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Ty Haney, the “queen of athleisure,” has returned to Outdoor Voices. But the world of leggings has evolved.
By Vanessa Friedman
Remember athleisure? It was the fashion bastard child of the millennium: an aesthetic portmanteau of workout wear and weekend wear. The term became official in 2015, when it entered the dictionary, creating an entirely new market sector that reached its apogee during the Covid-19 pandemic, when elastic-waist pants, fleece hoodies and Pelotons became aspirational items.
