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Give Thanks for Leggings

So it’s Thanksgiving, which means we’ll all gain approximately five lbs by the end of today. You can’t enjoy eating in the style of American excess if you wear something that needs to be loosened or unbuttoned post-stuffing-your-face. Leggings are the obvious choice, but not just any leggings. Head to Urban Outfitters and buy a pair of Sparkle and Fades.

I have a love/hate relationship with Urban Outfitters - my friend Faith would call it love with hate icing. My beef with Urban is that it puts its ugliest, most boring shit on sale and uses massive signs (Long-sleeve Thermal Tees - $12.99!!!) to pretend to be a bargain shopping experience. The cost of the cute, cool clothes rarely drops below $65, and this offends me.

Anyhoo, I was in dire need of leggings for Thanksgiving and on a time crunch - Urban was my only option. I initially kvetched at the $24 they charged for the Sparkle and Fades…until I put them on. Sparkle and Fade’s leggings are stretchy enough to accomodate sudden tummy bulge. But they’re also slimming enough that you can wear them shopping on Black Friday and not look any fatter!

American Apparel supposedly uses a similar cotton/spandex blend in their leggings, but Sparkle and Fade’s take’s got special sauce. Plus, American Apparel’s leggings are priced at $26 - two bucks more than Urban’s. “Vertically Integrated Manufacturing,” my ASS.