What does Lulu Lemon have against fat people?
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I don't think they only go up to a size 12 because they feel it's "unacceptable" but because the demand is just not there for plus-sized workout gear. It may be here on MFP but overweight people who are actually trying to do something it about it are the minority and sounds like this Lulu Lemon is more selling an "image".
Let's go back to the 80s when most of the big brands were not available in plus sizes. That's when I was obese and when Jordache jeans were all the rage it became my mission to one day fit into Jordache jeans. Well by the time I was below a size 12 Jordache was no longer in style and IOU and Camp Beverly Hills and Cavarrichis were lol. Then Jordache became a Walmart brand, available in plus-sizes and at that point, who cared? lol. I remember not being able to wear the clothes all my peers were wearing and sadly Hollister, American Eagle and Aeropostale are just as guilty of it as Lulu Lemon and Jordache. They are targeting a specific market...my only advice is that when you do get small enough to fit into their "workout gear", boycott their *kitten*! I wear old sweats cut into shorts and old tank tops to work out... I have for over 20 yrs but then again I work out in the privacy of my own home.
Don't sweat it mama...you're not alone and over 20 yrs later I STILL remember how that feels.0 -
Second truth (as I see it): Spandex is not a BIG girl/guy's friend. I get it. I can be honest with myself. Spandex and tight fitted clothing is not generally the most attractive articles of clothing on a person of larger proportions.
I have to say it. Spandex is no one's friend. I cannot recall a single time I've seen someone in spandex and thought wow ____ looks great in that.
I'm not a brand person I buy what's affordable in the best quality I can get for my budget.
I personally hate Spandex and won't wear it, for the record lol0 -
Second truth (as I see it): Spandex is not a BIG girl/guy's friend. I get it. I can be honest with myself. Spandex and tight fitted clothing is not generally the most attractive articles of clothing on a person of larger proportions.
I have to say it. Spandex is no one's friend. I cannot recall a single time I've seen someone in spandex and thought wow ____ looks great in that.
I'm not a brand person I buy what's affordable in the best quality I can get for my budget.
I personally hate Spandex and won't wear it, for the record lol
You would look so hot in spandex though.
---just sayin'.
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I used to buy my workout clothes from the women's plus section of Old Navy until I got slim enough to fit into the XXL workout gear at other stores. Part of this was also because at the point in time I was that large I lived overseas where the native women were smaller than the average American woman so there was no way in hell I could shop at their stores and the one and only store that sold American sizes there didn't fit me. So only ordering from Old Navy was the answer for me. And while I do agree that the clothing of Lulu Lemon can be pretty and fashionable, I don't think I'll ever wear it when I'm thin enough to partially because of the "nothing over size 12" and that their stuff is just ridiculously expensive for work out wear. For those prices it better be able to wash itself.0
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my workout gear consists of:
Sweat pants
Old shirts
Free shirts (for participating in certain events, etc.)
because i think it's silly to pay extra for clothes that i'm going to sweat my *kitten* of in and only wear for an hour or two each day
This. Save your money for cute clothes and shoes as you hit your fitness milestones.0 -
Instead of complaining about it...do something about it...make it your goal to fit into a pair of Lulus if you want it so bad.....I lost 30lbs in baggy t-shirts and wal-mart sweat pants.....and now I can fit into Lulu's.....use your energy a bit more wisely :flowerforyou:0
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IMO, Lulu Lemon sucks - their leader is a complete jerk. Did you know he named his company Lulu Lemon because he knew Asians would have a hard time pronouncing it, and would have to say "Ruru Remon", and that he enjoys making fun of Asians?
The guy is a word I am not allowed to type on this forum.
I don't care what size(s) his clothes go to, he is a jerk whom I will not be giving a single dollar of my business to:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stewart-j-lawrence/when-yogis-kill-the-grisl_b_1077457.html
See paragraph 50 -
Huh. I don't know about Walmart, but I actually love Target's C9 line. I am small enough for Lululemon and could afford it, but I honestly don't like the way it looks on me and prefer the C9 stuff.Walmart and Target clothes are trash as far as quality. Absolute garbage. Personally I like Old Navy's line of athletic wear.
