Ok you guys. First I need to start with this vinyasa scarf (Canada only). A herringbone vinyasa! I mean, omg. OMG. That is all.
All 3 new speeds colors were uploaded to the US side. Canada got inky floral and bumble berry but no diamond dot rugged blue. I successfully nabbed my inky floral. Sacrifice a proverbial lamb to the pattern placement gods for me. I won’t get them til Monday–stupid new upload day. :(
Also, it’s a good thing I only wanted inky floral and neither of the other 2 colors, because neither bumble berry nor rugged blue were uploaded in a size 2. WTF, lulu, when is this spotty size 2 business going to get sorted out?
US got luxtreme bordeaux drama wunder under crops (this is the WUC II, i.e. the longer ones). These are still reeeeally tempting for me, but I have to stick to my limits. Maybe later on I’ll have the money to get these on the aftermarket. (Isn’t that the lovely thing about lulu? You can usually find something later even if you miss out the first time.)
Yesterday I noted this new bra was uploaded to the Australian site. Oddly, in Australia it’s called the on the run bra. In North America, it’s the on your way bra. Go figure. It was uploaded in both inkwell west2east stripe and inky floral. And again, for some reason the stripes come in a 2 and inky floral doesn’t.
New heathered blue calm cool racerback (US only). No size 2 or 12 in this one.
US finally got the post practice cardigan, shown in ghost/black (my personal favorite). I’m tempted to try this, especially after a commenter mentioned my TTS might work, but again, I can’t justify $138 right now. I has a sad.
Free fall crops (US only), in typical lulu drop crotch style. Not much to say about these except that they’re cotton sweatpants.
I just don’t even know where to start with these yogini trousers. (Canada only)
Gym to win duffel in bordeaux drama sashico star: Canada got it, US didn’t. US only got black. Cue disappointed Americans. At least it’s in stores.
Lulu yoga mats usually aren’t particularly noteworthy, but this inkwell/blue calm 3mm pure mat is really very pretty.
New quilt inkwell/rugged blue bang buster. I wonder if every headband as different quilt placement? I would imagine so.
An observation: it seems like there were a lot of items this week (and in previous weeks) where a seasonal item isn’t uploaded in all the colors, but instead released piecemeal. For example, Canada only getting one of the pleat to street colors, and many others I mention below (even though US got all 4). It’s normal to see US and Canada get different things, obviously, but it’s weird for some colors to be released all at once in one country, but one at a time in the other. This doesn’t seem like it would be intentional, so I have to wonder if there are logistical issues going on causing things to be on a less-than-ideal schedule.
Honorable mentions: miss misty pullover (Canada did not get solid black), run for gold 1/2 zip (US did not get bumble berry), run for gold LS (Canada did not get bumble berry), pleat to street skirt (Canada only got blossom stripe, US got 4 colors), inky floral pace setter skirts, bumble berry run times shorts, what the sport short, pace tight (only black so far), rolldown rugged blue sashico cross WUC (US only), wrapper’s delight tank, on the run singlet.
Soooo I’m SO damn tired of waiting for the Blue Tropic WUC! I give up! And no way am I paying $160 for some damn crops on bidding pages… Sorry Charlie!
Yeah…I think it’s past the point of hoping with those. :( So bizarre!
The US is getting the major stiff. Hopefully it is just logistical issues. But I’m waiting for those bumble berry WUC. my store said they aren’t sure if they’re going to get them. Blech. But adore that vinyasa scarf. It will be mine.
Yeah, I don’t know why the BB WUC didn’t go up this week. I agree that the US has been getting the short end of the stick the past couple weeks. :
The Canadians seem to have lost their shiznit over the herringbone vinyasa. Definitely a hot item. If it uploads to the US it will definitely require some fast fingers! Apparently a lot of people lost it while it was in their carts. I guess I should be surprised I even got the picture of it before it sold out. I’m hoping I can land one, too.
I got the inky floral speed shorts too! I also wanted the speeds in bumble berry, but no size 2 :( Thinking about ordering the run times in bumble berry, but I’m a creature of habit…I only wear speeds. Had to think about the WUC in sashico, but ended up passing on it. Not really a fan because the roll down because the waistband pocket is gone.
Apparently stores got BB speeds in a 2. No idea why they didn’t get to the site. So weird. I don’t like rolldowns either, but that’s because I hate hate HATE high waists and don’t like the extra bulk of rolling them down. The pocket disappearance isn’t great either.
Why are those sachico cross crops $92????? I love them, but I don’t think I can justify that price at all.
Ugh yeah, they’ve been nickel and dime-ing us on the WUs. Rolldowns are $10 more, and prints are $10 more. So, WUC that are normally $72 become upcharged twice. Bleargh. Someone also pointed out that the groove WUP are over $100! Dislike.
I also slapped my hand on the bordeaux drama luxtreme WUCs. I have no luxtreme WUCs and am very tempted. I picked up the inky floral speeds in store today and the static coal all sport bra. Trying to be good… Is that good?
Also, I agree with cadet_blue, it seems like they are jacking the price up on (some?) of their printed bottoms… I spend like crazy on lulu but I think I can’t bring myself to buy the jacked up items by principle. I first noticed it with the restock of camo inspires. I don’t think they were $92 first time around, but then they were, if memory serves? Correct me if I’m wrong… Either way they should be $86.
Oh yea I got the black camo inspires and noticed the price difference after I had ordered. I still returned them because they were shiny and felt cheap.
I don’t remember whether the camo inspires were more–I wasn’t particularly paying attention I suppose. :) I wouldn’t be surprised though. A lot of prices seem to be high lately. I mean, I expect high with lulu, but it seems *especially* high. That said, a lot of competing brands actually have slightly higher price points than lulu on some things, so maybe I shouldn’t be surprised? I don’t know.
Also, to be profoundly unhelpful, I LOVE luxtreme WUs. I’m wearing my black ones as I type (my only pair…sadly). I love how they perform, but I think what I like most about them, though, is that dog hair doesn’t stick. :P May or may not be a valid reason for liking them. At least, for other people…
Your comment made me go back for the BD luxtreme WUCs but they’re now sold out! Blah! Hehe. Well, I’ll check in stores for them, or wait for a new color to come out. I like luon best for low impact workouts and luxtreme for higher impact so it would be nice to have a pair.
I’m going to indulge in my indignation at the price hikes with the logic that they go against my expectations as a lulu devotee, especially when it’s over $100 for leggings, and companies like Splits59, Beyond Yoga and Hard Tail are smaller, made in the US, and I know what they’re prices are… and I buy them on markdown :P I actually got the fatigue camo Inspires in store for $86 bc no one could figure out why they were marked $92!
Good point–I agree that the other brands have better reason to charge higher prices. And they do great sales/coupon codes that lulu doesn’t, as you mentioned. But I doubt lulu likes being the cheapest option amongst their competitors, ya know? They’re too proud for that, lol.
Sorry about the BD WUCs. WOE and alas! I am a little surprised they sold out in EVERY size that fast!
I got two speeds in inky floral and the bumble berry. So looking forward to try them on.
I’m looking forward to my inkys too! :) I hope you get lucky pairs!
I’m so glad you got your inky floral speeds! Nothing for me. Would like the Bumble Berry Power Y & BD stripe CRB, but I don’t need them & they’ll still be around in a few weeks if I want them then I’m sure. My next purchase will be Beyond Yoga leggings (i’ll use your referral link :-)
I’m glad too! :) What are you planning to get from BY?