Stirrup leggings?

[FastHands]

Mine ride up too. It's because I have thick calves, I think. I wear socks under them and that seems to help.

[HRH Queen Dick I]

Feb 6, 2018 20:47:18 GMT -5 dochas said:

It's hilarious that everyone will wear the 80s stretchy pants as long as they're called leggings with oversized shirts as long as their called tunics. But stirrup pants is where the line is drawn.

Excuse me, I do not ever wear anything resembling leggings.

[calle28]

Feb 6, 2018 20:47:18 GMT -5 dochas said:

It's hilarious that everyone will wear the 80s stretchy pants as long as they're called leggings with oversized shirts as long as their called tunics. But stirrup pants is where the line is drawn.

Right. What's the difference? Buy the stirrups.

[orangello]

My 80yr old mom loves stirrup leggings! I’ll have to ask her where she gets them.

;-)

[alleinesein]

Feb 6, 2018 17:58:29 GMT -5 laurack said:

Feb 6, 2018 17:57:13 GMT -5 mofongo said:

I mean, are they flood water leggings?

edit- oh wait I see, floods .. no they are full
Length leggings, I put on ankle boots and walk around and the leggings inch up slowly and a sort of bunched look forms

Do they hit right above the ankle bone (like a bootie) or are they proper ankle boots that actually cover the ankle?  If they hit right at the bone your shoes are the problem not your leggings.  The friction from the shoe moving while you walk is making the leggings ride up because they hit at about the same place on your ankle. 

[boxertdog]

If I remember 1988 correctly, the downside of stirrup pants was that they left like an air gap straight pant thing around your knees. I don’t even know how to describe this to anyone who didn’t live through it. I had stirrup JEANS once. The humanity.

[laurack]

Feb 6, 2018 21:12:43 GMT -5 alleinesein said:

Feb 6, 2018 17:58:29 GMT -5 laurack said:

edit- oh wait I see, floods .. no they are full
Length leggings, I put on ankle boots and walk around and the leggings inch up slowly and a sort of bunched look forms

Do they hit right above the ankle bone (like a bootie) or are they proper ankle boots that actually cover the ankle?  If they hit right at the bone your shoes are the problem not your leggings.  The friction from the shoe moving while you walk is making the leggings ride up because they hit at about the same place on your ankle. 

One pair is short ankle boot, the other is more proper ankle boots. It’s definitely worse with the shorter boot!

[laurack]

Feb 6, 2018 21:21:23 GMT -5 boxertdog said:

If I remember 1988 correctly, the downside of stirrup pants was that they left like an air gap straight pant thing around your knees. I don’t even know how to describe this to anyone who didn’t live through it. I had stirrup JEANS once. The humanity.

Yeah so I think the real stirrup pants 80 style wouldn’t work because the gaps are too big .. I don’t want to show any skin. But the style tricky bob posted is probably more what I need

[kath16]

Feb 6, 2018 21:21:23 GMT -5 boxertdog said:

If I remember 1988 correctly, the downside of stirrup pants was that they left like an air gap straight pant thing around your knees. I don’t even know how to describe this to anyone who didn’t live through it. I had stirrup JEANS once. The humanity.

80s baby with thick thighs confirming the knee gap!

[CheeringCharm]

I've seen Instagramer fashionista types wearing and recommending them (and wearing them with flats even, which isn't a look I am crazy for). They're definitely back. It feels really weird to see the things you wore as a kid make a comeback.

[NandaB]

Feb 6, 2018 21:21:23 GMT -5 boxertdog said:

If I remember 1988 correctly, the downside of stirrup pants was that they left like an air gap straight pant thing around your knees. I don’t even know how to describe this to anyone who didn’t live through it. I had stirrup JEANS once. The humanity.

Omg, yes! They went straight down from your widest thighpoint to your ankle bones. No buts!

[NandaB]

Feb 6, 2018 20:47:18 GMT -5 dochas said:

It's hilarious that everyone will wear the 80s stretchy pants as long as they're called leggings with oversized shirts as long as their called tunics. But stirrup pants is where the line is drawn.

But I would not wear the crush velvet/ baby doll/ little house on the prairie style bullshit I wore in 1990 any more that I would wear those ridiculous stirrup pants. Even though those things could be called leggings and tunics. So even though there are similarities, there are enough style differences that you should be drawing a line, lol