Trend Files #062 | Lace Leggings: Keeping It Straight Laced!

Yeah, I know if you have been running around NYC in the past 72 hours – you’d know that it has been ba-ba-ba-BRICK! Chilled straight to the bones. But that doesn’t stop would-be trendsetters from showing major face, despite what Mother Nature has to offer. I so wish that I could push back the hands of time (to the month of June), where the temperature was just right. So yeah, then I woke up to realize that it is indeed December. Not only do I have to wait another three months for the Spring to come back into town, but I’m still hovering around the idea of copping a pair of lace leggings. I think what turned me off about this trend (initially) was that women were bearing a little bit too much of their assets to the general public. Plus I’ve got legs thicker than a stake of pancakes, so I automatically shun the idea of even stepping foot out on the streets of NYC in a pair. And I brushed off what the trend forecasters had to say about lace leggings back in 2007, especially when Alexander McQueen debuted them in his collection. Still folks were at a full stand still, worrying if they’d look like something out an 80’s heavy metal video. Through it all, the lacy accessory has found itself in the spindle of the retail food chain. Priced from a mere $10 – up to a staggering price point of $200 & up! So you’re probably throwing me the major side eye at the prior moment…right? Well don’t! Let’s bask in the glory of online sales. It doesn’t hurt to take a looky-look! Besides you can always keep a pair of stash for a fabulous night out on the town or better yet for next spring. So take a look at my stylish laced legging picks after the jump!
Celebrity Photos Courtesy Of INF/Bauer Griffin

Comment from savita
Time December 23, 2009 at 12:31 pm
i love the new layout tee! its so much easier to deal with. also i wanted to comment on the lace leggings. i think that they are dated. no matter how you dress it up its a trend that needs to go away.