Meggings? Sheesh.

Men in tights: Would you let your man wear male leggings?
By Eleanor Glover, DailyMailOnline

Last updated at 4:13 PM on 09th March 2009

Normally the preserve of ballet dancers and glam rock stars it appears leggings could be hot footing their way to the wardrobe of your average bloke, well almost.

After the success of the skinny jean it was only a matter of time before fashion went even further and now the male legging or 'megging' is tipped to be the next big thing for any man worth his style salt.

But how would you react if your man followed in your fashion footsteps and stepped out wearing a pair of leggings?


Russell Brand has been squeezing his fleshy thighs into a ruched, wet-look pair from Sass & Bide since last summer.

Yes, Mr Brand's slinky trousers were originally designed for women but he says the ruching helps prevent the £95 leggings becoming too feminine.

He's worn them virtually every other week for the last six months, obviously not ashamed to show off his... erm... shapely calves.

Another bouffant-haired male star to clad his calves in the legging is fellow comedian Noel Fielding.

The Mighty Boosh star, famed for his love of sparkly catsuits and outlandish hats, stayed true to the roots of rock with a cheeky polka dot pair for the NME Awards last month.

Marni and Calvin Klein first dabbled with the trend back in 2007, sending their scrawny-legged models down the runway in brightly-coloured varieties.

The following year Alexander McQueen embraced the look with an eye-catching red leather pair and Martin Margiela went all out glam with a spangly gold-sequined-clad model.

But is it only anorexic-looking male models and debonaire dandy comics who can pull off the look, and what would you do if your boyfriend or husband turned up in a pair of male leggings?

GQ's Jonathan Heaf recently tested a black sequined-pair and was amazed at how much attention he received from the public, but was not impressed by the feeling they produced - akin to 'having a crotch full of staples'.

Writing in The Guardian, Jonathan said the attention made him feel like an X Factor winner but his chic girlfriend was less than impressed.

So will the 'megging' hit the big time and become a wardrobe must-have for every fashionable chap?

It took a couple of years for the girl legging to take off so it may be only a matter of time before the 'megging' becomes a popular choice among the male population.

But until someone like super-macho Daniel Craig wears a pair I think we're safe.

Unless he appears in a remake of Robin Hood - Errol Flynn style - and then we'll be pleased to see a repeat of the Bond trunks type moment all over again.


You realize already that this trend will be exclusive to emos and twinks that shouldn't be wearing something so unforgiving on their twiggy lower bodies, but, meh....oh well. It will only be a matter of time before that trend bleeds over to athletics...hey, wait a minute - are we going to be reliving the 80s all over again??? Like we aren't already in the throes of 80s revival! As long as men don't show up in hot pink....Lord help us!