Ahoy from no-pants land!

The other day, I walked in to my apartment to find my roommate in the living room playing with her dog and not wearing any pants.
I stopped and gave her a quizzical glance. "I know," she said. "But I'm so comfortable!" Turns out she returned home after a full day, wearing tights under her jeans, sweater tunic and snow-boot outfit, and just ripped her jeans off in a hurry for for the fastest comfortable possible. And then put her boots back on?
"Well, my feet were cold." And, she explains in her typical scholarly tone: "Well, I was also really trying to understand what makes people dress this way."
Well, I must say, she has a point: While it doesn't make much sense that the colder it gets outside, the more I see girls walking around with no pants on in the sweater-dress and leggings getup, it does make sense that it's one of the most snuggly outfits fashion has seen lately. And Columbia Fashion Watch is about watching fashion, and the truth is there are a whole lot more no-pantsers to watch than there used to be.
And I'm not making fun! Seriously, the getup is really comfortable. And once I'm no longer working in the newsroom, where I must dress "business casual, not campus casual," I'll probably employ the look myself.
And, I'll probably be really cold.


*This chick in the photo is not my roommate, but she nicely exemplifies the no-pants look, and the happily comfortable cheer that often accessorizes it.