My husband recently forward me an Associated Press article entitled “Jeans face an uncertain future amid yoga wear rage.” The article said good ol’ denim sales were down 6% last year. Um, one look at the drop off line at school and I could have told you that, AP. This is what I wear most days – yoga pants and a Target tank top. I call it my “mom uniform.”
One morning, my son accused me of not being dressed and I said, “I’m dressed!” My daughter barely glanced at me and said, “That’s what she wears. She doesn’t wear real clothes.” “Huh?” I said, pointing at my yoga pants, “These aren't real clothes?!” And now the press has proven I’m not alone. We’re all wearing yoga pants. Why? I’ll tell you why!
- Because yoga pants are stretchy and comfy and forgiving. They don’t care if I’ve polished off my daughter’s mac n’ cheese every day for five weeks running.
- Because yoga pants are black and they hide (almost) any kid schmultz my son spreads on me.
- Because yoga pants are “athleta-wear” and I lie to myself and say I’m going to exercise and I don’t want to change twice.
- Because my muffin-top doesn’t flop over my yoga pants like it does in jeans. I can almost tuck it in, Spanx-style, into the top of my yoga pants.
- Because they’re easy to pull on and those 20 seconds it takes to zip and button my jeans aren’t seconds I’m willing to spare.
- Because my fashion sense died when I had kids.
- Because I’m too busy packing snacks, making lunch, fixing breakfast, braiding hair, finding matching socks, stuffing backpacks, putting on shoes to spend time on myself.
- Because I rarely leave the house anyway.
- Because who the hell am I dressing up for? An audience of preschoolers?
- Because I don’t really give a crap.
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SO TRUE! I have to share this, in case somebody out there was considering changing out of the yoga pants she slept in and putting on pants with a zipper. Nobody needs that.
Zippers are the devil. (Apologies to all the zipper manufacturers out there.)
SO SO true! Wearing them as I’m reading this…he-he….!!
LOL
I go beyond that a little bit. I hate purses, so I still do jeans — but I get the jeans two sizes too big so I can pull them up without doing the zipper. I got one of those men’s weavy belts that you can buckle anywhere to keep them from falling off. I keep all my purse stuff in the pockets, and they almost never get washed. I look super funny because the pockets are stuffed and getting wear marks. I top it off with a baggy shirt that covers the belt and disguises the tummy. Yes, I’m talking about my maternity shirts.
Love it! Whatever works!
I do the exact same thing!! We’re not alone sister!!
YAY!!!
I work full time 9-5 and I wear yoga pants to work. Often the same pair every day. 🙂
Nice!!!
Love it! Its all true too! My daughter is only 2, but I help my friend out with her elementary school aged boys, yoga pants are definitely preferred when I’m there!!!!
Oh yeah. I plan on being coated by something every time I work at school!
LOVE this! It was hard to give up my sexy maternity jeans with the belly band from Target. Yoga pants made the transition easier, now I won’t live without them! Thanks for making me laugh again today 🙂
You’re so welcome! And congrats on ditching the belly band!
LOVE! I also have a array of bohemian pants – my son said one day ‘mummy, when are you getting out of your pj’s!?’
LOL! Totally. My kids think my “clothes” are pajamas!
I’ve been counting the days until fall weather hits so I can wear my yoga pants instead of those good awful shorts
Yes! LOL
Amen!
Love yoga pants!! Thought I would share this video, it makes me laugh, thought you’d enjoy it!
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QltPmNxbDss
If that link doesn’t work, just look up Tim Hawkins comedian, yoga pants! And enjoy! : )
Before we started chatting this morning, I thought, wow, I wish I could look that good in yoga pants as you do!!
Haha, “The mom uniform”. I kinda hate how true this all really is lol. At least I know I am not the only mother bopping around in yoga pants and a tank top, or hoody! I am a stay at home mother, hardly ever get out, it’s the easiest thing to throw on so what do I care ?! lol.
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OMG Hsyterical!! After every number listed I said yep that’s the best one but they are all my reasons too!! Thank you so much for making me laugh and not feel alone!!!!!
Hahahahahahaha!!!! I nearly pee’d myself laughing reading that. Boy can I relate. Iam actually sitting here as I type, in my yoga pants, finishing ff some crisps my two year old didn’t eat *hangs head in shame* x
If you don’t give a crap, why are you making excuses? Unless you’re exercising, you might as well be wearing sweat pants. That’s how it looks, lazy. And sometimes it looks like camel toe. So don’t get mad when creeps are looking at your labia. You’re the one that didn’t want to put on real clothes.
Yoga pants all the way . . . Amen! They are more forgiving than my Priest!
I love them!
My friends husband made me laugh as he says its my ‘uniform’ . . .
Although that said, I did swim a mile today (but not in the said yoga pants).
“more forgiving than my priest” quote of the night! LOL
I have to laugh. Add a hoodie to the messie bun, yoga pant wearing mom and that’s me. It’s so much me that on the rare occasion I put on jeans and a nice shirt I hear things like. ” what are you so dressed up for?” ” do you have a hot date.” And my favorite ” you look so uncomfortable you should relax.”
I spend 6-8 hours a day in my car carting my kids around. So ye I AM wearing my YOGA Pants.
TOTALLY! LOL. It’s always breaking news if I put on a dress 🙂
I think more moms would wear jeans if we didn’t have to worry about our butts hanging out if we sit down or bend over
That’s true! The butt issue is annoying!
I never had a problem with jeans, not as a young mom in the late 80s and not now as a young grandma. Not every style is low-slung, you know! 🙂
Try Kohls instead of Target now and again, they truly have more variety than Target, and….um…unfortunately for most of us ladies, no matter what the age we became moms, if you were a Junior size before the darling bebes, you are going to be a Misses size now. Gotta embrace it, chicas! (and aren’t Levi’s 501s still popular, LOL!)
God I wish this were true for me. I am Canadian and in Canada Yoga pants are totally ok. Where do I live now you ask? SPAIN. Where? The deep south…the most superficial “everyone gets dressed to the 9s just to buy bread” south. It sucks. The ONLY time you leave the house is when you are…going to to yoga. Or maybe the gym. Period. I thought I was rocking it with a clean t shirt, jeans and runners but how wrong I was. They notice everything. A drop of yogurt…change your pants…a bit wrinkled…iron that bad boy. Everyone looks amazing. It drives me bonkers…but when I visit home I realize…duh duh duhhhhh! I’ve become one of them.
Maybe I should just claim ignorance and be “that” foreigner that wears yoga pants like a second skin. Hmmm…
You look beautiful to me. Im glad you’re comfortable with what you are wearing and don’t feel the need to spend all the time on makeup and hair. My kind of woman 😉
I am guessing you haven’t discovered LulaRoe leggings yet. I am 53 and rock those bad boys like there is no tomorrow. Or maybe you have and are somehow resisting the addiction impulse. I also live in California, where it isn’t so unusual anymore to see women of ALL ages wear yoga pants, LulaRoe, Bar Method tight capris, etc. (except over 70, maybe? No! my MIL is 75 next month and runs around in yoga pants. She looks awesome in jeans, though, I have to say…)
Don’t make an apology. But also – don’t apologize for actually wearing a dress or skirt if you want to, either. We do have to tap into that inner model every now and again!
Because I don’t really give a crap. Hit the nail on the head, sista!