Styling Capri Leggings with Pockets is mostly a question of proportion, and the rest follows from there. One piece should lead and the rest should stay quiet; two competing pieces read as an accident. Proportion does more than colour: volume on top wants something narrow below, and the reverse. Squat test anything light coloured before you commit to it. The groups below run from the decision that matters most to the ones you make afterwards.

What decides this is compression, waistband height and fabric recovery. Everything else is preference. Two from the first group show the range: shopakira.com's CHECK IT OUT GROMMET FLARE LEGGING at $42, and carbon38.com's High Rise Full-Length Legging in Diamond Compression - Serenity at $118. The first is the easy entry point; the second is where the money goes. A high waistband stays put; a mid one rolls. Squat test anything light coloured before you commit to it. A higher price mostly buys materials and finishing, and occasionally it buys nothing at all.

One colour top to bottom makes cheap activewear look expensive. From the second group, joseph-fashion.com's Gabardine Stretch Leggings ($275) is the one that earns its place, because it works in more than one context without being restyled. The third group is smaller and deliberately narrower, activewear, for the decisions you make after the main one. None of this needs the whole group. One piece from each is usually enough.

There are 20 activewear here from 15 brands, $34.99 to $275, all in stock when this was written. We would not buy all of them, and neither should you. whitefoxboutique.com's Little Daydream Bike Shorts Black at $34.99 is the low-risk way in, and joseph-fashion.com's Gabardine Stretch Leggings at $275 only makes sense if this is a category you already use constantly. On capri leggings with pockets specifically: the difference between the top and the bottom of this list is real but smaller than the price gap suggests. Nothing here is included because it is famous, and price is not used as a proxy for quality anywhere on this page. If you take one thing away: one considered purchase beats three hedged ones.