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Women are spending $900 on a pair of leggings and we don't get it.

It all started with that bloody LuLulemon.

You know the super sleek, ridiculously shiny tights they sell for $120 that you so desperately want to lie around the house in, but then think “no – I could be buying so many chicken McNuggets with that money instead”?

Yes. The struggle.

#JEALOUS, dang it Lena. Via @instagram.

Some of us may even fork out the $120. It’s an investment piece. You’ll use them every time you hit the ground running. You probably need to burn off a few of those McNuggets anyway… Whatever.

Lorna Jane and LuLulemon are like brunch. The reason you’ll never own investment property.

So. Much. Fun. Via @lornajaneinstagrm

But ladies, it has truly gone too far.

Fendi have just released a pair of leggings that cost $900.

I want to tell you that they have a hover board attached at the base, will walk your dog for you, and allow you to reach speeds that rival Usain Bolt, but they don’t.

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And they’re freaking white. So you know you’re going to get them dirty in 0.111111 of a second.

Fendi leggings. SIGH. Via net-a-porter.com.

But women have actually fallen prey to Camel Toe Revealer #1.

According to the NPD Group, a consumer tracking service, leggings are becoming such a force that women’s jeans sales dropped 8 percent in 2014.

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Which would seem odd if you were only wearing them to the gym. But we’re not.

Iggy Azalea is wearing her leopard printed pair on the red carpet. Lily Collins is gracing her lunch guests with a pair of intergalactic ones.

Brooke Jaffe, fashion director of women’s ready-to-wear at Bloomingdale’s, told the New York Post that the “cool athletic moment” started two years ago with sneakers. Now, “the printed, fashion workout legging is [the department’s] biggest driver of business.”

“Part of the way people are dressing and identifying themselves is sort of through broadcasting that you have this fitness-related lifestyle,” says Brooke. “Your identity is, ‘I go to spin class,’ ‘I go to dance class,’ ‘I am a yogi.’ ”

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Some leggings even have printed kale on them. For added “I worship my body” enthusiasm.

Kale leggings via POPRAGEOUS.

“You can’t be in black workout pants anymore,” concurs Stacey Skulnik, 23 to the New York Post.

“You’re a huge loser for running around in black gym pants.”

Poor or Huge Loser? The competition is fierce.

Want to see just how many people are wearing leggings? Right here.

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