A Hollywood Trend to Nix: Leggings with Cocktail Dresses
January 4, 2008 by Liberty Kontranowski
Filed under Dresses, Drew Barrymore, Fashion Miss, Jennifer Connelly
Drew Barrymore
Diane Kruger
Jennifer Connelly
It’s no secret how my pal Dexie over at Style It Less feels about leggings. But moi, I kept my options open, wavering between “This look is godawful” and “Meh, I suppose I can deal”. But now that I am repeatedly accosted with photos of perfectly good cocktail dresses becoming ruined by an unfortunate pairing with leggings, I have to weigh in and say “This look has gotsta go!”
Here’s why:
- Anything that cuts off the line of your stems is a bad, bad thing. This includes gladiator sandals, squared-off toe boxes, severe ankle straps, etc.
- Leggings are a casual look best left for tunic dresses or under jean skirts. Hooking them up with cocktail dresses completely cheapens the look of the dress.
- Leggings look incomplete and sporty. They truly belong on some workout-obsessed chick from the early 90’s.
Yanno what’s more? If I’m a designer and I see my gorgeous dresses being paired with leggings, I’m calling your ass and making you up the dress immediately – even if it means you drive home nekked.
This is one Hollywood trend (along with giant bags and Brad Pitt’s goddang hat) that needs to go – PRONTO!
lol, I have to agree. Leggings do cheapen the outfit. I like the look that Drew has going on, but that is the only one that I like.
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. Even Michael Kors from a past episode of Project Runway(current season) and Nina Garcia were sour about the leggings. I remember it so vividly of course 
, Kors said to the designer : “everybody has it… so ehhhhhhhh” Pretty much. LOL.
Hey Vonnie! Aren’t you a pretty little thang? Just FYI, I’m going to add you to my blogroll. Looks like you have some pretty fun stuff going on in your world, dahling. Lucky you.
Now, on to other matters. Yanno, Drew could wear pretty much anything and I’d adore her. I don’t know what it is about her, but I dig her like crazy. She’s off the hook. The others, no freaking way.
(I better quit now before I start getting all pissy over Jennifer Connelly’s trash-bag dress – because things could really get ugly in a hurry.)
Love you too, Dex. *mwah*
Gawd knows I could never address leggings over here without giving a shout-out to their biggest critic!