I caved, y'all. I did. I bashed leggings to high heaven all of last fall and yesterday, you could call me a hypocrite. I wore leggings.

However, I will have you know that I wore the leggings as a double for very thick, warm tights under a tunic that I could have worn as a dress, but wore as a top over the leggings and knee high boots because it was a chilly 70 degrees in Santa Monica. As soon as it warms up to 75 degrees though, I will ditch the leggings and slip into a tunic as a dress like Sara Berman's Knit Tunic Dress that comes in either black or gray rayon/cotton and features three thin stripes. The dress is sleeveless, but has wide straps that tie at the shoulders. And hey, if we get an unseasonable cold snap, I can slip it over another pair of black leggings, though I don't think it will look quite right. Better to go with tights and pair of rock solid heels.