WHY BUY: Levi's Black Jean Leggings/ Jeggings/ Whatever

Welcome to a new FashionBinge feature called "Why Buy?" wherein we tell you why you should buy something. No, no one is paying us to write these. If something is great and we've roadtested it and determined that it indeed does not suck and/or fall apart upon initial handling/ espying, we will advise you to buy it! It if it's terrible, you will not find it here. Make sense? Easy breezy, no? Good! Great.

Okay, our first "Why Buy" is Levi's jeans leggings/ jeggings, whatever.

Why buy them?

Well. I've been wearing a pair for a year, and these were the "jeggings" that convinced me jeggings were, in fact, okay. They're less legging, more thin, exTREMELY skinny black jeans. They look good with absolutely ANYTHING you'd wear skinny black jeans with (for me, that's mostly everything but like... a bathing suit), and after wash after wash they haven't faded, nor do they look too annoyingly new.

($40, Levi's)

The OTHER reason you should buy them: they're on CRAZY sale!  $40, guys! Stock up. UPDATE: THEY'RE ON SALE FOR 40% OFF, PEOPLE!

While mine don't feel like they've shrunk, they do fit a little snug, so I'd probably size up. And I'd probably buy two pairs. Thank me laters.

OMG. Wax Stirrup Jeans ARE HAPPENING!

($69.50, Gap)

Believe me, I did not create or doctor this image. You are ACTUALLY looking at a pair of WAX DEMIM LEGGINGS WITH STIRRUPS! Or, if you REALLY wanna go there, they're WAX JEGGINGS with stirrups. Gap! Have you LOST it?

Actually, I don't HATE them or anything. They're so deliciously Olivia Newton John in the last scene in "Grease" that I almost appreciate the sentiment. Anyway, like 'em or not, in the words of Radiohead, "this is really happening."

Gilty As Charged!

($49, Vivienne Tam, GiltGroupe.com)

Oh Gilt. Why can't I quit you? See, I REALLY need to unsubscribe to Ruelala, Ideeli, and Gilt. All they are are little landmines of temptation, bombing my inbox and blasting my bank account and that tiny little fragile shred of what's left of my self-control. My latest episode of "Oh, Hey, I Guess I'm Buying This" features these mesh, seamed Vivenne Tam leggings. Whoopsie daisies!

Rainbow Fringe Leggings = WOOF

($150, Kapow! Wow! Farfetch.com)

Yes, these are rainbow fringed leggings. Calf-length, to make matters worse. They're by Kapow! Wow!? Which, at this point is more like Ka-pohhhhno. Woof.

Why, God, Why: Leather Leggings

($955, Les Chiffoniers, Net-a-porter.com)

I mean... They're leggings. And they're LEATHER. They're ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS. And they're SOLD OUT!?!?? During an economic FREE FALL? Fail on every level.