In this try-on review:
– Nightfall diamond jacquard space dye rolldown wunder under pants
– Prisma inkwell rolldown wunder under pants
– Deepest cranberry wunder under pants
– Deepest cranberry passion crops
Item: passion crops
Color: deepest cranberry
Sizing: wearing a 4, somewhere between TTS and size up for me
My store didn’t have deepest cranberry in my regular size 2, so I grabbed a 4. The butt and legs felt good, but the waist was a touch big. I should’ve just grabbed the black in a 2, but I didn’t think of that because I was hellbent on trying the red, what can I say. You’ll probably be fine in your TTS, but for some reason I find short run crops like this to be a little more compressive/tight-fitting than some of my other pairs.
For some reason, everytime I see the passion crops, I think of football pants. I think it’s because of the zipper in the front. Anyway, the good news is that these were perfectly opaque and I think would function very well. Note that the rise seemed a bit lower than other run bottoms–I like this, but might not be your cup of tea. The back seaming is also pretty flattering on le booty.
Overall, a pretty solid pair of luxtreme crops, although nothing insane.
Item: wunder under pants
Color: deepest cranberry
Sizing: wearing a 2, TTS for me
Meanwhile, in deepest cranberry land, the WUP were less than impressive. The fabric was not especially thick, and the color of my undies were very clearly visible in a bend test. Pretty and festive color, at least.
Item: rolldown wunder under pants
Color: nightfall diamond jacquard space dye
Sizing: wearing a 2, TTS for me
These pants.
THESE. PANTS.
Seriously amazing. They are thick, soft, and warm, like my herringbone and coco pique textured WUP. The fabric feels amazing and did not have the slightest hint of sheerness. I had never actually tried on rolldowns because I thought the high waist would bother me, but it didn’t at all, presumably because of the fabric.
The main reason I wasn’t tempted to buy these is color. I’d rather they were black grape or another more saturated jewel tone–the nightfall is a touch too muted for my taste. But if you like the color, I definitely recommend pulling the trigger. I will definitely be on the lookout for more DJSD texture colors.
Item: rolldown wunder under pants
Color: prisma inkwell
Sizing: wearing a 2, TTS for me
I put these on right after I tried the nightfall DJSD, and the difference was night and day. It’s crazy to me that these are marketed as basically the same pants, and that they’re priced the same. These felt HORRIBLE by comparison. The fabric is a poly/spandex blend (no nylon), which meant it felt slick, almost more like luxtreme than luon. Lulu’s poly blend are also notorious for their sheeerness, and these were no exception–they did not pass the bend test. Also, unlike the pair above, the high waist on these bothered me A LOT. I could not get these off fast enough.
At the end of the day, I didn’t actually end up buying anything I reviewed here. Actually, I made a reverse purchase because I reluctantly decided to return my berry yum yum wheezy speed shorts for their iffy color-matching potential. (Side note: there are a TON of these both in stores and online, so maybe I’ll pick them up again if they go on MD.)
I did, however, get my long sleeve swiftly replaced at the store–it was falling apart at one seam. I swapped it for the space dye pigment beauty, which I thought I was going to have to get online, but I found it in stock at the 2nd store I went to. Also, I recently caved and decided I needed black grape rebel runners. After a few calls, I found them at my mom’s store (the last pair was my size!), and had her pick them up and mail them to me. Like a true addict.
So even though my haul ended up being sort of cobbled together in a slightly odd way, I think my new fall outfit is pretty sweet.
I have that swiftly too – it’s so pretty and SOFT!
Yes I love it! Wearing it now in fact. <3
I’m waiting to get paid to get that swiftly! And those rebel runners are my most favorite lulu pants ever.
It’s a great swiftly! The color will go with most of wardrobe, and I actually like that it’s space dye since I like the added “texture”, if you will. Funny story, I told the ed I wanted to replace my ultra violet with the pigment blue. She went over to look for it and came back and said she didn’t know which one I was talking about (she said there was no blue, so I guess she thought it looked purple), so I had to walk over with her and show her which one–classic.
