Fashion help? Please give me a lesson about yoga pants.

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I wear legging type yoga pants a lot. Sometimes with a sportier top for exercise and household chores - sometimes dressed up for errands and general life. I consider them to just be a comfy pant option. I also have a few boot cut style ones but wear those less often. Jeans are my other favorite choice than yoga pants. I honestly can’t remember the last time I had on a pair of true dress slacks.

The panty line issue just doesn’t bother me.

A lot of this!  I don't own a pair of jeans.  I realized about 10 years ago that I really hate jeans in general so I was never going to find some I liked. My other go to are khaki pants.  I do have some semi dressy capri and regular pants in black and navy. I might wear a pair of those once a month.

As for where to get them, all the women's clothiers geared toward middle age have their versions.  Talbots, Chicos, J. Jill.  Several of mine have come from Land's End and LL Bean.  LL Bean used to make my favorite ones but they changed fabric and widened the leg and I don't like them as much as I once did.   I have skinny leg knits, wide legs and straight legs.  I wear them with just about any kind of top and shoes depending on where I'm going.  When a pair gets some wear on them, they are converted to every day.

Do you have a picture? I can’t figure out if you are referring to leggings (that are tight in all areas, including the leg opening) or what I consider to be yoga pants (basically similar to leggings but a little looser and could have different leg openings (straight, boot cut, etc). Or I suppose you could be talking about joggers. I need a photo to be sure.

ETA that here are some photos of pants with different leg openings/joggers.

We are pretty casual here at my office but yoga tights are a no-no here.

Outside of work, I prefer joggers over tights. The Athleta Venice jogger is my all-time fave.

Because I go to the gym 4 days a week, and walk every day, I wear them every day. But I wear leggings--yoga pants to me are flared, which I don't like because I find my shoe gets caught up in the extra fabric and I trip myself on stairs. I look for leggings that are seamless up top and have just an elastic waistband--I don't like the horizontal seaming going across my belly because for some reason, it pulls down my underwear. I get mine at Old Navy and I think Gap Factory. They are comfy but by the end of the day, my body is feeling irritated by all that Lycra and I change into cotton pj bottoms.

I never wear leggings with my ass hanging out. I don't have panty lines because I have no extra flesh on my butt--it's all in my belly. I have several sleeveless tunic tanks with high cut sides from Old Navy that I wear over them for the gym and for yoga, back when I was able to do yoga.

I used to wear them out under a tunic sweater and tall boots but I've kind of gotten away from that.

I love yoga pants. I only wear actual leggings to the gym. I prefer yoga pants over jeans. The ones I get have pockets and are thicker. I have 3 different brands right now.

I found these on Amazon and absolutely love them. Yoga pants.

Let me caveat this to say I'm in my mid-30s and have worn legging as pants since I was in college, when I feel like they started really becoming a thing. I am an avid legging wearer not only because they're comfy but because I'm usually wearing athleisure.

Trial and error/recommendations are how you find the right leggings that stay up, are not too thin, and don't show panty lines easily. That said, panty lines are a thing — some women wear thongs. I opt for the laser cut undies and am careful whenever I go to the bathroom to smooth the undies out when I pull my leggings back up. There are some really good leggings for not that much $ on Amazon.

I also will NOT wear leggings to a business casual (or better) setting unless it's super cold and you're subbing them for tights (like under a dress, with boots, so no one even knows they're leggings). But for a casual office? I totally will, but I won't let my butt hang out, even though I am ok with that on a day to day basis. Something weird about being with co-workers, ha. For a casual, anything goes office, I would wear them with a long cardigan/sweater that at least covers my butt. If you plan to wear them with "regular" clothes (like not athletic or athleisure clothing), then you have to find the right material, too. You don't want ones with lots of seams, side pockets, or shiny material.

Yoga pants with flared or bootcut hems are back in style, esp with Gen Z. I don't want go back to the early 2000s, ha, so I won't be partaking in those, but if you like them more, you're in luck?

I am so glad you posted this, because I, too, am confused!

I wear leggings to work out and went through a phase where I might wear them with a longer top or sweater casually, although I don't now.

Well, we are pretty casual here at work. Jeans worn mostly every day. I have only every worn leggings on a Friday when I was the only one here and knew no one would be showing up. However, I either had a long tshirt on or a long sweater.

Yoga pants to me are a more casual pant. And in my mind, always have that flare. Which on my particular body type just doesn't always work well. However...I did pick up a pair from Walmart and just wore them for the first time last night. They felt fabulous, were thick and oh so comfy. Here is the link for them: www.walmart.com/ip/Avia-Women-s-Flare-Pants-Sizes-XS-3XL/2308656090
Would I wear them to work? Again, only on a Friday, when no one else was here. I will most likely wear them out to grab groceries or run errands. I will usually always have a longer tshirt on with these types of clothes.

Now leggings are their own beast. They, to me, are tight fitting down the leg. Like you would work out in. Again, longish shirt. Leggings, as long as I know they are not see through, I will wear with a shorter shirt. But still not to work.

Joggers. I have 2 pairs that are a cotton material. I do wear those to the office. I don't think I have a soft pair.