What They're Wearing

The young mothers at the Anpanman Museum were as entertaining as their offspring. The thermostat was flirting with 90 the day Jen F, Amanda, and I went to Yokohama but the heat and humidity did not stop most of the Japanese mothers from showing up in black leggings.

Black leggings seem to be a staple in the wardrobe of every Japanese female between the ages of 15 and 35 (although the upper range could be closer to 45 since Japanese women are blessed with a certain timelessness I can only envy).

They wear black leggings under shorts of every length, dresses, and diaphanous thigh-length tunics. This style looks especially fetching on women who weigh less than 90 pounds soaking wet.

Okay, not everyone wears leggings. But more wear leggings than don't and more wear hats than don't. And I think the latter is a key factor in that "timelessness" thing.