Yea it would be nice if they knew their jobs.
I ordered (and returned) the red passion crops and WUCs, and found the fit of both to be large in the waist. Conincidentally, the only pants I’ve bought/kept recently are my black grape rebel runners — in addition to the good overall fit, for some reason, the cuff at the bottom seems to be flattering. Now I may need to go back and buy the long sleeve pigment blue swiftly (even though I really wish it wasn’t heathered, but more saturated pigment blue)…
Oh, interesting that it wasn’t just me on the waist of the passion crops. The cran WUP seemed normal in the waist to me, though. Also, the BG rebel runners seem to be a crowd favorite–I’m glad I decided to hunt them down after all. They’re the perfect fall pants (because they’re not crops on me, haha).
I LOVE the rebel runners! I have two pairs and they are my new go-to’s – the pockets are so useful and the zips at the bottom are dope. Love the black grape on you! Cute outfit. Also the roll-down WU in the nightfall diamond jacquard space dye – wanttttt! They are soooooooo cute! I would love them in black grape though…
I’m so pleased with how the pigment and BG look together. I think the pigment will go with most of the bottoms in my wardrobe, which is awesome. And the pants are, indeed, very dope. :)
Love my black grape rebel runners….now if we could just get out of the 90’s so I can wear them!
You can have some of my cold weather. It only reached the 50s today! Let’s trade a few degrees. :P
So I ordered those Passion crops and debated whether I should keep them. They are nicely opaque but something about that fabric just shows every damn dimple. Too bad because I just love the saturated color. Also debating that scarf, wondering if it will be too bunchy if I make it look more like a circle scarf like I’ve seen in some pics.
I think the colors that aren’t super-dark (like dark purples, navy, and black) tend to highlight lumps and bumps. I should’ve tried the scarf as a circle–I’m curious to know if it would’ve been bulky too. I bet if you played with tightening/loosening parts of it you could work out any bunches, just might take some patience.
Love what you got! The rebel runners are like the most flattering lulu bottoms! Pairs well with the pigment swiftly, too.
I liked the jumbo inky floral pants on you, too. Were you not impressed?
I didn’t take pics of those kind of because they’re “old”. I actually meant to grab the WUC instead of WUP because I like those better, but it turned out they only had WUP anyway. I tried the black/soot inky WUC, though. I liked both, and they were opaque. They did have that slick feel that the luxtreme WU prints usually do lately–not as nice as my regular black luxtreme WUC. I’d still like a pair, but compared to a lot of other things on my wishlist, it’s not much of a priority.
I’m so relieved that you liked the nightfall jacquard WUP in your TTS! I ordered my normal size 4 yesterday, but then was wondering if I should have sized up since some found the tomato jacquard WUC to run small. Sounds like I’ll be fine sticking with the nightfall 4s though…? Excited for my order to arrive!
Also, thanks for all your work on your “blog baby”! Your posts are comprehensive, articulate, and witty. I never miss a day!
Yes, imo you’ll definitely be ok with the 4! I’m on the bigger side of my size and was perfectly comfortable in my TTS.
And thanks for the love! It’s a fun project, and it’s nice when other people enjoy it, too. :)
I would like to join the black grape rebel runners club too. I love my pair!
Glad you were able to replace the swiftly tech, without any fuss from the educators, I hope?
I returned the jumbo inky floral WUs, since I already have the black soot inky floral WU roll downs, and I don’t need two pairs of slinky pants. I’m gunning for the inspires in herringbone if they are made of normal luxtreme, and pray that the fabric feel is similar to the black grape rebel runners’. If anyone has seen the inspires irl, please comment on the fabric :) TIA
I haven’t seen any pics of the hb inspires, so I don’t think they’re in stores yet. Also, weren’t you saying just a couple days ago that you’re getting herringboned out?? :P And yeah thankfully the swiftly swap was very easy–first time I’d had something damaged out, so I’m glad I didn’t have the eds make me feel guilty, lol.