I'm so old I Remember when:

[TXchickmum]

Back-in-the-day fashions were confounding. I recall one winter when leg warmers over jeans was a fashion statement, as was corduroy knickers (knee pants, not under pants) with argyle socks. Legs were too hot wearing one, froze wearing the other.

 

[MROO]

Back-in-the-day fashions were confounding. I recall one winter when leg warmers over jeans was a fashion statement, as was corduroy knickers (knee pants, not under pants) with argyle socks. Legs were too hot wearing one, froze wearing the other.

Leg warmers weren't a fashion statement for us. They were necessary to keep from having to change your jeans every time you went out to the barn. We just peeled the snow-covered warmers off and left them by the woodstove to dry for the next trip out to thaw the water barrel. They saved a lot of laundry time!

 

[Love Donkeys]

Back-in-the-day fashions were confounding. I recall one winter when leg warmers over jeans was a fashion statement

Our second daughter was around 16 when she had a growth spurt. Her school jeans now were all 4" to short. Money was tight, we just couldn't afford to get her new jeans, but we could afford leg warmers. I bought her every style of leg warmers I could find! She was so proud of those leg warmers. She wasn't a farm kid anymore, she was a "fashion statement"!