What does Lulu Lemon have against fat people?

Need to gripe about this for a moment but going to be as fair as I can be in my observations.

Truth (as I see it): Lulu lemon is a company that is not just selling a product but trying to portray a specific lifestyle of health and fitness. (I have even heard that to be employed by them you must meet a certain fitness/health criteria, although that is just hearsay, can't say for sure) and this is okay; this is not a bad thing.

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.

So what's bothering me?

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".
I, as well as many other overwieght people (like all the people on MFP) want to purchase work out wear not because of a fashion statement but because we genuinely want to get fit! I feel like my true effort to get fit and get healthy and lose weight fits better within the lulu lemon "mission/statement" than those who just want to look fashionable. (Having said that, i have nothing against those who want to purchase this workout wear just for fun and for comfort).

So why is it that their female products only go up to a size 12? Why is that I am unable to buy clothing that is appropriate and specifically suited for working out? Why is being over a size 12 unacceptable to them? (NOT TO MENTION that their male products go up to a size XXL... but that starts a whole other argument about "Society Driven & Accepted gender body images")

I know i can shop anywhere and that I do not need to buy lulu lemon clothing... but to be honest, in general, finding appropriate workout wear in plus sizes is very difficult. At least where I live.

I know I am singling out lulu lemon since MOST producers of work out wear are of the same opinion (No Spandex for fatties lol even though not all work out wear is tight fitting or made of spandex) but I am really put off by a company that is trying to "project an image and lifestyle" of fitness, yet their products are prejudice against those who really want to get fit, who want to better their lives.

Sure slim people work out too, I'm not suggesting otherwise, I just don't understand why it is "unacceptable" for an overweight person to want to purchsae workout wear.

I will also admit that part of my feelings toward lulu lemon are not just because of their products but because of some of their staff (which is not neccissarily something that can be pegged on the company)... every time i have walked into a lulu lemon store here (usualy with a friend who is shopping there), I get strange looks from their staff memebers. They look at you with that look that says "ummm these clothes are not for you; you won't fit. I'm not sure why you are here" and to be fair, this is something I have felt in more than just lulu lemon stores... many retail shop that don't sell Plus sizes have employess that will look at you a little strange when you are in there.

I guess I just finder it harder to swallow when it is coming from a retailer that is specifically targeting work out gear.

Am I alone here or are my feelings justified?

I only ever see women in Lululemon around the Highland Park area here in Dallas. Which means they are rich enough to spend all day being skinny blonde trophy wives and little else. That is Lululemon's core demographic from all appearances. And they can do that if they want. Capitalism, see. Other companies cater to us real folk.

There are cute clothes in a larger variety of sizes in many other places. I've never shopped at Lululemon because I didn't see the point in buying an overpriced swatch of spandex that I'm just going to douse with my stank sweat!

*shrug*

Well, I happen to live not far from there...and I also happen to be a blonde and a SAHM and I wear Lululemon....but guess what?! I actually workout and lift heavy *kitten* weights! There is nothing wrong with looking good and wearing cute clothes that I worked DAMN HARD for.

First, never said there was anything wrong with looking good. Don't know how you translated "trophy wife" to SAHM. They are not the same thing, by any means. Don't know why you're projecting and getting so defensive here.

You would only see yourself in these statements if you are insecure.

But to be completely honest, if you're a SAHM, you did not work hard for those cute clothes. Your husband did. Money buys Lululemon, not heavy *kitten* weights.

I have a gripe about plus sized clothing in stores like Target and Walmart, which are all over where I live. They seem to think that once you get above a size 14, all you need are sweats and crazy patterns. I was working in an executive office and went to Kohl's for some nice suits and whatnot, but wanted to save a little and get some pieces at the other stores. T-shirts and sweat pants, check; WILD print blouses, check; elastic waistbands, check; too-long tops or gathered waists, check; Um... just because I'm not a size 8, doesn't mean I want to dress like Dorothy from the Golden Girls.

WHY is the plus size section not the same clothes, but bigger? Why does the style have to change from cute and trendy to mostly blah? Frustrates me terribly.

I was just listening to a radio station talk show talk about this... not lulu lemon, but just the way women have to be all separated and made to feel bad about their weight. Why do we have separate stores for women of different sizes? Why is there a plus size store? Why can't you just sell all women's clothing in the same store? It's like saying "you fat people need to go shop across the street at the ****ing dress barn. we don't want you fatties intermingling with us thin folk."

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

The dude standing at the front of the store when you come in makes me laugh! I want to buy some Lulu Lemon clothes because I hear their super comfy and good quality. I just don't want to wear the logo cause a lot of people I meet who wear Lulu Lemon are obsessed with it and seem really trendy. Cannot stand trendy people! (Let me just add, I'm not saying everyone who wears Lulu Lemon is trendy, before I get some angry replies!)

I've commented on this before. I wear lulu lemon's sometimes..and yes they are expensive...

Very. But they fit good. And yes, I work out HARD to fit into them.

in my current pic(for now at least till I change it.. I am wearing Lucy's ...yet another expensive BRAND.)

But I also wear cheap clothes I get at places like Target, Rainbow and this one hoochie place on the net...

I got this entire camo outfit for $12.00

And I still got haterz.

I get hated for buying expensive and when I try to save money...wow..I still got haterz. I wonder why...

Oh..yeah, maybe i didn't work out hard enough to fit into them.



C'mon...give me some love for saving money. You don't have to spend money on lulu lemons. You can spend $12 and look REALLY good.

Or is it NOT about the money. It's about how dare someone want to look GOOD. How dare she not wear sweats and a baggy tee. How dare she admit to working out to look SEXY as opposed to working out for cardiovascular health!

Let's put it out in the open and not hide behind "lulu lemons" and hating on trendsetters. It's about HATING people who can fit into those clothes, isn't it?

It's about people that can fit into things like Lulu's and those that can't. I get just as MUCH hate wearing my BRAZIL shorts that are $6.00 as I do with $90 Lulu lemons.

And for the people that hate trendy people.. I am not trendy...I wont' wear it if I don't look good in it. But I am a bit of a fitness exhibitionist (OBVIOUSLY) I LIKE extremely formfitting, flattering workout clothes. That's what I like. Sweats don't do it for me.

I've never had a body like this. Not even when I REALLY did serve my country and had to wear real fatigues.

I love my womanly body. I sweated buckets for it.

I am going to SHOW my HARD WORK off, whether it's lulu's or cheap stuff.

I can't believe you are still complaining about this.
go to the gym.
work hard.
don't care about other people.
WORK HARD.

you are hating a STORE when you should accept responsibility for NOT looking as good as you want. Get over it. It's a gym, not a fashion show for the love of Pete!