What does Lulu Lemon have against fat people?

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!

Is this in response to OP who posted this almost SIX MONTHS ago? Or is it to someone in the TEN+ PAGES of discussion that followed?

I can't believe you resurrected a MONTH OLD thread to express your ambiguous incredulity.

i didn't resurrect an old thread. it's like a bad penny, it keeps showing up. i am simply reexpressing my opinion, which is what I am entitled to do. Curious... what about that reply was ambiguous?? I was very clear in my reply.

I think it's part of a free market. They are a private company that should be allowed to sell to a group they want to sell to.

If they should sell to larger people then they should also lower their prices and sell to the poor people like myself that can't afford the gear. And then they'll need to start selling golf clothes, tennis clothes, skiing clothes, and mountain biking clothes.

They have a market: Fitness/fashion people willing to drop extra cash on quality items that will last a long time in the most popular size bracket.

They might think that they will lose money going up on sizes. They are not discriminating they are selling their product to a group who they know will buy it.

Abercrombie and Fitch is essentially the same thing. They sell to teens and young adults that are really small waist-ed and are willing to drop cash on highly priced items. I got suckered into it for years then realized I look retarded wearing that stuff all the time.

You can send a suggestion to the company? I'm sure they are aware. If enough people bring the idea up I bet they could open up more options. Or you could take your business else where and shop somewhere else and essentially save money not spending 70 dollars on a pair of shorts. (Nothing wrong with this.)

And you could also think of it as a goal. You are working out and getting healthier, why not make it a goal to fit in their clothes as a big reward?

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!

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?

It's completely insane... here we are, trying to workout while looking fabulous in the gym (the gym for godsakes!) and we can't buy cute workout clothes because LuLuLemon doesn't carry what I would call "normal" sizes. Hello! How do I fit those clothes if I can't work out in them NOW to get down to that other size I want so badly to wear...

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amazed at the number of people who have essentially said "You're fat and thus deserve to wear ugly clothes."

Just because someone hasn't achieved the status of thin doesn't mean they should have to suck it up and wear unflattering clothing, leaving attractiveness as the sole propriety of those who have "worked for it."

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amazed at the number of people who have essentially said "You're fat and thus deserve to wear ugly clothes."

Just because someone hasn't achieved the status of thin doesn't mean they should have to suck it up and wear unflattering clothing, leaving attractiveness as the sole propriety of those who have "worked for it."

100% agree

I am not sure that I've seen that anywhere in this thread. What I HAVE seen is people saying that companies are allowed to market to whoever they want. There are plenty of other stores that make attractive workout gear for all sizes.

You don't see me getting all butt hurt because a Osh-Kosh doesn't make clothes for me... oh yeah, they market to children... LuLu markets to a certain demographic too. Complaining to them does nothing, just take your business elsewhere. Old Navy and Gap make great workout gear. Heck, most of what I own is Target or Walmart, guess what, I'm still losing weight, hitting PRs like a champ and looking good while doing it.