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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not someone reviving a 14 year old thread.

But I agree: capri pants are awful. On everyone. I don’t even like capri leggings for the gym. Long or short - pick a lane, people![/quote]

It gets revived every spring. It's tradition.

I also hate capri leggings at the gym. Just do bike shorts, or a thin full length legging. Those capri leggings that hit right at the calf are so hideous.[/quote]
I’m curious about the ages of the posters saying they don’t like cropped leggings for the gym. I can’t gauge whether you’re young or old.[/quote]

I am 45 and do not like capri length leggings.

To be clear, I'm not body shaming anyone and it's less to me about thinking they make people look bad (though I do think they are unflattering on a lot of body types) but more that I think they look dumb. It just looks weird to me to wear short pants that stop right at your calf. The 7/8 leggings that a lot of places sell make more sense to me. It just seems like you either want to stop above the knee or above the ankle, and anything in between looks weird, like you bought child-size pants by accident.[/quote]

DP. Leggings above the ankle look good because they are tight. Regular opening pants above the ankle don’t look great. But honestly I’m not someone who cares what other people wear. [/quote]

I think a lot of people falsely believe that tight clothes are slimming. The opposite is true. You don't want baggy or oversized, but if you want to make a body part appear slimmer than it is, you don't wear something skin tight on it. Especially not if the garment is going to end and expose skin. You want something a bit wider than the body part so that your body will look slimmer by comparison.

I know, I know, you don't believe me. But it's true. Super tight only works if you are looking to emphasize the real width of your body. So if you have super thin legs or a teeny tiny waist and you want to show it off, by all means, go body con. Most of us are not in that position though.[/quote]

I am the poster you are responding to and I have thin calves and ankles. And no I don’t believe you, by the way. The two models on the left wear the fitted capris look fantastic.[/quote]

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