Lululemon OOTD #72

Hello! Today, I have two outfits to share, since I wore one to class, and then made it out to the gym later in the day. 

  

Today’s outfit was a Rose Herringbone Black Define Jacket, a Heathered Medium Grey In The Flow dress and Wunder Unders in white herringbone. 

  
It’s that time of year again, when its crazy chilly in the mornings but super warm in the afternoons. Layering has become key.

I went to the gym…

  
Yay me 🙂 

Here I am in a Paris Pink Pure Balance jacket with some Vent it out crops in space dye twist ultra violet multi/naval blue.

Turn Around Tights

Good Day, happy Internet people!

Upload has brought us some goodies including the return of Turn Around Tights! These are a friend of mine’s favorite pants. Last winter we had class together and she was always sporting one pair or another. She had some Limitless Blue and Heathered Black ones. Gorgeous and so soft. Who doesn’t love Rulu? Well, you know, as long as the quality is there… LOL.

Anyways, these are in-store now!


  
And they uploaded this evening too! Here’s a close up of the fabric:

 

heathered herringbone heathered black white

They also come in Heathered black, and Heathered Bordeaux Drama



What is your favorite winter running pant? Do you like the Turn Around Tights? Let me know!

UPDATE:

I actually ended up getting these (Bordeaux Drama) on WMTM! So happy to see that they still had my size!

Fabric Content Changes in Rulu Items

Hello everyone!

I noticed that some of the reviews on the Kanto Catch Me 1/2 Zips mentioned changes to Rulu fabric and I wanted to do some comparisons for you from this year’s to previous year’s Rulu fabric content. Quality is extremely important to me and it’s the main reason why I LOVE Lululemon as a brand- though, I must admit that they do an excellent job of marketing towards people like me. Whenever there is a quality issue, however, I hope I get a chance to address it.

What I want to start with is the complaint:

She is clearly upset that what she imagined was a high-quality fabric, turned out to be (nearly) half Polyester. I understand that. I also understand that she feels as though she’s been deceived. I agree, particularly to the degree that the blue top is 44% Polyester. That is unlike all the other Rulu I own. To the degree that the white top is polyester, that is more common among other Rulu I own and I would not be upset if I had purchased the white top. However, it is on the cusp. For comparison, I chose last year’s half-zip incarnation, the Race Your Pace, of which I own two.

On the left, is the Coco Pique/ black one I wore in yesterday’s OOTD, the other is a Heathered black grape one. This is actually a great example of how a particular style can have two items with radically different fabric composition. The first is 91% Nylon, while the second is only 53% Nylon. The first is definitely softer, and more “cozy,” while the second, in my opinion, works better as a functional piece (it’s not as warm). I do find them both “soft,” but it’s obvious which has the higher Nylon content. I personally agree with this other reviewer, who agrees that, while the Rulu is not the same, it’s still nice.


Full disclosure: I have tried on the Kanto Catch me LS, but not the half zips. I will next time I’m in-store, if my store has them!

While I do love me some Rulu, I can definitely see the point of people like this other reviewer who was expecting Rulu and got something that they can literally feel is different.


Bottom Line

Lulu is probably gonna have to eat some of their margin on this one. Too many bad reviews already. Let’s hope these go to markdown, although we probably won’t find out until after the holiday season.

I still love Rulu, but will definitely be checking out the inner tags just to make sure I’m getting what I’m paying for.

What do you think? Is the fabric content a deal-breaker for you? Or do you love Rulu regardless? Let me know in the comments below!

 

UPDATE: These actually did go to WMTM 🙂 Yay!

Lululemon OOTD #70

Good Day! Today I made it out to the gym! 

  
I’m wearing a Race Your Pace 1/2 zip in coco pique/ black and Serenity pants in Heathered Cadet blue. If I could I’d buy another pair of these- I saw that they were re-released online only this year, but I won’t pay full price. I found these on MD in store last year, so I wouldn’t pay full price this year- especially for such simple sweats. They are very comfy though. So Sunday. Much relax. Very Doge. Points to people who love Doge. 

Lululemon OOTD #68

Relaxing day today, just one class (Urban Economics- more interesting than it sounds), and it got out early! 

  
Say hello to my doggy. 

Today I’m wearing one of my beloved Pleat to Street Skirts in tranquil blue and a Style & Co yoga top I got from Macy’s over an NLT in Angel Blue- you can literally barely make out the strap on the left side.