Lulu’s site crashed big time yesterday around upload time. There have been technical difficulties that have made upload late in the past, but usually it would only be by an hour or two. Instead, the site was down basically the entirety of yesterday late afternoon and evening, and upload finally went up late last night, at which point I’d long gone to bed. Upload malfunctions used to happen pretty regularly, but to their credit, they seemed to have ironed out a lot of issues because there hadn’t really been upload issues for a good 6 months I think. I guess we were due!
During the downtime, lulu put up a placeholder image asking us not to refresh the page. This request was both kinda funny and also odd–can’t say I’ve ever seen that before. If I had to guess, I’d assume that the overload of requests on their servers were making it more difficult to fix whatever issue they were having.
And then after all that rigamarole, upload pretty much sucked. There wasn’t much of a theme except “stuff you might wanna wear when it’s cold”. Mostly the new stuff was just filling in a few new colors in existing items, and a new style here or there, many of which we’d seen before. I suppose uploads late in the month tend to be that way, but it made it an easy day to skip out on for me.
The special edition stirrup wunder under pants went up in quite a few colors, shown in naval blue/heathered naval blue here. These seem to have garnered quite a bit of interest.
P.S. Brushed wunder under pants are back this week too! (Only in the US right now.)
One of the other new stirrup pant colors is this new print: mountain peaks forage teal. The colors are nice, but this is another print that’s going to save me lots of $$$. Meh.
Canada got new super high times pants, which are just high times with an extra-high waistband. On the model, it looks like the waist comes all the way up to her natural waist, probably an inch or two past the belly button.
Continuing the steady flow of space dye twist, here’s ultra violet multi on high times pants. This one’s a nice mix of purples and blues.
I’m curious about this new anahatasana long sleeve (shown in cranberry), but I’d like to see a few fit reports first. I wouldn’t mind a couple more basic scoop necks. I’m glad they kept the hem straight on this one, since it will be useful for layering purposes.
The merino wool sunset savasana pullover came to Canada in a couple soft fall colors, like mink berry (shown) and bordeaux drama. The lighter color makes the perforations on the back much more noticeable.
The bundle up scarf (well, poncho) is back in 2 new colors. It’s expensive at $128, but is made of merino wool. It sold very well last year, though I don’t remember. Speaking of ponchos, I fell in love with this plaid poncho from Nordstrom when I saw it on style blogger Jessica. A poncho is new style territory for me and Nordstrom’s is only $38, which is a much more appealing price for a piece that feels a little risky to me.
Lastly, this coco pique textured vinyasa scarf showed up in the US. It’s the new “vinyasa ii” with the updated reflective tab.
Dear Lord in heaven- what a mess!!
Normally I receive the upload alert when I wake up (Europe), but it came waltzing into my inbox hours and hours later!
I did grab the sattva pants in heathered black, fatigue and naval blue- I’m wanting some cosy in my life at the moment.
The wunder under stirrup pants look a lot like Alo’s goddess leggings, but I never jumped on that wagon- I actually love rocking funky thigh high leg warmers over my practice tights, which I think looks super rad!
The sunset savasana pullover looks interesting, but truthfully, I don’t trust Lulu’s quality of merino.
And I would absolutely lose my mind if it started to pill after three wears and so I think I’ll pass….
Yeah, definitely similar to the goddess leggings. I do like the leg warmer look, but usually I just wear actual leg warmers. (I think I need more this fall–I’m down to one pair!)
I have been patiently waiting for the Ultra Violet/Naval Blue space dye Pace Rivals to come to the US, but they’re STILL NOT HERE! Canada got them at least 2 weeks ago. Those are pretty much the only thing I’ve had my eye on. Might settle for the high times, but don’t really want to since I like the run crop features, and the HTs are $10 more…
And yeah, whoa website problems!
Yeah, the timelines are all kinds of weird and frustrating. I would hold out for the pace rivals if I were you, high times just aren’t the same! Fingers crossed they make it soon.
You’re right, it’s been a good 6 months since we’ve seen upload issues and for a retailer that commits to weekly uploads, I think it’s a pretty good track record! There were definitely some overreactions out there, considering it’s just clothes. That being said, I’m glad to have some good selections of casual layering pieces! Definitely interested in that Pima Cotton LS!
I agree, one issue every 6 months really isn’t bad at all, especially considering the huge spike in traffic they have to deal with during upload times. And they’ve improved a lot in the past year or so in terms of website stability. I just checked a couple of times throughout the evening and went to bed, lol.
Hmm, those brushed WUs are tempting to me – so far I’m pleased with the WUC I purchased a couple months ago (granted, I wear them as casual day wear, not workout gear). The idea of warm full length tights for the cold months sounds nice! The rest is total Blah to me.
I wouldn’t mind some brushed bottoms too, but I can’t really do full-length black luon anymore with my dogs. The fur just gets impossible to deal with (they shed white). :
thanks for the link to that cute ruana from nordstrom. just ordered :)
now to find some stellar black booties…
I need black booties too!! I’ve been searching and searching for some in leather instead of suede (a bit easier to care for, especially because I’m around a lot of liquid all day) but I’ve yet to find something I’m excited about. The hunt continues…
I scrolled through what felt like 500 boots on zappos today…. I always have trouble finding the boot I have pictured in my head ?
Ack, yeah, I need to do exactly that. I agree, it’s hard to find the exact right thing, or if I do, it ends up being $500. Despite the exorbitant sums I spend on activewear, I still have a tough time spending over $200 (or even $150) for shoes of any type…
P.S. What’s the difference between a ruana and poncho? I’m guessing a ruana has the open front whereas the poncho wraps all the way around with just the hole for the head? Learning new words over here today, haha.
you got it!
the brushed items are definitely worth the $, but I’ll wait until I’m already shivering to buy! all my lulu allowance has been spent on ebay and poshmark these past couple of months.
Heh, true, it’s a bit early for brushed things for most people. I’ve been spending a lot of my lulu allowance on other brands lately. I did score a static plum inspire 1/2 zip on ebay this week though! Excited about that.
The space dye twist pants (all colour variants) make me sad. All of them have misaligned stripes. I guess this is the new Lulu? I would have bought all for my collection – I love the pattern and colourways but I just can’t do the crappy misalignment. Pass, pass, pass.
I’m not feeling inspired by any of their gear these days. Bleh.
Yeah, I know what you mean. The pattern is just clear enough that the seam alignment is a bit too noticeable. Too bad. :(
Ordered the regal plum crb and align pants. I was late to the party on regal plum this summer and now I’m jealous every time I see how pretty it is in your try on reviews aa! Plus bonus it’s rulu! Super excited for the align pants too. I tried them on in store and have been lusting ever since!
Yes good choice on the regal plum! It’s such a pretty color. It’s too bad I already have the luon version, because the rulu would be amazing.