I’m a bit sick of clothes and the like so today’s topic are leg warmers. Yes, those tube shaped things that you see girls these days wearing around their legs. They are just called leg warmers. They do not actually perform that function.

Traditionally leg warmers used to be made of wool in an attempt to provide some sort of warmth to the wearer. Now however they are made from a mixture of cotton and other synthetic fibres so naturally do not provide any warmth. So now you know that they are just work because they are fashionable and became so because of films like Fame and Flashdance in the early 80s. They went out of fashion towards the end of the decade but have made a comeback around 2004. They were worn by dancers and during aerobics but now are multi purpose.

Since we have the functional part out of the way now we can talk about how cool legwarmers are. Leg warmers come in all colours and with all sorts of designs and can be worn with almost anything. They are mostly worn over tights or leggings or with a short skirt. They are also worn with almost any kind of footwear although mostly with open and canvas shoes.

You have regular leg warmers like the once above which you could wear with a skirt of leggings or even jeans. They are bright and really funk up your outfit.

Leg warmers can also be worn with heels to bring off a classier more formal look.

Then there are also interesting creations like these ones. These fuzzy ones probably do keep you a little warm. Only danger is you don’t want the PETA people to notice you.

These ones won’t make you feel warm but they’ll definitely raise the temperature all right. I’m not sure about the image you’ll be stuck with afterwards though.