Trilogy of Stretchy Pants

Raise you're hand if you feel like giving up on looking cute when it gets cold. Good, I'm not the only one.

My affliction for leggings is a complicated one. For so long, I had this fixation against them for assuming the role of a Basic B when most often drawn from black polyester textile and embroidered with upside down "U's" on the lower back. But times have changed, consequently temperatures too have changed, so I've found myself in sort of a polyester pant rut.

But leggings don't have to be boring, nor predictable, nor predominately black. Insert three ways to be cute, comfortable and minutely more dynamic in your wardrobe choices via the garment you most love to hate: leggings. 

North Face hoodie, H&M leggings, Thrifted shoes

The general theme for look one is sporty-cas. The premise for the outfit is probably more than overdone– I mean when Urban Outfitters starts making an athletic line, you know its over. But here I am, late as usual, trying to make do with what I've got: a North Face hoodie from the early 2000s, an oversized laser cut pleather jacket cheated from my mother's closet, a pair of wannabee vans, and H&M leggings shredded on the inseam from over use. This look is for the mother on the go, picking her kids up from karate, shopping in overpriced pretentious pop-up shops for caftans and monogramed mugs, off brand green juice in hand.

Urban Outfitters flannel, Pitaya sweater, Lululemon leggings and Bamboo desert shoes

Up next, for the more feminine, eco-minded and likely to have voted for Ryan Roche past CFDA season, I present to you outfit number two. Peep the pastels, faux threaded furs, and desert boots. The grey on pink color scheme suggests that I have  a level temper, attend hot yoga classes and dabble in watercolor.

Old Navy vest, Target leggings and Nike wedge sneakers.

Athletica part two, coincidentally the same color scheme as the first look. But here I am again, pretending I attend SoulCycle classes in my wedge Nike's circa 2012. She thinks she's hip and cool in her Old Navy vest, tousled hair and Target leggings but she'll never quite match the chic of Range Rover mom in look one or the crocheted conspirator in look two, but she tries. Often fails, but  at least tries.

I encourage you not to sleep on legginga. Too often they are associated with laziness, basicness, or thotiness in showcasing your toned lady lumps, but leggings can be quite a bit more than that. Fashion shouldn't have to be uncomfortable or in the same sense comprising of your personal style. Arriving in patterned hues, jegging textiles, leather and lace–see Topshop for latex– there's literally something for everybody.

Fast food enthusiasts, cat ladies, med students, history buffs. Literally, EVERYONE.