But I love my friend Lydia so much more. See, she's my old dance partner's wife and she's smart and she's beautiful and she's enormously curious about the world. Her desire to know about life and people is contagious, and she reminds me to always continue asking more questions. The Daily Universe opinion editor wrote a column on the great leggings debate, proving once again that BYU ignores serious problems in favor of ridiculous items that have very little effect on the general well-being of students seeking an education. Lydia responds here, and maybe I'm a little presumptuous, but I'm fairly sure she refers to me and my love for la-la-leggings.
I never wrote about this, but last fall I was turned away from the JFSB testing center for wearing leggings. Drew, Mandy, et. al: we can disagree on whether or not leggings are actually PANTS. No, of course they're not actually PANTS, but can some members of the female sex pull them off as appropriate leg-wear? I argue with a very resounding YES. I tend to choose love-it or hate-it fashion items (chocolate mousse on tinfoil dress, anyone?) because it's fun and I enjoy the statement that's made.
I'm going to go ahead and argue that with the appropriate body type, leggings work. This is not for everybody, obviously. When worn with a tunic you're probably okay even if you wouldn't ordinarily be comfortable with a t-shirt and leggings.
The leggings I wore to the testing center? I had a large tunic on over them, but I still got to argue with the poor 20-year-old girl about my inappropriate clothing. Do I care that people disagree with my fashion choice? Obviously not. Do I still wear leggings on campus? Definitely, just not in the JFSB testing center.
By the way - Lydia has it right. There's nothing in the honor code about leggings, probably because God is more concerned about individuals pursuing a higher degree of spirituality, and as long as you can wear garments appropriately***, I see no problem.
***I can promise you that you see my garments line more in jeans than in leggings.
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Yep, you caught my thinly-veiled reference to you. And I agree that leggings aren't scandalous if done right (and on the right body... which is the main reason I've held off for so long!) I'd add that leggings are not the same thing as cropped/footless tights. But that doesn't even matter, it's just plain dumb that people make such a big deal of it.
HERE HERE! My garment line is the worst with jeans-- all bunchy and tucked up. Blegh.
I found these recently. They're much tighter than they are in the picture, but feel really much more along the lines of a classy pajama jean. Wear them next time you need to take a test-- tricky! (Also they're 40% off right now and there are lots of small sizes in-store.)
http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/jolt-knit-legging-juniors/3054587
Members of the male sex wore leggings AS PANTS in Shakespeare's day. Granted, they wore cod pieces as well. Maybe that's what you're missing. Perhaps they'd let you take a test in the JFSB with leggings if you were to wear your cod piece.
By the way - my ex-gf wore long garments with her jeans to combat the bunching. The nylon variety were especially suited to allow the jeans to glide over without tucking under.
EMILY. I need those pants. I mean leggings. I mean WHATEVER.
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