The leggings are of substantial material, but not made to wear alone, much like long underwear. I didn't expect that. For a compression legging, the compression is oddly placed: They fit as expected with light compression in the waist, hips, and thighs, but below the knee is not leg shaped-- it goes straight down to a banded edging, where it touches nowhere on my actual leg. Even when my leg swelling was at its worst, they would barely have supported at the leg openings.I have skinny jeans with ...