I won't work out in baggy old cotton stuff though. It soaks up all the sweat, gets heavy, chafes, flops around and gets in the way - yuck.
edited to add -- don't mean to say it's not cute. Most of my friend wear lulu and look adorable. For some reason I just don't feel it flatters me. I feel the same about running skirts. I see other people in them and think "that looks so great" but I've hated all the ones I've tried on for me.0 -
Second truth (as I see it): Spandex is not a BIG girl/guy's friend. I get it. I can be honest with myself. Spandex and tight fitted clothing is not generally the most attractive articles of clothing on a person of larger proportions.
I have to say it. Spandex is no one's friend. I cannot recall a single time I've seen someone in spandex and thought wow ____ looks great in that.
I'm not a brand person I buy what's affordable in the best quality I can get for my budget.
Welllll clearly you haven't seen my butt :bigsmile:0 -
IMO, Lulu Lemon sucks - their leader is a complete jerk. Did you know he named his company Lulu Lemon because he knew Asians would have a hard time pronouncing it, and would have to say "Ruru Remon", and that he enjoys making fun of Asians?
The guy is a word I am not allowed to type on this forum.
I don't care what size(s) his clothes go to, he is a jerk whom I will not be giving a single dollar of my business to:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stewart-j-lawrence/when-yogis-kill-the-grisl_b_1077457.html
See paragraph 5
i read another article that said he named it that because Asians would believe its an authentic western company and would be good for sales. not in order to make fun of them.0 -
Second truth (as I see it): Spandex is not a BIG girl/guy's friend. I get it. I can be honest with myself. Spandex and tight fitted clothing is not generally the most attractive articles of clothing on a person of larger proportions.
I have to say it. Spandex is no one's friend. I cannot recall a single time I've seen someone in spandex and thought wow ____ looks great in that.
I'm not a brand person I buy what's affordable in the best quality I can get for my budget.
Welllll clearly you haven't seen my butt :bigsmile:
You can't post a comment like that without a picture.....just saying. :drinker:0 -
IMO, Lulu Lemon sucks - their leader is a complete jerk. Did you know he named his company Lulu Lemon because he knew Asians would have a hard time pronouncing it, and would have to say "Ruru Remon", and that he enjoys making fun of Asians?
The guy is a word I am not allowed to type on this forum.
I don't care what size(s) his clothes go to, he is a jerk whom I will not be giving a single dollar of my business to:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stewart-j-lawrence/when-yogis-kill-the-grisl_b_1077457.html
See paragraph 5
http://www.lululemon.com/community/blog/how-the-name-lululemon-athletica-was-created/0 -
I have to laugh at the pro lululemon and the anti lululemon debate. People kill me. This may be a little off topic but it could eventually circle around.
They may have a killer wicking shirt, but so do the ATHLETIC brands that developed the system, at a much cheaper cost. People shop at that store to be hip and trendy. Plain and simple. The stereotypical lululemon shopper in my area are the soccer moms who want to look good when they go to the gym once a week and usually part of a family that lives beyond their means. These stores cater to these type of people for a reason. Folks will blow some dough in there, just to look good while sweating.
If you genuinely do have the money to shop there day in and day out, why not save your money for some real athletic clothing, time and activity tested by real athletes, that will serve the same purpose and be just as comfortable? THEN, you might be able to put that extra money into savings thus making the whole fitness thing an all around great idea.
PLUS, real athletic clothing comes in affordable plus sizes as well!0 -
I've never heard about lululemon until now, but from OP's post, it kind of sounds like lululemon is some sort of hipster trendy club for people who like to pay a lot of money for hipster trendy ... workout things.0
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if you find their lack of sizing discriminatory, this ought to just flip your lid.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stewart-j-lawrence/when-yogis-kill-the-grisl_b_1077457.html
particularly paragraph 5.
