This week’s barrage of new stuff has been killing me. Since it’s the first week of the spring season, I was expecting a deluge, but I was pleasantly surprised to like so much of it. So far, I’m optimistic that things are picking up for spring. Lulu is actually making some nice colors, and most of the prints are creative and different. Of course, not everything has been a win, but that’s always true to a certain extent. I’m just glad that right now, I can scroll through the new stuff and actually be excited and intrigued again, instead of just one continuous stream of cringes.
As for tonight’s upload, a lot of that exciting stuff of course still hasn’t made it online, but I’m ok with that. I’d rather the goodies be spaced out anyway. :)
Be still my heart. I am in love with these harbor blue speed shorts. I ordered these SO HARD. This is my first upload purchase in quite some time. Raspberry glo was also uploaded to US.
Canada also got mystic jungle speed shorts, also 4-way stretch. I don’t like these. I’ll take my fatigue camo any day of the week. Canada also got the new vintage pink. There are also some mystic jungle trackers in Canada.
New print: mystic jungle hawk blue harbor blue. This is the studio racerback. I like this much better than fatigue mystic jungle, but am not sure I’m sold on it.
Canada got all 3 rise and shine jacket colors.
Much like the harbor blue herringbone swiftly spotted overseas earlier today, here is a vintage pink herringbone swiftly racerback, new in Canada. Canada also got scream green.
These new harbor blue inspire crops (Canada only) remind me sooo much of my Alala captain crops in cobalt.
I like the new pace pusher crops in brush strokes harbor blue menthol from the front, but the back just looks off somehow. Maybe this print will come in some other nice crops. Canada only.
New crops in Canada: top speed crops in mystic jungle. There’s also black.
The new nightsky harbor blue print on rolldown wunder under pants for Canada. (So much for Canada only today.)
Idk what is going on in this new find your bliss jacket (Canada only), but I really don’t like it.
Other upload notes:
– Fo drizzle jackets uploaded, of course. Black and deep navy on both sides.
– The US got the seaside silver fox miss misty jacket, which is apparently redesigned and different from the atomic red and animal swirl miss misty’s that were just released.
– There’s a new heathered neon pink swiftly short sleeve, but I’m still so confused why the color looks so different from the space dye neon pink a few months ago. Maybe in real life they’re more similar, I don’t know.
– Speaking of swiftlies: US got plum peach and scream green long sleeve, and Canada got neon pink long sleeve. US got the scream green short sleeve also.
– The new rainforest menthol scuba is in the US, along with a new parfait pink.
– No new CRBs tonight.
– There’s a vintage pink 105F singlet, even though I swear there was one just a few months ago.
– Blushed illusion run times are up.
– Lastly, here is one more product banner preview for spring:
This is a moody mirage bark berry deep navy energy bra and I want it. (The rest of the banner previews are here.)
…Actually, just kidding, THIS is the last one:
I don’t believe this is the yogi crew sweater. If you look closely, it looks like a textured loose knit. Maybe this is a lightweight boolux spring sweater to come?
And again, nothing for me this week, which is probably a good thing, because out of the blue, I decided that I needed a couple of the Exquisite Bras in my life. And since they’ve been sold out for a minute, I went on E-Bay and paid a stupid amount for them. I’m liking the vintage pink Speeds, but am trying to figure out what other colors besides heathered slate I could pair them with. I have a top in VP and it pairs with some, but not a whole lot, so we’ll see. As far as the Find Your Bliss jacket: no words…….
I think the vintage pink speeds would look nice with a harbor blue CRB, if they made it. They’ve been pairing VP and ras glo a lot, so I bet my paris perfection CRB would work too since that’s a similar color. In general, I think deep blues and purples would be the best bet.
Bought the raspberry glo speeds! My first pair of speeds and only my third LLL purchase. Been wanting to get some shorts for a while, but these were the first to make me go “oooh I want that!”
Oh no! You’ve created a monster! :) Speed shorts are my all-time favorite thing. BTW–speeds sizing has been a little wonky lately, so if the raspberry glo don’t fit you how you want them, it’s worth giving it another shot. :)
Thanks for the pointer, I’ll remember that!
Lol, ordered those shorts so hard, love it.
So many cute things loaded tonight. I am super intrigued by the herringbone swiftlys, and the color harbor blue. I had been looking for solid true blue inspire crops forever on the boards and eBay, and ended up buying a splits59 nova capri instead. Now these inspires come out!! Gah!! I do like my splits capris, so I will resist these inspires and save myself 90 something dollars. I am eyeing the harbor blue speeds though…
Did you get the navy novas? (I almost said inkwell–OOPS, lol.) I am kind of regretting passing on those when they were on clearance. IMO, harbor inspires and navy novas are pretty different, but that’s coming from someone who wears a *lot* of blue.
The novas that I bought are a cobalt blue, not the navy (inkwell :) ) that were recently on MD. I bought them off eBay, so I’m not sure the color name. I did buy the bright pink splits crops on MD about a month ago, and looove them. They are the same ones you posted about!
Oh nice! :) Glad that you like them so far–always nice to know I’m not leading people completely astray, haha.
Luckily I only bought the harbor blue speeds tonight. But I’ve pre-warned my husband this might be a pricey lulu month :/ Hoping I can show some restraint this month with these colors and prints!
I felt lucky that that’s all I ordered too, haha. I’m scouring my house for stuff to sell in anticipation of the rest of the month, lol.
Interested AA in how you like your Alala Captain blue capris versus inspires? The inspires are so long on me, they are practically pants, but your review of them made me think the Alala ones have a shorter length? I know you’ve mentioned the mesh has held up well and is fairly durable?
