You don't have to be as skinny as Lindsay to wear her leggings, or as crazy. But it helps.

We thought we had to wait until the end of August for the 6126 leggings line, oh-so-originally named for Marilyn Monroe's birthday, to appear at Fred Segal. Hat tip to Perez Hilton for the great news that we can see the first four items and get them early, as in right this minute!

Yes, if you've been dying for a pair of shiny leggings...with built-in, quilted knee pads...named "Mr. President" (Finish the tasteless Friday joke: what's the difference between an egg, meat and a ____ ___? Hint: you can't beat it!) then today is your lucky day.

Get a look at the rest of this traumatic magic in the gallery, or head on over to shop intuition and place your order now, before they're gone. Those leopard ankle gloves are going to fly off the shelves. Absolutely fly.

Big wide sailor pants has been around for long enough that they no longer look insanely, freakishly highwaisted. Pretty much every designer and retailer has a version, and even better sale prices are popping up all over the place.

If you've been waiting to try this style, get a move on, because the sale rack is the first sign of "over" for every trend. We estimate you have four to six months to wear your new sailor pants. By the holidays it will be all leggings and tights.

Check out spectrum of styles and prices in the gallery.

For those of you who have been waiting ever so patiently to find out where, oh where you could pick up some leggings from Lindsay Lohan's new line, your wait is nearly over. The actress-turned-fashion-designer has signed an exclusive deal with Fred Segal stores.

Many of us women out there suffer during the summer because we don't have stems like a supermodel. Unfortunately, you can't think your legs long but you can create the illusion that they're a mile long with the right clothes. So let's put an end to your suffering and take a look at some helpful hints to getting Rockette worthy gams.

We can see how Lindsay Lohan's mind works: celebrities have endorsed and designed (or in most cases, "designed") everything from perfume to bed linens, motor scooters to jeans... so why not launch a leggings line?

Because no-one asked for or wanted one, perhaps?

Times must be tough for Lindsay Lohan. Not only is the part-time TV actress too hard up to purchase her own clothing (allegedly), she's now asking models for her new line of leggings to work for free.

Believe it or not, a recent casting ad she ran asks: "Please do not send models to the casting unless they are available for shoot and call time and they agree to trade terms." BTW, "trade" is the industry euphemism for "we won't pay you, but we promise this is really good for, you know, your resume, and making connections and stuff."

And sure, we realize that the entertainment industry is a tough business to break into, so people work for free all the time. But we're not talking about some DIY hipster boutique in Brooklyn, this shoot is for a line designed by Lindsay "I've starred in a number of blockbuster movies" Lohan. The idea that she'd ask aspiring models to work for nothing is a joke.

As our friends at StyleList have so generously reminded us, latex leggings are still making the rounds on the legs and bottoms of your favorite celebrities. We warned you in the fall, and then again this winter, and now the time has come -- the trend is at its peak.

Clearly, this shift from skinny jeans to pants that, somehow, are even tighter, isn't going anywhere any time soon. The question is: do you care? Sure it looks OK on ultra-thin actresses, models and pop stars who spend hours at the gym, working every minor bulge into submission with the help of high-dollar personal trainers. But will it look good on normal women?

Discuss.

Save us, somebody please save us. It's not enough that we are forced to look at tabloid picture after picture of Lindsay Lohan dressed in leggings, no pants. That girl would probably show up at the Oscar's in leggings -- that is, if she were ever invited. Now she wants to start her own line.

She talked with Life & Style Magazine saying "I'm doing my own leggings line! But it's a secret. It will be a while before it comes out, but I'm going to do it. I love leggings." Lindsay Lohan loves leggings? No way! I would have never guessed.

She also mentioned that they'll be sold with prints, patterns and designs on them. First of all, that's just silly. She only wears black leggings. I've never seen her in anything patterned. Second of all, were patterned leggings ever popular?

I won't deny that leggings were pretty much the most comfortable trend ever. But the key word in that sentence is were -- as in past tense. How long do we have to drag on this crazy 80's revival?

Please, Lindsay, let this trend die. Repeat after me, "Leggings are not pants, pants are not leggings. Leggings are not pants, pants are not leggings..."

Via Just Jared.

