leggings
Leggings are several types of leg attire that have varied through the years. Modern usage from the 1960s onwards has come to refer to elastic close-fitting high-rise garments worn over the legs typically by women, such as leg warmers or tights. ...
styled to look like
trousers
Trousers (British English), slacks, or pants are an item of clothing worn from the waist to anywhere between the knees and the ankles, covering both legs separately (rather than with cloth extending across both legs as in robes, skirts, and dr ...
. Much like ''
jeggings
Jeggings () are leggings that are made to look like skin-tight denim jeans. The word is a portmanteau of the words ''jeans'' and ''leggings''.
Wear
Jeggings were brought on by the resurgence in style of skinny jeans in the late 2000s, when a h ...
'', ''treggings'' is a
portmanteau
A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of words
Treggings fit just like leggings, but are made out of a thicker fabric.
Controversy
There has been some controversy about whether they can be considered trousers. A British school decided to send 60 students showing up in treggings home on the reason that the clothing was too tight to be worn as trousers.School infuriates parents with ban on tight-fitting trousers – Telegraph /ref>
Fashion
The tregging is very popular among young women as an alternative to
stockings
Stockings (also known as hose, especially in a historical context) are close-fitting, variously elastic garments covering the leg from the foot up to the knee or possibly part or all of the thigh. Stockings vary in color, design, and transparen ...
or trousers. They can be worn under a skirt or as a trouser. Balmain included the tregging in their fall/winter 2009 collection.