I Tried Zendaya’s On Collection, And I’m Officially Leaving My Leggings In The Past

Reported by Refinery29 Fashion.

We've been calling it for months: leggings are officially yesterday's news. But if you needed a celebrity seal of approval to finally retire yours, Zendaya just handed it to you. Her debut co-designed collection with On sidesteps the expected celebrity athletic playbook entirely—no generic slap-your-name-on-it energy here. Instead, the lineup pivots toward parachute pants, drawstring skirts, windbreakers, and ribbed tanks. It's a deliberate rejection of the uniform that's dominated casual dressing for a decade.

The skepticism was warranted. Celebrity fitness collabs rarely surprise anyone; they're usually exercises in checking boxes. But testing these pieces reveals something more intentional at work. The midi skirt becomes the unlikely hero of lazy mornings—throw it on with the ribbed tank and the collection's Cloudnova Moon sneakers, and you've accidentally achieved that elevated-without-trying aesthetic. Switch the heels to kitten flip-flops and it works just as easily. The parachute pants deliver similar versatility: their voluminous silhouette reads sharp and considered in ways leggings structurally cannot. Layered under the anorak, they create the kind of outfit that feels like you have a point of view, not like you dressed for a gym class you're not attending.

What This Actually Means for Your Closet

The real shift here isn't about Zendaya's personal taste—it's about what's filtering into mainstream athletic wear from runway fashion. Parachute silhouettes, oversized proportions, and structured fabrics are replacing the body-conscious mold leggings imposed on casual dressing. It's a move toward clothes that breathe conceptually, not just physically. According to Refinery29 Fashion, this collection sits at the center of what athleisure is becoming: less about performance wear that masquerades as street style, more about actual clothes that happen to be comfortable.

Leggings had their moment. They were democratic, practical, and solved the what-to-wear problem for years. But they also flattened how we think about dressing casually, insisting that tight, seamless, body-hugging was the only way to be comfortable and put-together simultaneously. This collection argues otherwise. The parachute pants cost $170, the skirt runs $145, and the anorak is $250—luxury-adjacent pricing that signals these are meant as real wardrobe investments, not disposable basics. They're pieces you build outfits around, not defaults you reach for when everything else is in the wash.

If you've been waiting for permission to finally move on from leggings, consider this your official notice: the future of casual dressing is looser, louder, and infinitely more interesting.

Read the original at Refinery29 Fashion.