r/Anticonsumption • u/Positive-Grape5126 • 8d ago

Corporations Lululemon CEO Upset

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I'll save you the read:

1) People are tightening their belts due to economic and political uncertainty and expensive leggings are not at the top of the list of necessities

2) People are more and more... GASP... Buying second hand clothes !!!!!

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u/Ughasif22 8d ago edited 8d ago

Lulu hasn’t been innovative in a long time. They just release the same things in different colors. How many ppl need the same sweater or tights in multiple colors. Also the quality has gone way down and the price has gone up. They aren’t inclusive in sizes either and mostly only work on the skinny and small chested.

I like Lulu but I’ve only bought 2 things in the last 2 years. A belt bag and a sweatband.

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u/jdelarunz 8d ago

The trouble with being "innovative" is that it's often shorthand for change for changes sake. How innovative do you need to be with yoga leggings? The anticonsumption take is that we favor items that are high quality and long-lasting, and that don't keep changing for no reason other than to drive new purchases of the latest fashion. But that's not necessarily good for the company's bottom line.

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u/Positive-Grape5126 8d ago

So I'd agree with this. I've been shopping there since I was a high school athlete and I LOVED their original sports bras. Then they kept changing and it's rare I find one as good as those from so long ago. I also don't care much for fashion so when I find something I like, I know now to buy a few before they leave and never come back, I don't need trendy designs lol

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u/Apprehensive-Log8333 8d ago

This happens so often, I can only imagine executives saying "Customers love this product, we sell a lot of them, how can we make it even more profitable? Let's cut costs, use cheaper materials and a worse factory!" and presto, enshittification comes for everything

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u/7ddlysuns 8d ago

Anymore I start to dread finding anything I like after the initial dopamine hit wears off.

Just knowing it won’t last.

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u/Apprehensive-Log8333 8d ago

Yup. Sometimes I buy multiples of the thing I like, knowing that me finding a product that works for me is somehow a harbinger of it being discontinued

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u/PM-me-YOUR-0Face 8d ago

I think this was mostly a joke but this is literally unconstrained capitalism. It's just a race to the very fucking bottom while maybe the socks they produce don't induce ulcers or have literal diseases in their fibers. Who fucking knows, because we're at that age. We'll find out!

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u/ALIMN21 8d ago

Yep. The older Lulu's I have are way better than the newer ones. I've stopped buying from Lulu. The quality just isn't there.

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u/MalakoffVanves 8d ago

Enshittification! 😂

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u/Euphoric-Resolve3385 8d ago

The tata tamers?!

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u/GrandMoffTarkles 7d ago

Honestly, I went to Lululemon for the first time like a year ago and was impressed their sizing still ran correct/small.

Most places I end up being a 0 or 00, and there I was a size 4.

Definitely noticed that their older 'sale' items on the rack were higher quality than the newer stuff though.

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u/BlergingtonBear 8d ago

We've also reached a place where perpetual growth is untenable — I don't know that these companies know how to chase the bottom line in this climate. 

clothing companies overproduced, flooding the world with product, so now the second hand market is just too saturated. I don't see how they can kick up. 

They long term devalued their brand and offering by chasing short term churn. Now with the SheIn & Temus of the world, I don't know that the clothing sector can recover in a meaningful way. 

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u/Axel_Rosee 8d ago

You can guarantee higher quality secondhand! Why would anyone pay premium prices for worse products?

Especially since the fashion industry has eaten itself alive with how quickly cycles have become in the last few years.

Outside of the fast fashion world, It's way more about personal style now, too, and putting together outfits with unique, interesting pieces.

The industry hasn't caught on yet, and just continues to shovel slop for insecure young adults, until they too burn out.

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u/Apprehensive-Log8333 8d ago

Second hand online shopping has become too easy for us, the customers. Corporations are probably thinking of ways to cash in on that too.

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u/Axel_Rosee 8d ago

Omg don't get me started on secondhand online shopping, cause they already have!! are you familiar with Goodwill's model? The reason you can't find anything good in stores anymore is because they sell all the "high value" items online.

Selling donated clothes for a profit, while further contributing to climate change. It's disgusting. Vile, even.

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u/ReadyAgent9019 8d ago

Don’t forget their mistreatment of disabled employees whom they legally pay less than minimum wage, all while parading around how good of a company they are for hiring them

Seriously fuck goodwill

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u/Axel_Rosee 8d ago

Yesssss speak on it!!!!

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u/BubbleWrap027 8d ago

Agreed. I would consider supporting the online prices if I knew it was going to support the charitable work. But it doesn’t. It allows them to keep their enormous overhead, roughly 30%. There are better charities to donate and buy from that have a much lower % of donations that they keep for their admin costs.

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u/Halospite 8d ago

Outside of the fast fashion world, It's way more about personal style now, too, and putting together outfits with unique, interesting pieces.

The industry hasn't caught on yet, and just continues to shovel slop for insecure young adults, until they too burn out.

