt. Either or. Both work. Very well.

Style Suggestions: try a denim dress with leather leggings underneath. Or an oversized knit sweater paired with those velvet leggings. Or the suede leggings worn with either a cream blouse or a poncho/shawl/cape thingy. Or those adidas leggings, styled exactly as shown in the photo above.

Leggings are perfect for fall. Embellished leggings - even more so. So much more so. 

On a completely unrelated note, guilty:

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