To Compliment or Not to Compliment...

There is a lot of BAD FASHION out there (and I use the term "fashion" loosely).

I know most people don't set out to look bad, but unfortunately many do...so when someone nails it, I really try to go out of my way to compliment them, to encourage more of the same.

Yesterday at the gas station, this cute girl was pumping gas and at first glance, I thought she had a super-cute, classy little Audrey Hepburn ensemble going on. Little black ballet flats, a black cardigan buttoned with the hem of a bright turquoise top peeping out to brighten things up, fitted black pants...WAIT, ARE THOSE LEGGINGS???????!!!!! AHHHH!!!! (and I could see her butt-crack outline. HORRORS.)

So, 3/4 of her outfit was totally cute, but I withheld the compliment due to the one-layer-over-the-bum violation. As many a belle will tell you, leggings do not stand alone as pants.

Then later I felt guilty, because aside from that it was one of the cutest going-to-the-gas-station/running-errands looks I've seen here. After all, the standards for that sort of thing out here on the West Coast are pretty low. I mean, at least she was DRESSED.

Was I too harsh?