每日外刊丨1216 - 上班穿紧身打底裤奇怪吗?

时尚界再度流行的Leggings，中文译为“打底裤”或“紧身裤”，如今已经风靡大街小巷，或内穿、或外穿，老中青各年龄段的女性都有穿着。打底裤弹性大、超级贴身，小腿纤细、身材苗条的女孩穿了更显高挑，也因此受到年轻的女孩喜欢。女性生活新闻网站《Bustle》有一篇介绍Leggings历史的文章，读过之后才发现原来在近半个世纪的时间里，这种弹性紧身的裤子一直处于边缘地位。因为太显身材，不能被社会普遍认可，在很长时间内都是在“特殊场合”穿着，或是用长外套盖住臀部…

Where there is a will, there is a way.----Edison

Is It Weird to Wear Leggings at Work?

I don’t remember what specific combo of frustration and busyness led me to wear leggings to the office one day recently, but I do remember it felt magical. With nothing but a stretchy band and Nulu fabric holding me in, I felt freer, like I was dancing through my duties, rather than trudging through them encased in polyester and wool. My computer seemed to run more quickly; my sources were more responsive; the PR people were less angry.

Leggings sauntered into our lives in the second half of the 20th century. The concept came from the dance world (think ballerina outfits), and by the 1950s, cool girls at Barnard were hanging out downtown in black tights and oversized men’s sweaters, says Deirdre Clemente, a historian at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas who focuses on American fashion in the 20th century.

Once they started showing up in offices, however, the outcry began. Work is one of the most sartorially conservative places for women. It’s long been thought that women shouldn’t look too sexy in the workplace, and leggings ... well … they show your butt. Before leggings, there were controversies over cleavage and midriffs. The ’70s brought complaints about women wearing sheer blouses, and back in the ’30s there was consternation over sleeveless tops.

早起卡 ☞ 有志者，事竟成。----爱迪生

翻译卡 ☞ 上班穿紧身打底裤奇怪吗?

最近有一天，我不记得经历了什么样的不顺和忙碌，这种特殊的状态让我穿着打底裤去了办公室，但我记得那种奇妙的感觉。只有弹力腰带和裸感亲肤的面料将我包裹，穿着时仿若无物，我感到更自由，如同在翩翩起舞中完成工作一般，而不是被聚酯纤维和羊毛包裹着艰难前行。我的电脑似乎运行得更快了；我的消息来源更及时了；公关人员的态度也平和一些了。

20世纪后半期，紧身打底裤慢慢走进了我们的生活。Clemente是位于拉斯维加斯内华达大学的一名的历史学家，侧重研究20世纪美国时尚的她表示，（紧身裤）这个概念来自舞蹈界（设想芭蕾舞演员的服装），在20世纪50年代，巴纳德学院的酷女孩身穿黑色紧身裤和超大的男士毛衣在市区街头闲荡。

然而，打底裤一开始出现在办公场所，就遭到了公开反对。工作场所是女性在着装上最保守的地方之一。长期以来，人们一直认为女性不应该在工作场所穿着过于性感，打底裤……会显出你的臀部曲线。在打底裤出现之前，人们对露乳沟和露脐也有争议。上世纪70年代，人们抱怨女性穿薄纱衬衫，而在30年代，人们则对无袖上衣感到惊愕。