4 Tips to Help You Choose Body Shaping Leggings

Posted on the 28 March 2019 by Betty T. Edwards Betty

Leggings are a lifestyle. They are incredibly comfortable to wear around the house and completely acceptable to substitute as pants or as tights. Many of us live in our leggings, not just for fun athletic wear, but, also, because we run after children, have jobs that require physical movement, or we just enjoy being comfortable.

Here are five tips to follow to ensure your comfort and fit when buying your leggings!

Body Shaping Leggings - 4 Tips to Choose Better!

Leggings should stretch to feel like a second skin over your butt and legs. Because of this, you cannot rely on your pants size to determine an accurate legging size. Leggings are meant to be tight... but overly tight leggings cause bigger fit problems. Leggings that are too tight can lead to camel-toe fits, muffin top, and less than shapely silhouettes.

Know Your Style!

Like many clothing items, leggings come in multiple styles and cuts. The cut of the leggings affects the fit. Unfortunately, there is not a one size fits all body types for leggings. The two most popular styles of legging are compression leggings and athleisure leggings.

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Check Your Length

Leggings come in a variety of lengths, as you may know from shopping. Even leggings from the same company can come in a variety of lengths. Most of these are based on a 'standard height' in the beauty industry, which is anywhere between 5′ 6″ and 5′ 9″ for off the rack clothing.

When choosing body shaping leggings, it is important to think about the fabric. Spandex and lycra are the two most common materials for compression leggings, but there are others.

If you are looking for a more toned, compressed look, lycra smooths and gives you a polish silhouette while spandex is often shinier and is prone to sliding if you intend to do any physical activity.

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Think about why you are purchasing your leggings and check the fabric choice, especially if you aren't buying in person.

Conclusion

Leggings are an important staple to a woman's wardrobe. As such, the way your leggings fit is important to the way you present yourself. The silhouette that a pair of leggings gives you is as important as your confidence in them. Following these tips to get the best fit will help you to feel your best in your new leggings.