These It Girls Are Wearing Leggings as Pants and Making It Look Trendy

Comfy, casual, and budding fashion trend — leggings are a girl's best friend, and InStyle has the scoop on which models are wearing them as full-on pants.

When leggings (whose fashion history dates back to the '60s) made their most recent comeback about a decade ago, everyone and anyone shamelessly wore the skintight piece with overzealous abandon. Much to our chagrin, some were even worn with blatant disregard to opacity, outside the gym, and in lieu of traditional bottoms — an alarming and widespread practice that went on to launch a nationwide debate on whether leggings should be worn solo.

Since then, thanks to the sheer volume of legging dos and don'ts that materialized soon after, they have been universally accepted as a layering tool rather than a standalone piece. Black matte opaque ones are typically preferred, and they're to be worn under tunics, dresses, skirts, and generally any piece long enough to cover the derrière. The fashion world was at peace — or so we thought.

Admittedly, only models — and Kim K. — can really pull a look like this off, but these instances do have us wondering whether this signifies the beginning of a leggings resurgence, or if it's just among the model set. But even if you can wear it, should you? And more importantly, can this fashion don't be turned into a fashion do that everyone can get behind? We guess only time will tell.

Head over to InStyle to see which catwalk queens are rocking the leggings-as-pants trend.

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