athleisure :: athletic + leisure

noun

a trend in fashion in which clothing that is designed for athletic workouts is worn outside of the gym.

We’ve all seen athleisure in action:

Girl goes to the grocery store in her yoga pants and tank top.

Boom … athleisure.

It wasn’t until the other day, though, that I realized how incredible this concept was outside of this cliche scenario, and what it could mean for my pocketbook.

The other night, Brett and I went to a comedy show that started at 8:00 pm. I accidentally woke from a nap at 7:09 pm. This meant that I had roughly 21 minutes to get ready so that we could grab our uber and be seated in time without getting heckled.

Because I was hurried and in a drunken-like, sleepy haze, I didn’t reach for my black, go-to ponte pants for when I go out – or for when I do anything remotely worthy of slinking myself into tight clothing that cuts off my circulation.

{Don’t know what ponte pants are? http://lmgtfy.com/}

Instead, I threw on heels, a lightweight jacket, and a summer scarf on top of my all-black yoga pants and scoop-neck, pima cotton top that I was already wearing for the duration of my nap.

And … it looked pretty good. {I think.}

If we hybrid the following two outfits {we’ll pretend that those in the first photograph are “yoga” pants}, paired with both of their bodies, that’s what I looked like.

It had never occurred to me to wear activewear to go out in. I had only ever sported (no pun intended) athleisure for errand-runs or casual outings.

So now, the days of having to buy skinny, black pants and clothing of the like are gone. I will be coupling my already-existing activewear with heels, wedges, and jewelry.

And I’ll post some pics of my outfits on here when I think something of the athlesiure nature looks awesome … or moderately awesome.

Please refer to my sweet girlfriend’s blog for more tips on athleisure and fashion:

http://www.theweekenderafashionfieldguide.com/blog/athleisure-layers

xo,

C