Leggings Are Newsworthy?

I am reviewing this: Kylie Jenner Wears Leggings To Lunch, Just Like You

Before I start picking apart this post, let me just say…I like the Kardashians. Yes, that was very painful to admit, thank you very much. Though, let me explain, with further pain.

I love the family in the sense that…I’m a watcher of their show ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’…and yes, their multiple spinoff shows taking place in Miami and the Hamptons. This is not my proudest moment. I, in a very strange way, respect the Kardashians. Are all of us that criticize them really strong enough to receive that criticism ourselves? Probably not.

Anyway… personally, I believe this blog post, or fashion update, is kind of…unnecessary. I get the ‘celebrities are just like you!’ reel that magazines spit out to those of us that really don’t understand that celebrities are humans, but to say Kylie Jenner wearing leggings is news worthy is simply unnecessary.

When I first saw the title ‘Kylie Jenner Wears Leggings To Lunch, Just Like You’ I laughed, then I clicked on the article. The title worked at making people want to read it… but maybe not in a flattering way.

The post is two paragraphs long, with the first paragraph talking about the other Jenner sister Kendall and her success in the spotlight, and how Kylie has avoided the public (which, c’mon, that’s impossible for the 17 year old).

The second half of the blog post describes in fairly good detail the badass outfit the reality star is wearing to this epic lunch. Props to the writer, Casey Lewis, for the clear image and detail on the shocking, Harley-esque outfit, including spandex leggings as pants (Gasp!). This is the part of the article I did enjoy, for the mere fact that the word choice was interesting for covering such a basic story, that often times is unreadable.

Kylie Jenner Outfit

I get that this blog is part of a fashion/health/beauty/fitness website, and I’m not downing that. These are my favorite kinds of websites to read!… and I’m not one to judge. My sense of style goes downhill as the year goes on and that hill eventually leads to an endless supply of sweatshirts.

I also respect and understand that the author does regularly cover what celebrities are wearing, as just the other day I was hunting for the latest sweater Sophia Bush was spotted wearing. (Update: it was way too expensive. $500 too expensive. Safe to say, I will be loving that sweater from afar.) The author of this series on this website is greatly talented, and I’m kind of envious she has a large forum of readers. I just can’t connect to this particular post.

Love Kylie Jenner. I’m just not fascinated that the most shocking and important thing being publicized about her is her wearing spandex leggings and a leather jacket to lunch. There is more to be covered than that. Like what did she have for lunch?!?!

But seriously, I did appreciate that once clicking the photo, it was said where to find the articles of clothing and at what price. Again, might be loving the outfit from afar.

Apparently I’m not the only one that was kind of ‘meh’ about this article. Well… people leaving the comments felt more than ‘meh’. There was a lot of family shaming, as they commented more on what Kylie and her family does wrong than the outfit being reviewed, or even anything to do with the article. To say it simply: people were are harsh on the Kardashians/Jenners.

There were also some comments that don’t get the big deal of the leggings as pants…and others that did. There is no way to win this debate.

Overall, what I learned from this post: Kylie Jenner wore leggings to lunch. Leggings are not pants, unless you wear them as pants. Then you’ll get an article written about you. Also, I'm a fan of Casey Lewis' writing.

The blog is well written, fact-accuracy and diction wise. Just not a fan of this particular subject, as it offers nothing but the ten-second fascination of the fame the Kardashian/Jenner fam holds.