Lululemon shirt - $148

huh what wrote:

Oh Please wrote:

My wife has over 80 pair of Lulu yoga pants.

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...WTF is wrong with you both

Lost me at 5"&7" inseam. That's not running shorts, that's shorts for pickup basketball.

Lulu nailed women’s apparel. You can tell lulu yoga pants and shorts hold up much better than than average brands. My wife doesn’t have 80 pairs, but she has a lot of them.

I agree that the men’s stuff is not that great. I do have one shirt that was a gift and it’s quite nice.

Most of it just doesn’t fit right on my tall runner frame. I wear mostly slim fit cotton t shirts for my runs though, if I wear a shirt at all.

Running shorts are hard to mess up, so I stick with mostly adidas.

Overall, they’ve really capitalized on leisure apparel. Women wear it even when they aren’t working out. I thought it would phase out after a few years like the $250 Juicy Couture sweat suits from 15-20 years ago, but it seems to have staying power.

I buy pretty much all my running tights from Amazon. $12-$16 vs $100+ is just too big of a difference, especially when they all rip just as easily when you fall on a trail. I have probably about 15 pairs of tights (I run doubles like 5 days a week and am a sweaty dude) which is about $200 total from cheapo Chinese amazon crap. That’s $2000+ from brand name. Sure, you can tell the difference with some but it just ain’t that much.

For shirts, admittedly I’ll splurge a little on those in rare circumstances. The best I’ve ever worn by a wide margin are Patagonia capilene cool shirts. They’re like wearing lotion. Cost is like $30-$45 retail but sometimes go on sale at REI or other places online.

Brooks’ tops are pretty soft too.

Merino wool base layers are usually $90-$110. This one seems to be kind of 2 layer with some engineering. If it performs, the price might be worth it. You might want to look into Nordic ski brands like Craft, Dahlie, Odlo.

Oh Please wrote:

I guess I'm the counterpoint then . I have about 20 of their shirts and about 10 pair of their shorts, both 5" and 7" inseam (also going back to 2012). I have 4 or 5 pair of their ABC slacks, which I think they quit making...and it's a shame as the slacks are very comfortable.

My wife has over 80 pair of Lulu yoga pants and probably another 80 pieces of various tops and sports bras.

Yea, we've spent ALOT of money at Lululemon.

I'm imagining you walking around in your Lulu gear like your Ric Flair, saying "I have more Lululemon shirts than you have friends!! Woooooooo! Wooooooo!!"

Swaglord_the_real_one_1_1 wrote:

The "Engineered Warmth" one. Looks pretty nice.

Is there a better shirt that's in that price range or cheaper? Is Lululemon worth the money?

I have this particular shirt- it's actually closer to a jacket really. I find it to be super comfortable and it fits well. lululemon has come a pretty far way with their run gear over the past few years and I think that they will only continue to improve. Their gear is somewhat pricy, but in my opinion the quality and lifespan that you will get from it makes it worth the initial investment. (full disclosure, I am a lululemon ambassador)

Old Man Runner wrote:

Oh Please wrote:

I guess I'm the counterpoint then . I have about 20 of their shirts and about 10 pair of their shorts, both 5" and 7" inseam (also going back to 2012). I have 4 or 5 pair of their ABC slacks, which I think they quit making...and it's a shame as the slacks are very comfortable.

My wife has over 80 pair of Lulu yoga pants and probably another 80 pieces of various tops and sports bras.

Yea, we've spent ALOT of money at Lululemon.

I'm imagining you walking around in your Lulu gear like your Ric Flair, saying "I have more Lululemon shirts than you have friends!! Woooooooo! Wooooooo!!"

Like MY Ric Flair?

huh what wrote:

Oh Please wrote:

My wife has over 80 pair of Lulu yoga pants.

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...WTF is wrong with you both

+1

Workout at the Disco! wrote:

I do not understand this brand. They have somehow totally locked down women's clothing but just cannot get one thing right for men. Actually, I do have a pair of their boxers that I love, but everything else is terrible. I have honestly tried to give them more of my money over the years and pretty much hate everything they make. Oh well. Clearly not for me.

I've got a pair of their ABC pants. I wouldn't have gotten them if I didn't get a big gift card for a simple product review meeting with them, but since I had that I pulled the trigger and I like them a lot. So my problem isn't with the product, but probably not worth the price tag.

I never understood the appeal of Lululemon for dudes.

For Basic Cheap Workout Clothes, try 32degrees.com

For more expensive hipster male version of LuLu, try

https://vuoriclothing.com/

which they sell at REI locally.

Rainy Day wrote:

My wife does have 80 pairs

???

Workout at the Disco! wrote:

I do not understand this brand. They have somehow totally locked down women's clothing but just cannot get one thing right for men. Actually, I do have a pair of their boxers that I love, but everything else is terrible. I have honestly tried to give them more of my money over the years and pretty much hate everything they make. Oh well. Clearly not for me.

Ever think your body might be the problem?

malmo wrote:

MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:

Are you being serious? I'm pretty sarcastic by nature and on these boards, but why the f*** does anyone need 80 pairs of yoga pants and another 80 pieces of various tops and sports bras?

Just so we're clear...

You did mean to type that right? Like 80?...Eight Zero?...Eighty?

I am absolutely amazed at this.

I guess it's more a "want" than a "need" and everyone has their "thing". Who am I to judge ;)

It seems weird to you, but some people have 80 guitars.

In addition to a straight up lie to begin with (not a chance in the world this guys wife has 80 pairs of yoga pants), this is one of the funniest and most idiotic comebacks you could possibly give

1) Because guitars are collectors items - some of which were made centuries ago (if you are that serious a collector). Lulu yoga pants aren't

2) There is a massive spectrum of guitar "type", ranging from materials, constructions, string number (and type), usage, era - I could go on etc that would easily justify such a collections (or even much larger. You think yoga pants are in the same ballpark huh?

I mean honestly dude. Of all the things you could have used to try and explain why someone might have 80 pairs of yoga pants you picked guitars? Really? F$%k. Me.

80 pairs of pants wrote:

I have four pairs of sweatpants and even that seems excessive.

So over the past 20 years you have only worn 4 pairs of sweat pants? Seems pretty minimialistic to me. I am willing to bet I am in the 50-80 range. Obviously it is all about your assumptions when. you read that statement.

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80 pairs of pants wrote:

I have four pairs of sweatpants and even that seems excessive.

So over the past 20 years you have only worn 4 pairs of sweat pants? Seems pretty minimialistic to me. I am willing to bet I am in the 50-80 range. Obviously it is all about your assumptions when. you read that statement.

and this?!

50-80 pairs of sweatpants in 20 years?! Hahahahaha - and you kept them all? Have an archive? A vault?

You guys are killing me and honestly, the insults to the collective intelligence now are just getting out of control.