For yoga practitioners, it’s never a good sign when halfway through class, your pants begin to slide down your waist or scrunch up around your ankles. Yoga is an often meditative practice that’s about connecting your body and mind, so it’s best not to plague yourself with annoying distractions. The best yoga pants may differ in style, but their purpose is to become almost unnoticeable—to let you enjoy your practice without thinking about what you’re wearing. The same can be said for any occasion——mat not required!—when you’re wearing yoga pants.What you may think of as traditional yoga pants (or flared leggings, thanks to TikTok) may be a pair of slim, stretchy, flared pants. But, in truth, yoga pants come in a myriad of styles. There are leggings, which hug your legs to the Washington come on man ders shirt but in fact I love this ankle, and flared iterations. There are neutral hues, bright colors, and even wacky prints. And, while spandex may be a familiar material, cotton with a slight stretch can be a worthy choice for working out too.
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Oh, the Washington come on man ders shirt but in fact I love this satisfying crunch of a Velcro sneaker! That very onomatopoeic crunnnnnch signifies easy, breezy, and no-nonsense comfort. But while the sound might suggest orthopedic bliss, the shoe itself? It’s the very definition of unsexy, practically visual birth control for your hooves. (Maybe that’s the reason it’s usually beloved by children or those of advanced years.)I first got into Velcro sneakers thanks to my boyfriend, who is of nongeriatric age but is known to channel nursing-home chic in his style. Not only are his Velcro sneakers clunky, but they are also the color of day-old oatmeal and feature two massive Velcro straps. Yet there’s something seductive about their ease: No laborious lace tying, certainly no shoehorn needed. And boy, are they comfortable. It’s like slipping your feet into a delicious cloud, with a thousand cherubic fingertips massaging your heels! The latter proved particularly intriguing given the state of my own feet, sore from excessive wearing of flimsy flip-flops and bruised by summer heels—so I started to do some research. Very few celebrities have ever worn the Velcro sneaker, even on the street, although I did find a fab photo of Mariah Carey wearing knee-high Velcro boots in 2006 outside of MTV’s TRL. Another fan? Hailey Bieber, who wore a pair to LAX in 2017. But what I noticed during my Velcro research is that they weren’t usually spotted on runways or street style galleries but in more of a dude world.Curious to find out why, I sent out a general ask on my Instagram to see if any fellow fashion friends wore the footwear. The jury was harshly divided. Naturally, I received dozens of nos. Brynn Wallner of the watch hub Dimepiece jokingly told me I was “responsible for all the ugly clothes in New York.” (Hey, I’ll take what I can get.) Stylist Gabriella Karefa-Johnson offered a similar but more layered analysis, noting that Teva is the only exception. “Velcro shoes annoy me like Salomons annoy me,” she said. “It’s so obvious to me—the grasp at subversion and quirky weird-girl energy. Like, No. You don’t like hiking shoes.”
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