Gym Couture

So lately I've been going to the gym, which is good. It's a good de-stresser, makes me think about what I eat, etc.

So of course, wherever I go I have a habit of looking at what people are wearing. Usually I don't really look at the gym because no one really looks hot working out. It's a sea of sweats and t-shirts or cute gym clothes if you're a girlie girl and can afford to pay the money for it. I tend to pick 1 of the 50 or so sorority shirts I got in college, mostly because I won't wear them in public.

A few days ago I was rocking the elliptical when I looked to my right and saw some guy lifting weights wearing cargo pants, a polo shirt, and flip flops. I thought this was a little weird: 1) isn't that a little "nice" to wear to the gym? 2) open-toe shoes in the gym, let alone near the weights, seems deadly. I decided that this guy must be from out of town and visiting a friend, didn't have gym clothes and this was his best option.

Today I was at the gym and I saw not 1, but 3 people dressed the same way. 2 of the guys were doing the polo shirt thing while this girl was wearing jeans and uggs.

The whole thing reminded me of the Cribs episode where Mariah Carey put on her 5 inch stilettos and jumped on her stair-master. Did I miss the memo that gym couture was changing, or am I just out of the loop?