I think you might be a bit behind the times. I’ve done Pilates since 2012, and I know what 95% of women wear to the classes: tight Lululemon pants and similar things by other makers. These pants are marketed for yoga, Pilates, etc. They are indeed super-tight on the ass and everywhere else and indeed similar to leggings in visual effect.
Do women wear these out and about? Yep. I see those and tights and leggings all the time (Indianapolis area). Women often wear them without underwear, too.
It’s pretty immodest garb. They do tend to be very flattering to a woman’s derriere, however.
There are yoga pants, then there’s Lululemon, which started as a yoga brand, then started to be worn by people who never break a sweat, then started to be copied by less pricey brands. And now the particular look started by Lululemon, may they rot in hell, has become much more popular than traditional yoga pants, and has given people who choose to dress for comfort a bad name.
I’m quite familiar with the Lululemon stuff (I prefer Cuddleduds myself–cheaper) but the thing is that they are not that sheer, at least if you’re wearing the right size. I would not consider them immodest unless the woman’s butt was hanging out or if they were so old (or too tight) and had gotten sheer.
Google “lululemon” images and then “yoga pants” images. If people are wearing the latter in great numbers in the Denver area, they are wearing them somewhere I haven’t been (which is quite possible). Leggings, yeah. Sheer, really tight, low, nope.
OK, I see what you mean. Those seem to be pretty extreme examples. I guess there is a continuum of sheerness and tightness. I think most Lululemons look pretty tight on the butt, but they are not see-through.
I’m not sure why you think this commentary is appropriate, but let me make it clear that it isn’t. You’re receiving a warning for being a jerk (and personal insults).
It’s comfort, pure and simple. I’ve got a couple pairs and I’ve never taken a yoga class in my life. I wear them with tops which cover my hips/butt and they’re perfectly OK to wear outside the house. If somebody wears them in public without covering hips/butt they’re either, IMO, clueless as to how they look or want you to look.
Yep, we are, because they’re cooler than even jersey pants when it’s warm, warmer than tights when it’s cold, and super cute under a dress that’s shorter than would look right on its own. Leggings are awesome.
I don’t really know any grown men who do that, at least I don’t. I never found sweatpants comfortable at all and felt too exposed in basketball shorts, though I did wear them when I was a teen. At some point I made the transition to being a grownup and haven’t worn beach or gym clothes in public since. I certainly see a lot more adult women wearing gym clothes in public than men.
I don’t know where women you’re looking at are buying “yoga pants” (which now seems to = any knit pants, whether flared, straight-leg, or leggings-style). Mine are thick (i.e., they don’t show skin tone when pulled on) and leggings-style. I wear them under a top that covers my bum, with boots. I see young girls wearing them with shorter shirts and maybe a vest. They look cute.
Your titillation is not women’s problem. Nor are they obliged to dress modestly for any reason.
If a guy wants to wear a Speedo, fine. Certainly I’ve never heard anyone complain that it’s “immodest”. That term seems to be reserved for female sartorial choices, and I for one am bloody sick and tired of it. Modesty is something religions and draconian dads require. I don’t have either, and if I want to wear a fucking bikini, baseball cap, and high heels out grocery shopping, that’s my business.
I think this is going to be our generation’s version of '80s sweatbands, or '70s open-chested disco suits, or… whatever the hell that indescribable baggy fashion was in the '90s. It’s the fashion that’s going to look incredibly goofy in pictures in 20 years.
That’s not a condemnation of anyone who wears them, and I don’t even think it looks all that unusual now. I just feel like it has all the telltale traits of a future goofy fashion.
The top flap of cloth that folds over works wonders in pushing the fat down and securing it in order to transform women’s lovehandles into the appearance of natural, voluptuous hips-- disguising muffin tops.
I gotta say, I’m a bit confused at the responses that seem to imply a certain level of naivety regarding a woman’s appearance in yoga pants. This borders on claiming you don’t see why men find a woman in a mini-skirt to be “hot”.
They can be a very flattering and attractive garment. I’m not a part of the “immodest” bandwagon here, you should wear whatever is appropiriate for the social situation and comfortable. But I do the grocery shopping in our household and my grocery store is full of attractive women wearing yoga pants, tennis shoes, and an athletic top and it my shopping experience is all the better for it. Go to any of the local malls here and you see the same thing.
Perhaps there is a percentage of women who are unaware and put them on only for comfort or utility (i.e. for doing yoga) but I can’t believe that most of the women I see around town at the grocery store, the mall, etc., in a cute pair of yoga pants are unaware how flattering they are to their figure.
I’m too old and fifteen pounds too heavy for them to be sexy (Helen Mirren in yoga pants might still be sexy, not me).
And MeanJoe, I think you underestimate how hyper critical women are of their own bodies. We don’t see yoga pants as sexy because we don’t see our own asses as cute or our own tummies as flat enough. Unless you are talking about someone who does an hour of pilates a day and jogs showing up in workout clothes - most of us honestly think something like yoga pants highlights our too flat, too round, too droopy ass and the tummy that hasn’t seen 100 crunches a day like you promised yourself on New Years but which do show the stretch marks and “it will never be the same” abdomen of the last pregnancy.
We wear things because they are attractive and flattering to our figure, yes. BUT NOT TO YOU. Trust me, when we are going to the grocery store we don’t really care to be hit on. Maybe it’s flattering to be ogled by the stock boy, probably not.
Why can’t we just dress because we want to look attractive and not to men? I like going out looking good because then it makes me feel good. I have never put on makeup in the morning thinking “Oh, the men are going to think I’m sooooo hot.” I don’t even see any men for most of the day, my office is filled with women.
Ugh. I am feeling a little cranky today, it seems. I definitely don’t dress to be attractive to men. I dress to be attractive to myself.