"The seeds of the company's problems were planted early, with its initial founding in Vancouver in 1998. Former CEO Chip Wilson, an avid snowboarder, said he came up with "Lululemon" because he delighted in the idea that trying to pronounce the name -- with its three syllables beginning with "l'" -- would pose a special challenge for the Japanese, whom he enjoyed making fun of. From that less-than-enlightened starting point Wilson went on to create a huge controversy in 2005 when he announced that the firm would rely on child labor and "sweat shops" in China, after three competitors in his native Vancouver went belly up due to rising labor costs."0 -
id imagine all the Target, Wal Mart, Old Navy etc...workout gear others are talking about is made in those sweat shops too.0
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id imagine all the Target, Wal Mart, Old Navy etc...workout gear others are talking about is made in those sweat shops too.
probably, as with Nike and just about anything else. I'm a little more concerned about his title reasoning. In a free market, it's one thing to use sweat shops, which is perceived to be ethically wrong, but top it off by making fun of people is a little, off.0 -
id imagine all the Target, Wal Mart, Old Navy etc...workout gear others are talking about is made in those sweat shops too.
probably, as with Nike and just about anything else. I'm a little more concerned about his title reasoning. In a free market, it's one thing to use sweat shops, which is perceived to be ethically wrong, but top it off by making fun of people is a little, off.
it was already posted earlier in the thread. he didnt choose the name to make fun of Asian people.0 -
id imagine all the Target, Wal Mart, Old Navy etc...workout gear others are talking about is made in those sweat shops too.
probably, as with Nike and just about anything else. I'm a little more concerned about his title reasoning. In a free market, it's one thing to use sweat shops, which is perceived to be ethically wrong, but top it off by making fun of people is a little, off.
it was already posted earlier in the thread. he didnt choose the name to make fun of Asian people.
so the journalist didn't do his research? Please clarify and I will correct it.0 -
id imagine all the Target, Wal Mart, Old Navy etc...workout gear others are talking about is made in those sweat shops too.
probably, as with Nike and just about anything else. I'm a little more concerned about his title reasoning. In a free market, it's one thing to use sweat shops, which is perceived to be ethically wrong, but top it off by making fun of people is a little, off.
it was already posted earlier in the thread. he didnt choose the name to make fun of Asian people.
so the journalist didn't do his research? Please clarify and I will correct it.
like i said it was discussed earlier in this thread.0 -
id imagine all the Target, Wal Mart, Old Navy etc...workout gear others are talking about is made in those sweat shops too.
probably, as with Nike and just about anything else. I'm a little more concerned about his title reasoning. In a free market, it's one thing to use sweat shops, which is perceived to be ethically wrong, but top it off by making fun of people is a little, off.
it was already posted earlier in the thread. he didnt choose the name to make fun of Asian people.
so the journalist didn't do his research? Please clarify and I will correct it.
like i said it was discussed earlier in this thread.
gee, thanks. I gathered that one though.0 -
Come on, the responses you're being pointed to are only a few posts above yours on the same page; you really can't just look?id imagine all the Target, Wal Mart, Old Navy etc...workout gear others are talking about is made in those sweat shops too.
probably, as with Nike and just about anything else. I'm a little more concerned about his title reasoning. In a free market, it's one thing to use sweat shops, which is perceived to be ethically wrong, but top it off by making fun of people is a little, off.
it was already posted earlier in the thread. he didnt choose the name to make fun of Asian people.
so the journalist didn't do his research? Please clarify and I will correct it.
like i said it was discussed earlier in this thread.
gee, thanks. I gathered that one though.
Edit: it's actually the post immediately before yours, as well as another a few before that.0 -
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A majority of people (admittedly not all) that shop at lulu lemon and stores like it are not buying this trendy work out gear to go work out; they are buying it to look "fashionable" and "hip".
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In high school I actually had a person say "Why are you wearing those pants for gym?!?! They're an expensive brand name!" to some other girl...Umm, hello, they're yoga pants...made to workout in. But it is true that most of the people who buy lululemon don't actually workout in them.
I personally don't even shop there. Waste of money in my opinion. I've gotten some really good workout gear from elsewhere for waaaaaay cheaper anyway.
I also deal with the vertically challenged problem...yoga pants are hard to shorten sometimes too...0 -
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A majority of people (admittedly not all) that shop at lulu lemon and stores like it are not buying this trendy work out gear to go work out; they are buying it to look "fashionable" and "hip".
