Showing posts with label leggings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leggings. Show all posts

Friday, 12 July 2013

Who wears short shorts...

It's official, summer has hit.

I feel like I have spent months running through rain, snow and hail stones dreaming of summer evening runs. But now it is here, and a few sweaty runs later I have found myself dreaming of the colder months.

I love my Sweaty Betty black running tights - I have come round to wearing lycra in public, in fact it has become second nature. But the past two weeks the temperatures have been so high there was no choice but to crack out the shorts.

A few weeks back I bought some Nike tight little black shorts thinking that I would look like all of the hot runner babes in their promotional materials. Unfortunately, I was blessed (or cursed depending on the way you look at it) with big thighs and a bum to match. My first run in my Nike shorts left half of east London reeling from my constant wedgie as the shorts rode up to places no shorts should go.

Which left me back in my running tights sweating like nobody's business... that is until I indulged in my other love... Vintage Shopping.

At the wonderful To Be Worn Again Kilo sale I found myself with arms full of dresses and jumpsuits but still under a kilo so, to get my money's worth, I ventured to the vintage sports gear and picked out these shorts...



They are probably men's shorts but I couldn't care less. They are flattering, brightly coloured and baggy enough that they don't ride up but still short enough to feel feminine. I am in love. Better yet they probably cost me less than £1!

So... do you brave shorts on your runs? Are there any you recommend? 

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Review: Missguided Disco Pants

I have always admired those girls who wear leggings as trousers in the "real world". And as much as I have lusted after disco pants and wet look leggings I have always been terrified at the thought of wearing them in public myself.

That was until wearing lycra running leggings most evenings in a variety of public situations taught me that there is more to life than worrying about that little bit of thigh wobble or the fact that my bum doesn't look like "that girl from the tele's".

So... I plucked up the courage, ordered this pair of Missguided Disco Pants... and I LOVE THEM! Not only did Missguided take my order late on a Saturday night and deliver them first thing on Monday morning but they were also one of the most affordable pairs I have found.

I wore them out in West London on Saturday night teamed with a Vintage silk shirt and studded ankle boots and, I have to admit, I felt good! Unlike most complaints I have heard from many who have ventured into the world of Disco Pants this pair didn't go baggy or fall down.



Have you ventured into the world of Disco Pants or confronted a similar fashion fear?