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no creases whatsoever? no loose waist?
how many leggings do you own? because I wear them most days, like 5 to 6 days a week.
Nope, granted I've also managed to maintain the same weight with little fluctuation. I've also never really had synthetic fabrics crease on me, in fact a lot of the advertising around synthetic fabric is about it being wrinkle-free and from experience it's true (for my drape-y synthetic clothing, I'll maybe have to hang them out if they've been folded in storage for a while for the fold lines to smooth out).
But I will say I own like 10+ pairs of leggings some with different use cases (and materials): workout, hiking, and lounging. The brands I have aren't even particularly special, a combo of Uniqlo, Athleta, PopFlex, and a few no-name brands.
Edit: to avoid consecutive wear, you could have two or three pairs a week and rotate them each day.
Edit 2: added info about my experience with synthetic fabrics.
the synthetic leggings I've been wearing for 2 years are now an inch wider on my waist and 2 inches longer. I've been doing stretches, running, cardio, yoga... If I put the old ones on, my butt looks like a peach one, with the crease up to half of my buttocks. If I wear a brand new one, same brand and model, no crease, my butt is a ball.
The old ones will retain their consistency and form, but I have to slightly adjust them after squatting. Now imagine a leg, the upper leg sits normal but the lower leg is bend outwards: that's what creases look like on the old legging.
My weight hasn't changed, hips and waist are equal. Is this a normal level of stretching?
I also don't know if my butt looks silly with that crease on it or if I should stop wearing them (unwanted attention) but I can really stretch a lot and they're easier to wear than the brand new ones, which are at this point very tight.
Do you put on your leggings like sheer tights?
It might just be the legging materials. Are you wearing high (or some form of) compression leggings for working out or ones advertised as "buttery"? Mine are mostly advertised as for compression and stretch to some degree especially if I'm doing something dynamic like climbing and hiking, but they're back to normal after washing and drying. I've had the best luck with 80% polyester and 20% elastane/spandex/lycra. I feel like anything with more than 20% of elastane provides too much stretch if that makes sense. The ones I wear for working out/hiking feel thick and substantial and just a touch uncomfortable when you first put it on.
If I'm doing squats or articulating my knees a lot, I like to bunch a bit of excess fabric around my knees for more comfort as I don't like the feel of stretching fabric in that area. But I've never had creases stay after washing, like they'll be there while worn-in, but gone once washed and dried. I can see the stretching you're mentioning in regards to more comfort-focus leggings. But I usually stick to high compression for workouts, so that may be the differentiating factor.
I've also not had that issue of leggings creasing (butt or knees) even when there's a seam there, but that might be do the compression, thicker fabric, and the fact that I'm probably less curvy than you. But if you're feeling self-conscience about it you could wear shorts with no liners on top. With the added benefit that if you sit on rougher surfaces it doesn't fuzz up your leggings. These days though, I prefer pants/joggers over leggings for a majority of things.
I don't own any sheer tights (and haven't for a very long time now) so I can't quite compare how different wearing those would be in comparison to leggings. I just stick a leg in, pull up past my calf, repeat on the other side, pull up the rest once they're comfortably past my calves, and adjust around the knees give them a bit more flex room.