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In high school I actually had a person say "Why are you wearing those pants for gym?!?! They're an expensive brand name!" to some other girl...Umm, hello, they're yoga pants...made to workout in. But it is true that most of the people who buy lululemon don't actually workout in them.
I personally don't even shop there. Waste of money in my opinion. I've gotten some really good workout gear from elsewhere for waaaaaay cheaper anyway.
I also deal with the vertically challenged problem...yoga pants are hard to shorten sometimes too...
That's weird, because most of the people that I know that wear it, and other workout clothes, actually workout. Maybe you just happen to know many people who don't exercise at all so it wouldn't matter what they wear.0 -
what's funny is that a lot of these anti lulu lemon posts seem to be from people who begrudge others who have enough expendable cash to "waste" on "expensive" workout stuff :laugh:
just because you cant afford it doesnt mean it's a financial burden to others. stop being haters and either go back to school to get better paying jobs or ask for a raise0 -
It is possible that Lulu Lemon doesn't produce larger clothing simply because they don't want to meet larger people's needs.
However, it is also possible that like almost every company that they supply what is demanded. If there is not a large demand for larger sizes it doesn't make sense for them to manufacture those sizes. Unfortunately, people who do want them cannot get them.
That's a possibility to consider before I jump on the "Lulu Lemon has something against fat people" bandwagon.0 -
Come on, the responses you're being pointed to are only a few posts above yours on the same page; you really can't just look?id imagine all the Target, Wal Mart, Old Navy etc...workout gear others are talking about is made in those sweat shops too.
probably, as with Nike and just about anything else. I'm a little more concerned about his title reasoning. In a free market, it's one thing to use sweat shops, which is perceived to be ethically wrong, but top it off by making fun of people is a little, off.
it was already posted earlier in the thread. he didnt choose the name to make fun of Asian people.
so the journalist didn't do his research? Please clarify and I will correct it.
like i said it was discussed earlier in this thread.
gee, thanks. I gathered that one though.
Edit: it's actually the post immediately before yours, as well as another a few before that.
again, thanks. Gathered, interpreted, read, looked, sought. Not sure I can make my acknowledgement any more plain.0 -
Oh my god. You are so right. As I sit here in my lululemon pants, I realize how wrong I was. I can't help but look down at my body and be totally disgusted. I definately look like I only exercise once a week. I've been outed.I have to laugh at the pro lululemon and the anti lululemon debate. People kill me. This may be a little off topic but it could eventually circle around.
They may have a killer wicking shirt, but so do the ATHLETIC brands that developed the system, at a much cheaper cost. People shop at that store to be hip and trendy. Plain and simple. The stereotypical lululemon shopper in my area are the soccer moms who want to look good when they go to the gym once a week and usually part of a family that lives beyond their means. These stores cater to these type of people for a reason. Folks will blow some dough in there, just to look good while sweating.
If you genuinely do have the money to shop there day in and day out, why not save your money for some real athletic clothing, time and activity tested by real athletes, that will serve the same purpose and be just as comfortable? THEN, you might be able to put that extra money into savings thus making the whole fitness thing an all around great idea.
PLUS, real athletic clothing comes in affordable plus sizes as well!
**ok, I actually only workout 3 times a week. But compared to most people on MFP that burn 600 cals on the elliptical daily 6 days a week ,then I am that hipster trendy soccer mom who just wants to look good but doesn't actually exercise. I mean, really! Only 3 times a week and I have the audacity to want to walk around in lululemon? I am an exercise poser. Guilty as charged.**
Here is my non athletic self in lululemon's...truthfully they are the lucy's brand, but almost as expensive. My nonathletic, only 3 day a week exercising self has no right to be wearing such items.
http://youtu.be/z18kFLGZksY 0 -
I live in the birthplace of Lulu, but at least 80% of the people in my gym have some article of clothing with Lulu. And they work out as hard as I do in my cheap gym strip (if not more). I try to keep my exercise expenses to a bare minimum, so I don't have any of their clothes. But I like their shorts. The pockets with the zippers--so simple, but brilliant. Why don't more shorts have those?0
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I feel the same way about Mountain Equipment Co Op. I think you're justified.0
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