Around the Net

Sweatpants Part Of 'Athleisure' Trend

  • NPR, Wednesday, April 8, 2015 9:30 AM

Sweat pants as casual fashion? It's part of the “athleisure” trend: gym clothes moved upscale and made part of everyday wardrobe. The NDP group says sales of athleisure apparel were more than $35 billion last year, and that athletic apparel now makes up 17% of the entire American clothing market. H&M, Urban Outfitters, Aeropostale and TopShop have all launched athleisure lines. So have celebrities like Beyonce and Kanye West.

Read the whole story at NPR »

Next story loading loading..