Chanel Is Officially Making Leggings a Fashion Item

Until 2020, the idea of wearing leggings to sit on the front row in Paris Fashion Week was unthinkable, however, this year, jersey leggings have become an unlikely trending item. One of the brands changing our perception of leggings is Chanel, as in the Cruise 2020 collection, a pair of leggings encrusted with sparkly double C logos and Chanel letters was a hero item in the collection.
The leggings were styled with colourful tweed jackets and Mary-Jane style shoes. The sheer number of outfits that were styled with these logo-splattered leggings proves quite how serious Chanel is about making them a fashion thing.
They might be worth £1710 (we know, we know—these are some fancy leggings), but at Paris Fashion Week this month, they got some serious airtime. The street style crowd wore them with cropped colourful cardigans and blouses with XL collars, really playing up to the retro feel of the leggings. Keep scrolling to see the world's most expensive leggings.
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Emma is a freelance fashion editor with over 15 years experience in industry, having worked at The Telegraph, Grazia and, most recently, British Vogue. Emma was part of the founding team of Who What Wear UK, where she worked for six years as Deputy Editor and then Editor—helping shape the team into what it is today is one of the biggest privileges of her career and she will always see herself as a Who What Wear girl, contributing to both the US and UK sites. Whether she's writing about runway trends or spotlighting emerging brands, she aims to write about fashion in a way that is democratic and doesn't promote over consumption.
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