Let's be real: leggings, whether you like them or not, have been back for awhile -- making a triumphant return from the 80s and invading celeb fashion for at least a year. Some high profile fashionistas (ahem, Lindsay Lohan) love leggings so much, they occasionally mistake them for pants (though I assure you, they are not).

So whatever -- these trends come and go all the time. I'm not a huge fan of absurdly tight clothing, but some women pull them off. I am surprised, however, to see the resurgence of shiny leggings. This is a look reserved for tough-looking, hairy biker women in bad 80s movies.

Or so I thought. Kendall Herbst from New York Magazine recently tested a pair of shiny leggings out on the streets on Manhattan, and apparently she likes them. "For one, the latex sheen makes my legs look slim and sexy, like they'd been squeezed out of a black-oil-paint tube." Which, apparently, is a good thing.

I'm not convinced. Fashionistas, what do we think?

Note to Tyra: You are not a Hollywood starlet. I repeat you are not a Hollywood starlet. You may be a Hollywood star but you are no starlet.

For some odd reason Tyra banks felt that it was okay to dress like a girl ten years her junior and half her size. Now before you all jump down my throat (which I know you will do anyway), there is nothing wrong with Tyra's size. There is, however, something wrong with what she decided to wear for her size.

Leggings aren't for everyone (everyone should know that by now). Leggings are to be worn with a top that covers your near end, like a tunic or a mini dress. Tyra has failed to do that by opting for a shirt that barely covers her stomach. The second issue I have with the leggings is that they are barely leggings. In fact, they look like tights to me. Am I alone here? I can practically see through them.

Leaving the leggings alone for a moment -- the boho look? Even the real Hollywood starlets have started to abandon that look. Tyra it's time to start dressing like the powerful Hollywood star that you are. You have your own talk show and a popular (ish) television program; you're better than this Tyra. I know you are.

With Halloween just 'round the corner, it's only natural to have costume ideas running through the brain. However, it's not okay for companies to play off costumes as "real" clothes. I'm lookin' at you, American Apparel! How dare you try to sell these jester stockings as pantyhose. Innocent hipsters will walk around with two-toned legs and an unhealthy amount of spandex and it will be all your fault.

As if the sight of people wearing gold lamé pants wasn't bad enough, right? American Apparel's two color pantyhose comes in four exponentially horrifying color combinations: black and crème, teal and asphalt, purple and forest, and -- everyone's favorite -- fluorescent yellow and coral.

Here's a fun fashion tip: if you want to guarantee a punch to the face during a night out on the town, wear some of those aforementioned gold lamé pants over these new two color leggings. Granted, you may suffer from a tacky overload before anyone even makes it close enough to give you a knuckle supper.

Dear Styledash: Who makes the best leggings?

The best is never easy to quantify, but I think we've come close. Since not everyone can afford a $100 pair of leggings, I thought it would be helpful to come up with a best for three different price points: under $10, under $50, and under $100.

Under $10
Xhilaration Leggings from Target: Sure, they're technically juniors, but I have at least two pairs that have lasted me more than a year's worth of wear and washing. Best part? They only cost $5.99.

Under $50
Wolford Velvet de Luxe Leggings: As far as I'm concerned, Wolford makes the best hosiery in the world, so naturally, the Velvet de Luxe leggings were my pick for this category. The material is thick enough to not give you the dreaded sheer patches on your knees, but thin enough to not add bulk. Price: $38.

Under $100
Three Dot Leggings: Slightly thicker than the Wolford leggings, these Three Dots are more like pants than hosiery. Oh yeah, they're also machine washable. Price: $78.

I didn't think leggings could really get any worse, unless this year saw the comeback of leggings' first cousin, the stirrup pant, but boy was I wrong. And when I say, "boy," I really do mean "boy." All the rage for this fall will be men in tights, and we're not talking about football.

At the Marni men's runway show in Milan last week, the designer sent men down the catwalk in leggings made of microfiber cotton and wool, which would not have been as bad if they were, say, black, but they were violet and forest green. And did I say stirrups pants would be worse than leggings? The men's leggings had stirrup straps.

While I could maybe see this working in some big cities in Europe, I just cannot imagine men in leggings walking around L.A.