Meggings: New and Old

This is the time of the year for fashion shows, and meggings, or male leggings are one of the hottest new styles among the male fashion crowd. It seems like practically every media outlet has picked up on it. For example, ABC News had some men give them a try:

A Google search for meggings will turn up numerous recent news articles about them.
Just last weekend at the Emmy Awards, the lead singer for Fun. wore shorts and leggings:

This might seem like a new fashion for men, but styles from the 60s and 90s are reminiscent of it. For example, the 60's rock band Paul Revere and the Raiders:

Grunge in the 90's was more rugged look, but it included men wearing tights or leggings with shorts. A classic example is Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam (top, left), and in this photo even Eddie Vedder (middle, right) has leggings:

What will be the fate of 2013's meggings? Will only an insignificant number of men outside of the mainstream wear them, or will they prove to be the successor to skinny jeans? As far as I know, they never reached mainstream status in the past, but there are some signs it's different this time. We have the precedent of men's skinny jeans, which seem to be getting more and more skinny. Leggings and Uggs are a popular combination for women, and a few men have been sighted wearing that combination as well:

With or without Uggs, many women now wear leggings instead of jeans as casual clothes, due to their extreme comfort. Some men have noticed that, and don't see why they should have to forego that comfort. Checking Twitter, while there is much opposition to meggings, there is support as well:

I think boys look so good when they wear stuff like skinny jeans, ugg boots, leggings, tight tops..

i LOVE how more and more boys r wearing leggings without a care !!!!!!!!!!!!

5 years from now it will be socially acceptable for guys to wear leggings. It happened with tight jeans and low cut shirts

jeans are getting tighter and tighter. soon boys'll be wearing actual tights again - medieval style

Boys should wear leggings,they have no idea what they're missing out on

If it was socially acceptable for guys to wear long spandex tights everwhere, I would! #MuchMoreComfortable


What do you think about meggings, and their future in men's fashion?