Excuse me, you seem to have forgotten your pants

I was in Harvard Square on Friday when I saw a girl who appeared to be wearing a long knit shirt and vintage 80s stirrup pants. Upon closer inspection, they were not pants at all. It had only been spring for half a day and leggings had already begun to emerge from hibernation.

So I give you, dear Internet, the result of one silent lunch at Newbury Street's Tealuxe with Rachel and Aili, some absentminded Adobe Illustratoring during the Daily Show, and my dependency upon 3.5" x 2" solutions to pretty much everything:

Download: try_pants.pdf

Each of the twelve cards in the sheet bears a gentle reminder that there are safe, attractive alternatives to leggings-as-pants-substitutes:

We suggest: your office's laser printer, off-white or cream card stock, a well-sharpened paper cutter, and accidentally dropping a few cards at your local American Apparel or Urban Outfitters. (Readers without paper cutters or rad xacto knife skills may want to download this version: try_pants_with_dotted_lines.pdf.)