So, I have never actually purchased a pair of inspires although I’ve tried them on. The length is awkward and me and the hem gapes at the ankle. I wouldn’t want to hem them because it would kinda mess up the styling. I love my Alala crops and they’ve held up well overall so far. The one downside is that they are a touch big on me–I would prefer an XXS (I wear a lulu 2), but they only go down to XS. I measured an inseam of 20″ on Alala versus the 21.5″ listed inseam for inspires. For me, that 1.5″ makes a big difference.
Wished I were Canadian this week. Things I need: Menthol & Moody Mirage FTBs, and a Rise & Shine jacket. :)
Oooh… Definitely speed shorts heaven this week… glad to see all the new colors, and can’t decide: Raspberry glo, vintage pink, harbor blue (love the waistband) or flash. Tough decisions, and it’s only the beginning of February.
In love with Harbor Blue, but wondering what would go with it other than white, grey and black tops?
I have a pair of blue crops similar to harbor blue, and I wear lime green, pink, yellow… all sorts of colors. I always see people in the gym just wearing plain black all the time (I am one of them sometimes lol), but introducing color is fun!
Thanks Samantha! Harbor blue is starting to sound quite versatile, perhaps it’s like denim, which kinda goes with everything – a more interesting neutral!
Out of my top options, I’d go for bali, menthol, most pinks, bumble maybe, surge and other teals. I think greens, yellows, and teals will be the best.
BTW–got my S59 order yesterday! I’m going to do a full post with pics and all, but the quick and dirty version is that I LOVE my tidal devon ii (I’m wondering how the color will compare to harbor), and unfortunately I don’t think I like the nova ii design as much as the old ones. :
You got me at Menthol, Bali Breeze and Surge! :D
I’m so glad the devon ii is lovely! Can’t wait for the review! Yes, the blues do look similar, don’t they. So do the sea mist/lagoon and scream green/midori shades. This Let’s follow the Pantone color trend guide thing sure does limit our color options.
The nova ii is tricky, I feel. I do love the print on the new nova reef capris, but I wished the overall design would be less busy.
I am so in trouble. Lulu hasn’t been churning out things I like so I have been buying off the resale market and now they have to launch all these lovely new colours and designs. I am waiting for harbour blue inspires so will try to resist the speeds for now but I’m getting the vintage pink and menthol ones. Initially I wanted raspberry glo speeds but the vintage ones look better to me so will wait.
I passed on the raspberry glo speeds. There are a lot of bright pinks out there–2 previous versions of ras glo, paris perfection, paris pink, and pinkalicious. If they had contrast trim, they’d be more unusual. For lighter pinks, there’s really just pink shell. The harbor blue inspires are really gorgeous though! If I wore inspires and if I didn’t already have a similar crop, I would consider getting crops AND shorts, but I’m also a little blue crazy… :)
Ugh…the bomber jacket might have been adorable if they used rose gold zippers. Shame….
I like the blushed illusion…I just can’t figure out if I want the shorts or get the tights.
I have heard the inspires are a bit sheer, which doesn’t surprise me for such a light color. That’d probably apply to any tight in that pattern, so my vote is shorts.
What’s up with the new mesh speed tights? I just got into running and need stuff to do it in, and I love the blue camo speed II’s, but the reviews are all pretty damning. The ones in upload last night were speed III’s, is it an updated design?
Yeah, the iii is slightly different. They said they “tweaked the fit slightly”, whatever that might mean, and also, the ruching detail at the calf/ankle. The ruching was a part of the original speed tights and wasn’t present on the speed ii, so they added it back for the iii.
I’m an avid long-time runner, and my Speed Is are my favorite tight ever to run in (in the 25-40F temp range only though). The Speed IIs are not really significantly worse than the Is, and I’ve been running in mine quite a bit. (I wrote a long comparison of I vs. II under the screen name velevele.) It’s my understanding that the IIIs are closer to the Is in both fit and design, particularly adding back the ruching (which I loved, but not everyone did). I’m awaiting Speed IIIs in a color other than black so that I can compare them to the Is and IIs, at which point I hope to write another long review. :-) Will be interested to see what others have to say about the IIIs.
I’ve only used the Speeds II, and was decently impressed – good to hear that the III may be closer to the I (I’ve heard from several sources the I was better). Like you though, I’m waiting for a print or color more interesting than black.
I was fine with the fit of both previous versions, though I did love the ruching & am glad they’re adding it back in. What I want is more weight options! I have the tech (heaviest weight) & cozy (next heaviest) from last year. They only had the tech version once this year, and it was only in black, which I already have. I really need more of the tech version for the single-digit temps we’ve had recently. But, regular speed tights under the beat the sleet pants have been doing the truck nicely in “feels like -3” temps.
Isn’t the Harbour Blue speeds shorts similar to the Baroque Blue ones which came earlier?
They do look similar, yeah, but I don’t know how they’ll compare side-by-side in real life. To my eye, harbor looks a bit deeper. I don’t have baroque or any true blue, so it was easy for me to justify. :) One main difference is that harbor has black trim while baroque is blue all over (except the waistband, which is different too).
those street 2 studios in fatigue are calling my name… just hard to justify crops when it’s snowing! I like how the new waistband and fit looks more like the studio pant.
Well it’s gotta warm up eventually!! :)
I’m also loving the spring stuff. I remember I didn’t like much last spring. Nothing for me this week though.
Yeah, the majority of last spring wasn’t great. I didn’t like the fresh teal/lavender dusk/petal pop situation, then when that gave way to wamo camo and flowabunga and such…blech. Bali breeze was nice though.