TikTok Persuaded Me to Buy Fleece-Lined Leggings—Here Are 5 Ways I’m Styling Them This Winter

Every so often, during a social-media scroll, you stumble across a viral trend that makes you stop in your tracks and contemplate whether you need to buy in.

Recently, whilst perusing TikTok, somewhere between a day-in-the-life vlog and a cute dog clip, I was hit hard by the fleece-lined-leggings algorithm, with video upon video of plush and fluffy thermals styled for everyday wear. I have to admit that I was thrown at first. Having been on a few ski trips, I do own a few pairs myself, but I’d never considered wearing them off the slopes. Instead, they’d always stay squirrelled away under salopettes at the back of my wardrobe, waiting for another mountain adventure. But hindsight is 20/20, and truthfully, as someone who stays perpetually cold from November to April (and spends most of winter pining for the warmth of summer to return), thermal leggings actually seem like a no-brainer.

The leggings of today are a far cry from seasons past. Gone are the fluorescent prints beloved by Emily in Paris and the tough black vinyl pairs worn incessantly by Kim, Kourtney and Khloé Kardashian during Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ early years. Instead, the runways are championing more demure colourways and wearable prints. From Ferragamo to Diesel, even if they are embellished with rhinestones, these leggings feel far more in tune with everyday wear. As much as I can appreciate the return of leggings as outerwear outside of exercise, it’s the plushy fleece-lined pairs that get my heart racing these days, especially as London is so cold lately.