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"    Adidas by Stella McCartney seamless leggings, $63.99 at zappos.com   Each month, ELLE.com wades through the style blogosphere in search of just the right guest blogger\u2014or in this month&amp;#039;s case, guest bloggers\u2014to post regularly on our site&amp;#039;s Dispatch blog. In honor of our June Body Issue (starring Kerry Washington), we tapped Alexia Brue and Melisse Gelula, the founders of WellandGoodNYC.com, who&amp;#039;ll bring us their fitness and nutrition expertise. Every Wednesday for the next four weeks, you&amp;#039;ll find a roundup of workout and wellness trends courtesy of Alexia and Melisse. And, for a healthy end-of-week treat, they&amp;#039;ll be posting a new smoothie recipe each Friday. For even more tips and recipes from the Well+Good gals\u2014and much, much more\u2014check out the June issue of ELLE on newsstands now.   Seamless spandex is the fitness fashion world&amp;#039;s new favorite fabric. It&amp;#039;s suddenly being used in cute crops and lean tanks by indie brands like Phat Buddha, Electric Yoga, and Ellie\u2014and even major players like Lululemon. The material doesn&amp;#039;t squeeze and compress, allowing its wearers the freedom to move from lunge to squat\u2014pun intended\u2014seamlessly. While seamless&amp;#039;s nylon-Spandex allure is partially aesthetic\u2014the finish is an elegant matte and comes in an array of textures, like perforations\u2014it&amp;#039;s also super comfortable, thanks to its thin, low-seam construction. (Carbon38 co-founder Caroline Gogolak said, &amp;quot;it can be very soft and comfortable, and it&amp;#039;s not constricting. A lot of people like that.&amp;quot;) All that said, with seamless&amp;#039;s innovations come some technical trade-offs. We sweated in seamless during a handful of different workouts and tapped Phat Buddha designer Alissa Benishai for her fabrication expertise to bring you this list of the fabric&amp;#039;s pros and cons: The One Size Fits All Factor Pro: Alissa Benishai, the creator-designer of Phat Buddha in New York\u2014who&amp;#039;s outfitted fitness celebs from cardio dance queen (and Gwyneth BFF) Tracy Anderson to Lady Gaga&amp;#039;s yoga instructor Tricia Donegan\u2014says it appeals to regular women &amp;quot;because they can wear it at any stage in life\u2014super skinny, prego, bloated, or just average weight.&amp;quot;  Con: We wore it to Barry&amp;#039;s Bootcamp and had to yank up the bottoms while on the treadmill, and during an hour-long cardio-fitness class we noticed the tank riding up about 15 minutes in. Our takeaway: Because this fabric moves\u2014the pants down and the shirts up\u2014buy your tanks long-waisted and your pants high-waisted.  The Wear-And-Tear Test Pro: It does stretch out, but when you wash it, it comes right back to size. Con: There are a range of seamless fabrics, from thicker to show-every-tush-dimple thin, and it can be hard to know which you&amp;#039;re getting from the get-go. Range of motion\u2014otherwise known as &amp;quot;Anti-Compression Suppleness&amp;quot; Pro: The fabric&amp;#039;s soft suppleness is anti-compression, meaning it doesn&amp;#039;t limit your range of motion during Physique Cardio lunges, Pilates scissor kicks, or dance cardio sequences. Love! Con: It&amp;#039;s not supportive. It won&amp;#039;t help suck in your belly or boost and lift your booty. So seamless isn&amp;#039;t great for looking like a fitness model or an athlete unless you are one. &amp;quot;Some people want more of a constricting fit that will suck everything in, and some people don&amp;#039;t,&amp;quot; says tech-advisor Gogolak. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s all about what works for your body.&amp;quot;  Cosabella seamless leggings, $59 at neimanmarcus.com "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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