We had no idea “jeggings” was a word…

Susan Orlean weighs in on the “jeggings” trend

newyorker:

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“On most people they look like hell, but, to be honest, they are very comfortable and functional, and are essential in the fashion silhouette of the moment, which is the inverted triangle consisting of masses of thick Medusa-like hair and a poufy tunic sort of top over pipestem legs and twelve-inch stiletto heels.”…


Read the rest of her post at her blog, Free Range.

Source: newyorker

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  3. kellyjhagen reblogged this from newyorker and added:
    I was contemplating buying
  4. mandalay reblogged this from newyorker and added:
    Comfortable. Check. Masses...hair. Check. Tunic. Bleh. Stiletto heels (how’s 4 inches?)....
  5. drburn reblogged this from newyorker and added:
    I’ve mos def go...hair” on lock. Pipestem...heels, however,...
  6. popquizkid reblogged this from newyorker and added:
    relevant to Korinna’s interests.
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    If we were still...college, I could totally see Sam
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    Susan Orlean Weighs In on the “Jeggings” Trend On
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    I’m with Susan. Jeggings look—...feel—fantastic…on women, I mean.
  13. diemental reblogged this from newyorker and added:
    who pull off this...fifteen-year-old Russian girls…”
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    Before now, I didn’t know that Jeggings were...thing. I think that’s either really...
  16. razorsharp reblogged this from caterpillarcowboy and added:
    Amusing post. I particularly like the definition of fashion: “the triumph of the absurd remade into something highly...
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    “Jeggings” Trend
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    Susan Orlean weighs...“jeggings” trend
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