Leopard Legs
People have this tendency to latch on to any style involving animal skins or prints exceptionally well. My theory is that it has something to do with humans misinterpreting which species they are actually supposed to attract. This is why we have things like alligator skin shoes, although I somehow doubt that alligator men get randy because of their women’s sexy toes. One of my favorite specie-ally bastardized fads is leopard-print because it’s one of the most out-there, obvious big cat knock-offs, alongside tiger stripes. I am no exception to the seductive power of leopard-print, so it is with a twinge of (trendy) embarrassment that I admit that I have purchased a pair of leopard leggings. Of course I only bought they so that they would make me run faster of course. Shortly after having purchased them, however, I realized as I tore my wardrobe apart that I didn’t really know what to wear them with. Like every blogger, I did the smart thing: turn to other blogs. Thankfully there are a lot of resources available on the internet and I found some great pictures.
Their Way
Anyway, so that’s how they do it. After looking through a bunch of truly fantastic pictures of girls with knockout pussycat legs, I figured I’d go back into the ol’ closet of mine and rustle up an outfit to go with those leggings. Anyway, I had to improvise a little bit because the dress that I envisioned was MIA. Yeah, life’s a bitch. But I think my second choice was a suitable enough alternative – I’ll let you be the judge of that.
My Way
One thing I’m somewhat concerned about with this outfit is that the leggings don’t really seem to star, instead they are obscured by the color variation in the dress. I was hoping for something understated and less crowded. I’ll let you know if I ever find that dress and I’ll keep looking for the right formula.
aw im sorry if i had known i wouldve gotten you leopard print ones too
haha
you make it seem so easy.
oh i went out and bought leopard print leggings. it took me forever to find them haha
but ye
i wore mine with this wine red skirt i have and a slouchy black shirt.
but then again i live for basics
i wore color the other day and almost died.
Nah, I found a pair far more easily than I expected, The leggings you got for me are so much more amazing and unique. Actually when I was going through a clothing folder of mine I found a pair almost identical that I had coveted many moons ago.
I am SOOO into this
My leoprad print leggings have been worn so many times since last year they have now been delegated to the back of a drawer. At the moment the print is more of a scarf that has doubled up as a head scarf, neck scarf, belt and alien dangling thing (meaning it has no use except to add something to an outfit!)
I found with the leggings that you had to either keep the rest of the outfit either quite plain to make the leggings stand out, or mix your top half with a really bold different print, which strangely done the same thing and made them stand out.
Leopard print is a pretty hard print to try and disguise. Leggings are one of the most difficult leopard-print articles of clothing to integrate into an outfit because many times people rely on the neutrality of their skin tone to balance out the contrasting patterns. If you cover the area of most neutrality with such a bold print, you generally have to make the rest of your outfit very simple.
There are other leopard-print items that can be worn with much more ease and can honestly be exceedingly more stylish.