Muscle Leggings: For When You'd Rather Look Like Fresh Meat

You know what's so great about the human body? Skin. It's that extra top layer of dead cells that covers up our tissues, muscles, bones, and otherwise, meat-looking parts. It's a good thing. But what's probably not such a good thing is strutting around in a pair of leggings that show exactly what you wished...

By Claire Lawton

February 8, 2012

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You know what's so great about the human body?

Skin.

It's that extra top layer of dead cells that covers up our tissues, muscles, bones, and otherwise, meat-looking parts. It's a good thing.

But what's probably not such a good thing is strutting around in a pair of leggings that show exactly what you wished your ass looked like underneath the leggings (and skin) and instead, looking like you belong on a skillet.

Muscle Leggings were created by Australian designer James Lillis for online clothing store Black Milk.

"This is an idea that we have been thinking about for a while," he writes. "A few people encouraged me to do it but I never quite got around to it. Then I got a spare afternoon one day and decoded (sic) to have a good go at making it work."

Two words, James Lillis: No go.

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