I ride dressage (or should I say, I TRY to ride dressage...sob...) and I wear chaps. They are great for protecting the leg and giving me some stickiness in the saddle. Plus they look hot. No one can tell me otherwise. :-)

Although the one thing that irks me is when people say "are your chaps a$$less?" I always say "honey, all my chaps are a$$less...get with it."