I’ll admit it: I’m a Lululemon fan.
I wouldn’t go so far as to call myself a Lululemon addict (although I do know one or two of those). No, I’m a more the cheap simple type: I have one pair of Lululemon yoga pants (reversible! two pants in one!), one pair of Lululemon capris (they look bad on me) and a Lululemon hoodie, which I would marry, if I weren’t already married to the Hubster. Honestly.
But, lacking in quantity though my Lululemon wardrobe may be, it is in no way lacking in quality. I rave about my pants, which I have worn A LOT in 18 months (I actually go to a weekly yoga class, and wear them to that), and I have worn my new hoodie almost every day since I bought it. My family even calls it my uniform!
Oddly enough, one of the items in my Lululemon pantheon that I’m most proud of is my BIG LULULEMON SHOPPING BAG. You know, the one with the Lululemon Manifesto on it:
Yeah, that one. I like to stuff it with our towels and bathing suits and use it as a beach/pool bag. It makes me feel important/smart/rich…take your pick.
But the one thing I read at Lululemon that isn’t on that bag has stuck with me the most:
Pop will be seen as the cigarettes of the future.
Now if you pardon the somewhat awkward syntax, you get the meaning, right? In 20 years, our kids will all be saying, "wow, Mom, I can’t believe you like, drank four cans of pop a day when I was a kid…" just like I can’t believe my own mom smoked when I was a kid.
So in a typical 21st century consumeristic way, when I saw that saying on the window of my local Lululemon store, I had an epiphany. And I gave up pop. And replaced it with this:
Maybe from now on I’ll carry my Perrier around in my Lululemon bag. Ahhh…the impression I’ll make!
hi!a sensible dieting along with proper workouts can play a significant role in shedding your extra fat.
Hi Therese,
I am not sure where you live, but if you live in Toronto, there is a woman I have written about before named Jacki who sells some great clothing lines out of her basement. Not knowing what everyone else is writing here about how Lululemon actually fits, I knew they didn’t carry my size and I bought great yoga pants and a top in the same material by a new company. Let me know if you want more info.
I am a employee of Lululemon and also a soon to be mom. Before this I was in hairdressing for 7 years and developed allergies to the products I worked with. I knew nothing about Lululemon when I applied for the job but had read their manifesto and liked what I saw. But what sealed the deal was that I don’t have a sales job at all, I’m part of a community that encourages each other and anyone who will listen to reach their fitness goal. To me the clothes are a front to make the world a healthier place.
Therese, my stepmother wears a size 18 and fits very nicely into my size 10 Dhyana Floods. The size on the tag doesn’t always mean you have to have a prepackaged body to fit it. And if you or your friend wanted you could attend their complimentary yoga classes and see that Lululemon is not just about clothes that make your butt look nice but a place that makes your overall health important.
Kathy, you don’t have THE COAT yet? The Lululemon Apres Yoga Coat is the best for all types of weather, and you look good no matter what you have on underneath!
Candace, you are SOOOOO right about the tanning beds! And thanks for saying such nice things about me [I’ll put the cheque in the mail today] 😉
Katherine:
That is great food for thought. But I actually think those gd tanning beds will first be the new cigarettes. Pop will kill you slowly, but skin cancer will get you pretty quick. There will soon be an epidemic of skin cancer in this country, caused by those of us who grew up in the 70s and 80s before we knew about sunscreen and the true dangers of burning.
I also love the saying about successful people – they “replace the words ‘wish’, ‘should’ and ‘try’ with ‘I will'”. This is so true, and you are a great example of that.
Therese, You might be suprised. I wear a size 18 pant and my size 12 Lulus are my the most comfortable pair of pants I own. The “still” pants fit generously and I even wore them to labour and delivery with my newest baby.
For a long time I wanted lululemon pants (yours just look so comfy at yoga class, Kath), until a friend of mine told me she can’t shop there because they only go to a size 12 or 14 or something. I don’t know how accurate this is, but lululemon’s rumoured reason for not stocking larger sizes is that larger sized women aren’t willing to pay a premium for clothes their size despite the fact they take more fabric to make. The message my friend took from this is the company thinks all larger women are cheap, stupid, and don’t care how they look. In her case, they couldn’t be more wrong – so I am going to look elsewhere for the new yoga pants I have been wanting for a long time.