Don’t Know What to Do with Leggings That Were Given to My DD

I love my girls in leggings!! Put them under a denim skirt, match with any t-shirt, DONE! Very versatile outfits... I'd keep them ;) I'm notorious for wearing black leggings under short, summery dresses just to be a little more modest as a mom!!

6 moms found this helpful

the new Justice catalog has a whole page of shorter leggings under shorts - so I would do that.

My only rule is that my daughter's shirt has to come below her b*tt cheeks for her to wear it with leggings. I see lots of girls who don't adhere to that rule, but I think it isn't appropriate for leaving the house.

You'll also find that soon your daughter will outgrow the skirts that have shorts built in.... seems to me that by 1st grade I could rarely find those anymore, so leggings are good for under those skirts.

5 moms found this helpful

Leggings are still in style, especially for young children. They look cute under skirts and dresses. Most leggings I see fall around the calf or the ankle, though sometimes they go a little below the knee. I love the colorful stripe and polka dot ones, they always look so cute. I wouldn't wear them alone, unless the shirt is a longer, tunic type top or the leggings are a thicker material.

Just scroll down here, and you will see tons of cute ways to wear leggings:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=childrens+leggin...

4 moms found this helpful

All I have to say is, my kindergartner's fashion is whatever I can get her to wear. The other day she wore a pumpkin hat with her outfit. The day before, rubber boots, shorts and a tutu. She's been trying to live in her swimming suit this summer as well. Have fun!

4 moms found this helpful

My daughter (4 years old) loves leggins and tights. She wears them under skirts, under dresses and with longer shirts. As for the shorts she always wears them under dresses and skirts. Especially in summer when she's playing on the playground. She has never had a problem pulling them down with whatever we put on top of them. I think leggins looks really cute on kids.

4 moms found this helpful

Leggings are awesome - you can wear them with anything!! My girls wear them with their now too short dresses (you know, the dresses that suddenly turned into tunics over night) Don't worry about what shoes to wear with what leggings. I've seen little girls with short leggings, a short dress and BOOTS! It was adorable. I personally don't like leggings with just a short t-shirt. A tunic, longer shirt, dress or skirt looks best. Love the jean shorts/skirt idea. One of my daughters is wearing all of her skorts from last summer (they're pretty short) with short little leggings (come to a few inches above her knees) It looks really cute and I love that she's getting another summer out of these skorts!

Don't worry about what's in style. Really, at her age it doesn't matter. She'll look cute mixing and matching stuff.

So, I wrote this a few hours ago and just feel compelled to add on. Just after I finished typing my response my daughter comes downstairs ready to go visit the new American Girl store. What was she wearing? Leggings, and a white tank top undershirt that I have only seen her wear to bed. I mean, it had wife beater written all over it! I wasn't in the mood to have her change but I mentioned that there might be some girls in their pretty dresses at AG. She didn't care. I couldn't stop thinking about my earlier post, and laughing :)

3 moms found this helpful

You can put them under shorts. For my younger daughter I use them a lot under dresses that I feel are just a bit too short. The longer ones you can wear with an oversized shirt.

3 moms found this helpful

As others have said, they are great for modesty for shorts, skirts, dresses. They can be used in place of tights too for a more casual look and for warmth. I mainly responded because I REALLY appreciated Katie L.'s comment about dresses becoming Tunics overnight LOL

3 moms found this helpful

Leggings are great for elementary girls because it allows them to wear dresses and skirts to school. Due to PE, they can't wear dresses or skirts without some sort of legging or spandex underneath.

You can stretch the use of some dresses/skirts that are now too short.

I would not put them under shorts. I would pair them with dresses, skirts and longer tops.

Around here (Dallas area) we see a lot of them in schools for the PE rule. My daughter is 16 and she no longer wears leggings. She does wear spandex (the tight shorts that go under the cheer skirt) with all her dresses and skirts.

3 moms found this helpful

My daughter wears them a lot - I love them with too short shirts as other posters have said, over gymnastics leotards for the AC in the car, under dresses, etc.

I like the under the shorts idea, too!

Congrats on getting so many great used clothes!

2 moms found this helpful

Leggings are so in style it's not funny lol. Leggings by themselves is a no no. Not only is it a fashion no no but leggings are tight so putting a normal shirt with leggings does not look "classy" and with little kids obviously you don't frown at them. You frown at the parents lol.

Leggings under shorts would be really cute. My rule is the shirt has to a bit below her butt when they go under tunics. I love getting bike shorts and having them go under skirts and dresses. My daughter is 2 1/2 in 3T but I notice some of them don't have built in shorts and I want her to have something so her diaper doesn't look saggy even if it's empty lol If she was older I'd do it too so she didn't show her underwear when playing.

You are right on target with the shoe match up. Capri leggings look better with flat. Depending on the boots, it may look good but I don't know. If you pair shorts obviously they can't be capri length or it would defeat the purpose but if it's too short you'll get some looks. So I would say mid thigh, kinda like the shorter version of bermuda shorts.

I am ocd about colors, but the leggings have to match in some way to the shirt or shoes. If they are striped then the shirt can't be striped or anything, but if yellow is the color that strands out in the striped leggings she will wear a yellow shirt, see what I mean :)

I would check out sales if you can, I don't think you can stretch out clothes that are too short :P

2 moms found this helpful

The little girl I take care of uses leggings all the time. She wears them under jean skirts and little cotton skirts, she wears then with big over sized hoodies, she wears them with loose t-shirts and sometimes just with little cotton t shirts. she wears them under her soccer shorts. she wears them all the time. both full length and capri length

2 moms found this helpful

ilove having leggings under my daughters dresses and skirts because we all know little girls hang upside down on the monkey bars at school. i think any legth and shoe are fine and fashionable for little kids.

1 mom found this helpful