Source: canada.com

The fashion industry in fact is ready to forget and forgive: Longtime nemesis The Legging has been welcomed back by women who are altering their uniform to tunic tops and slim bottoms.

It started on the runways, with Ralph Lauren showing loden green knit leggings under a comfortable cable knit wrap and Derek Lam pairing grey ones with a trapeze-shape coat.

Next come’s the Hollywood starlets such as Lindsay Lohan, who was photographed in knee-length leggings and a baby doll top. And even though it's still summer, women on the streets of New York by now are covering up their fresh-from-vacation tans with leggings.