We looked at Burberry Golf on construction, materials and how it holds up. Here is what stood up. Squat test anything light coloured before you commit to it. A high waistband stays put; a mid one rolls. 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: us.boden.com's 3-Pack Ribbed Flared Leggings-Mutli at $65, and Gymshark's Gymshark Soft Sculpt Flared Leggings - Focus Pink at $60. The first is the considered buy; the second is the one to start with. Squat test anything light coloured before you commit to it. A high waistband stays put; a mid one rolls. 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, gymshark.com's Gymshark Running Seamless Leggings - Dusk Purple/Walnut Mauve ($51) 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 13 brands, $51 to $1490, all in stock when this was written. We would not buy all of them, and neither should you. gymshark.com's Gymshark Running Seamless Leggings - Dusk Purple/Walnut Mauve at $51 is the low-risk way in, and Ann Demeulemeester's Florence Leather Legging at $1490 only makes sense if this is a category you already use constantly. Read as a set, they get you close to Burberry Golf without any single purchase being compulsory. 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: buy the one you can picture using this week, not the one you are saving for later.