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Embellished leggings are an affordable way to spruce up any outfit

Implications - Leggings have become credit crunch go-to fashion pieces, particularly those with unique colors or detailing like intricate stitching, rhinestones or intentional rips. Whether couture or fast fashion, embellished legwear has become an easy, lightweight and affordable way to add flair to any outfit.
Trend Themes
1. Embellished Leggings - Designers are adding intricate stitching, rhinestones, and intentional rips to leggings, making them an affordable and easy way to add flair to any outfit.
2. Retro Fashion Apparel - Consumers are intrigued by decade-specific fashion apparel that harken back to their youth or certain time periods, driving up demand for nostalgic items.
3. Innovative Twists on Traditional Clothing - Products like tie-up tights and golden tights are innovative twists on traditional clothing items, and are successful in the fashion industry due to their unique selling points and current trends.
Industry Implications
1. Fashion Industry - The fashion industry is responsible for creating and promoting trendy and fashionable leggings that consumers are interested in buying.
2. Children's Clothing Industry - The increasing trend of dressing children in fashionable styles creates opportunities for designers to create unique and trendy apparel for this market.
3. Retail Industry - Retailers can benefit from the trend of consumers seeking affordable and stylish clothing items like embellished leggings and other innovative versions of traditional clothing items.
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Featured Examples

Sheer Opaque Tights
Sheer Opaque Tights
Funky Hosiery Hits the Runways for Spring 2010
Spring/Summer 2010 runway styles have been all about the tights and hosiery, but for this season, designers seem to be changing things up a bit. Designers like Three as Four, Gaultier and Wunderkind have… MORE
Embellished Leggings
Embellished Leggings
Tights Get Studded to Add Extra Flair & Stylish For Fall 2009
It’s undoubtedly not the first season leggings have been highlighted as a key item in runway shows since they have been a major element in our fall outfits for years. However, new embellished legging looks… MORE
Golden Tights
Golden Tights
Leggings Get A Taste of the Midas Touch
There is definitely a soft spot in every girl's heart for golden gams this season. With warmer weather fast approaching, golden tights seem like the perfect way to add a little sparkle to your ensemble.… MORE
Alphabetights
Alphabetights
House of Holland & Pretty Polly Team Up for a Off-Kilter Hosiery Line
British hosiery brand Pretty Polly has teamed up with House of Holland to design a bunch of tights that will jazz up any outfit. For a mere $14 a pair, you can decorate your legs with cityscapes, fun patterns… MORE
Shredded Leggings
Shredded Leggings
Tattered Tights Turn Ruined Hosiery Into High Fashion Accessories
Ripped, torn and shredded: those used to be considered terrible qualities for hosiery, but tattered tights are all the rage now, even among high end designers. If only I'd known sooner; all those tights… MORE
Lumber Leggings
Lumber Leggings
EnD Looks to Nature for Inspiration for their S/S 2010 Tights
These wood patterned tights by Dutch label EnD will take eco clothing to a whole new level. The S/S 2010 show featured tons of exceptionally rad legwear inspired by the nature surrounding us. Tights donned… MORE
Tie-Up Tights
Tie-Up Tights
Eye-Catching, Skin-Revealing Leggings by Anzevino and Florence
These Tie Leggings by Anzevino and Florence offer a new dimension to your wardrobe. Unlike other tights, the Tie Leggings turn into a lace-up design beneath the knee. Perfect with a great pair of high-heeled… MORE
Bejeweled Tights
Bejeweled Tights
Add Some Razzle Dazzle To Your Wardrobe
Want to add a little razzle dazzle to your ordinary tights?  Why not try adding some glamor to your wardrobe with bejeweled tights? These glitzy tights are really fun and simply gorgeous without being… MORE
Neon Confetti Tights
Neon Confetti Tights
For Better or for Worse, 80s Are Back With a Vengeance
These 80s neon confetti tights are so classic it’s a little surprising they even exist. They look like a wardrobe reject from Saved by the Bell or (as Craftastrophe points out) Kimmy from Full House.… MORE
Gold Kiddie Leggings
Gold Kiddie Leggings
American Apparel Launches Line of Shiny Kid Tights
American Apparel has decided shiny leggings shouldn’t just be for adult women anymore, making a line of metallic leggings for kids. The shiny leggings by American Apparel take trendy adult wear and attempt… MORE
Kneepad Tights
Kneepad Tights
Hansel from Basel Helps You Stay Warm and Fashionable This Winter
Its winter once more and Hansel from Basel makes it possible for you continue to wear your favorite dresses and skirts despite the cold weather. With a vast array of leg-warming tights to choose from,… MORE

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Lace-Up Leggings
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Zip-Up Leggings
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Shredded Threads
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Grunge Revisited
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Ripped Denim Revivals
Runways and Sidewalks See Resurgence of Torn '90s Jeans
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19 Hot Leggings and Tights
Hosiery Fit For A Christmas Stocking
Lace Tights
Lace Tights
Glam Your Gams With Fancy Hosiery
Self-Repairing Stockings
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Torn Fashion
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Bold Patterned Tights
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Tassled Tights
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Bebaroque Roxy Tights with Fringe
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Tattoo Tights
Tattoo Tights
Works of Art For Your Legs
Stockings and Tights Regaining Popularity
Stockings and Tights Regaining Popularity
Hooray for Hosiery!