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Best Women’s Activewear Pieces to Shop Online This Year
Athleisure just might be the hottest trend in town when it comes to what all your favorite fashion inspirations are wearing on the day-to-day. Uniforms that were once reserved strictly for Pilates class and private training sessions at the gym — think matching sports bra-and-leggings sets or curve-skimming cami bodysuits — are now status-quo sights on the streets, as It-girls layer them under everything from athletic running jackets (looking at you, Kendall Jenner) to trench coats in high-low pairings that read both “off-duty model” and “city slicker.”
Of course, the very term “athleisure” is an amalgamation: of the athletic and the leisurely, resulting in clothing that blends all-day comfort and modish looks with technical specs like breathability, moisture control, and four-way stretch.
In that, athleisure is a more approachable, aesthetically pleasing take on athleticwear, a category that was once exclusive to pro athletes and NASM-certified coaches but is now more likely to be spotted on a biker short–wearing, tastemaking influencer than something not swathed in a performance fabric.
