New denim rolldown wunder under pants–I would imagine the color is just inkwell. [Lululemon Wayne]
We need to talk about these pants. These aren’t just denim textured wunder under pants–you know, like the milky ways and the camos and the other prints that they’ve been making denim so they’re not slick messes of sheer polyester crap. (Which, on the whole, is probably a positive.) These pants have gone one step further.
These are actually supposed to look like jeans.
And that makes them JEGGINGS, straight-up.
Do people even wear jeggings anymore? I feel like they’re a bit past their prime. I don’t mean skinny jeans with stretch (which are legitimately lovely), I mean the shameless kind that aren’t even trying to be jeans, they’re just leggings with a vague print resembling denim, like a half-hearted effort to be “socially acceptable leggings” which generally makes the whole endeavor a lot worse than if you’d just worn cute leggings in the first place. Of course these have a somewhat classier look than most jeggings, but…you can’t escape the fact that they’re still faux denim that are simultaneously definitely leggings, which I find rather awkward and kind of makes them not quiiiite fit in at yoga *or* out to dinner.
Also, particularly with the high waist, the whole thing seems a little American Apparel to me.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure people will wear these and they will look cute. I’m sure they’re comfier and generally more well-executed than 98% of the jeggings out there. Not my jam.
Ah, cuffed! Even more jegging-tastic! [Lululemon Southside at McEwen]
Anyway, now that we’ve got that out of the way, floral platoon wunder under pants are back in stores for another go-round:
[Lululemon Wayne]
[Lululemon Bethlehem]
[Lululemon Shadyside]
It’s a platoon of the floral platoon wunder under pants. Har har har har. [Lululemon Classen Curve]
Floral platoon and another pic of the denim rolldown wunder under pants. [Lululemon Clarendon]
Sashico cross rolldown wunder under pants (the luon ones) are in stores also. [Lululemon Logan Circle]
[Lululemon Chandler]
More sashico cross rolldown wunder under crops. [Lululemon First Colony Mall]
Bonus! Black h’om run jacket, since we never really did see pics of this in black. [Lululemon Westport]
I just started reading your blog because it seemed well written with citations. However, your commentary on jeggings seems ignorant of lulu’s history with denim WUs. They started with using dark denim (blue) as early as 2008 (maybe earlier). I owned a pair of dark denim hipster pants. This was followed by black denim and the renamed blue denim. After that a few other colors in the same fabric (white, soot, etc.). Then they came out with a whole slew of colors in slub denim which was about the same time colored denim was having a moment. This year, they reverted back to reg denim luon material for prints as you mentioned. Given their history of using denim luon, this is a very timely trend update since the roll-downs follow the industry trend of high waisted jeggings and skinnies.
You raise all very legitimate points! It’s true, I haven’t been around lulu forever, so I’ve had to a lot of “catching up”, if you will, on a lot of the older stuff that was before my time–I still don’t necessarily know *everything*. ;) I do know that lulu has put out denim luon before (certainly wasn’t my intent to imply this was some kind of brand new territory for them), but even with that in mind, I still find the execution to leave a little something to be desired. Perhaps it’s just my own bias talking–that is, I don’t particularly care for the weird in-between of not-exactly jeans and not-exactly leggings (not to mention, I’ve never been fond of high-waisted denim in general, which certainly doesn’t help). I liked the slub denim a lot more because the look didn’t seem as aggressively jean-like. I guess that’s my issue–even though high-waisted denim is having a moment, I don’t find lulu’s take on it to be particularly appealing, and overall looks a bit dated to me. Meh.
Anyway, thanks for the informative comment. :) (I ended up going back and tweaking a few things on the post to try to make my point a little more clearly.)
I can’t refute any of your jegging commentary… but I think the denim WUP look cute! I’m moving to a beach town and can see myself wearing them for everything, lol. It helps that I like the denim luon fabric.
To each her own! Like I sort of mentioned, I imagine lots of people will love them and make them look really cute, but…I just can’t love them. If I was going to get blue WUs, I’d rather go for, like, the sashico prints, and just EMBRACE the legging-ness, ya know, lol.
I, for one, like the fact that you openly state your opinion on new stuff that comes out. Whether it’s positive or negative. I am with ya on this one :) Not such a fan.
Unfortunately, when you state your opinion so loudly and clearly, you’ll always be open to criticism.
That being said, keep your opinions coming!!
Thanks! :) Glad I’m not the only one–hah!
They are totally jeggings. I would have to see them in person, and they would probably have to cost less than $92 for me to purchase them.
True, if all you want is jeggings, they might not be the most economical option, lol.
I agree with Mandy. Whether I agree or not, I always like hearing your opinions, and they usually make me laugh. I have to admit to having the jeans-like pant from Athleta because I wanted comfy dog-walking pants with pockets for his bags & treats…and also so that when my husband complains that all I wear are workout clothes, I can say, “No, these are jeans!”
Dude, I can always get behind comfy dog-walking pants, jeans-like or not. :)
I lol’d at this post and at how butthurt some lulu fans get sometimes. So now you’re ignorant of lulu’s history. Interesting choice of words I must say. I wonder if there’s a college course I could take on “lulu history”? Anyway, snark aside, I love your posts and I always laugh at your comments. I tend to think the same way you do. :)
You aren’t one to mince words, are you. :P I often find myself laughing at your comments, too.
Maybe that’s a business idea… Step 1: create epic e-course on lulu history. Step 2: PROFIT. The final exam would be like a spreadsheet of color codes, lmao.