Dressed in an eclectic mix of shiny blue leggings, a deep pink dress, a blue jacket with a white and pink print splashed over it, and purple Doctor Marten boots, Harvey looks both beguiling and - phew - approachable.

A man was standing there, a broad-shouldered, thick-set figure, very trim in check cap and jacket, well-cut breeches and shiny leggings.

Prom dresses and black shiny leggings have buoyed sales at Asos, the online fashion retailer, which continues to buck the gloomy trend on the high street.

And now Mr. Kors has added silver-studded motorcycle leather, channeled fur jackets with fringed leather skirts, and shiny python-print leggings.

With shiny black hair that tumbled over her shoulders and brushed the tops of her . . . developments, which were encased in silvery spandex atop a pair of shiny black leggings, she was most definitely a babe.

There were French doors at the back of the hall, beyond them a wide sweep of emerald grass to a white garage, in front of which a slim dark young chauffeur in shiny black leggings was dusting a maroon Packard convertible.

Popular makers of shiny leggings include Members Only, Kova & T and American Apparel.

"It's just something I'm born to do," he said during practice one recent afternoon, his 250-pound frame sheathed in a gray T-shirt, shiny black leggings and baggy shorts.

The 30-year-old superstar was spotted in shiny, animal-print leggings, a chic leather jacket and her trademark sky-high platforms while shopping in New York City on Wednesday.

He was tall, broad, dark, wore a peaked cap, a Russian tunic with a Sam Browne belt, shiny leggings and breeches that flared like an English staff major's whipeords.