Depending on where you live, new stuff can be boring AF. Here in Aus fresh fashion is pretty bland. I went to the UK a year and a half ago and went to a factory outlet and was amazed by all the different colours their clothes were.

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u/OwOlogy_Expert 8d ago

so now the second hand market is just too saturated.

Yep. People will just about pay you to take their old clothes away. Most kinds of clothing are dirt fucking cheap on the used market.

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u/PM-me-YOUR-0Face 8d ago edited 8d ago

The secondhand market for quality clothes is unchanged and likely increasing. The next gen really loves the quality of older clothes. They're pretty savvy shoppers. Adjacent to that is folks who have time time & energy to aggressively shop thrift stores, and become resellers themselves. I have no idea if this is an actual job but it's stupid common lately in all the WC cities I've had the pleasure of visiting their random weird thrift shows / events.

The market for fast fashion trash has been diminishing massively in the past 5-8 years. I'm not saying companies aren't doing it, but I'm pretty sure based on the data I've seen that consumers don't want to support this trend any longer.

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u/Ughasif22 8d ago edited 8d ago

I mean innovative in terms of quality like sweat wicking and being good technical fabrics and fits for running, lifting weights, yoga and overall well made — not in terms of changing styles.

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u/TheCircusSands 8d ago

Innovation to the corpos is based on 1) revenue growth 2) more profits. That's it. Whether it's good for us or causes us to grow cancers is simply a side outcome.

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u/Sipikay 8d ago

Capitalism forces the drive for innovation to the point of absurdity. No one can just be happy selling a good produce at a fair price for a reasonable return. Nope. Always need to earn more.

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u/AmandasGameAccount 8d ago

The most actual innovative things are usually big improvements in some way while the product also fits in still as if nothing changed. There are a lot of things that can be improved on if you totally change them into a style/form that people won’t like

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u/GeneralKeycapperone 8d ago

On the other hand, in the past if you found something which suited your needs, you'd return any time you needed a replacement & you'd recommend it to anyone looking for similar.

Now, there's no knowing if your favourite shirt shop even sells shirts anymore, so why bother looking?

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u/Halospite 8d ago

Here in Australia a fishing line company went out of business because its fishing line was so good nobody ever had to go back and buy more. It absolutely sucks that a quality product hurts a company under capitalism.

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u/_artbabe95 8d ago

Yup. They also discontinued my favorite shorts that I would periodically buy for lifting (I couldn't find similar enough ones anywhere else), so now I HAVE to buy any I find secondhand and have virtually no reason to shop for anything new.

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u/skushi08 8d ago

Have you seen some of the newer styles of yoga pants coming out from drop shipping brands? They’re atrocious, and many are intentionally designed to give a perma-wedgie look. I definitely don’t like those style innovations.

For an athletic company innovation should come more in the form of better material performance. I’m not sure if lulu even does material design.

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u/CrustyToeLover 8d ago edited 8d ago

Well they've gotta make the leggings give you a plumper ass that way people can complain when people look or stare, even though that's the entire point of buying such leggings 🤡🤡

Bunch of boys in here pretending they don't look, and a bunch of women pretending like they don't want people to look 🙄 there's zero reason to wear the contouring leggings over normal leggings from a functionality standpoint. You can stop pretending. Yes. I'm a man. I'm straight. When i see an attractive woman walking by, I do indeed think to myself "wow she's cute"; just like every other person on this planet that sees something attractive. Don't clutch your pearls too hard!

Girls acting like they don't look at attractive men is hilarious. The average womanomen are just as creepy and thirsty as the average man.

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u/ChangesFaces 8d ago

You're telling on yourself creep

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u/Groovyjoker 8d ago

Wow. -, now THAT is a name if I ever saw one - "crusty toe lover".

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u/CrustyToeLover 8d ago edited 8d ago

I frankly couldn't care less what women wear. If they're in suspenders and overalls I'll still look. It's basic human behavior. Pretending like nobody looks at the opposite sex is childish. There's also quite literally nothing wrong with looking at someone attractive in passing. Its not like I'm out there with a magnifying glass getting up close and sniffing their crack as they walk by 🙄

By the same logic you employ, girls glancing at a shirtless man walking down the sidewalk makes them creeps as well.

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u/Legitimate-Produce-1 8d ago edited 7d ago

I still remember when they were called out for too-sheer, see through fabric, and blamed it on people being too fat to wear 'em rather than poor quality choice in fabric. Yeah, conceptually they lost my future money way back then. I never bought anything from them to begin with, because their price point for a 20-something was too damn high. Those antics just made it super easy to never become a customer in the first place.

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u/momofroc 8d ago

I remember that as well! The CEO just wanted to look at women’s butts. Then, that CEO stepped down or was fired. After I heard that story, I decided to never buy an item from them. Not their demo anyhow so not hard

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u/tierone52 8d ago

Chip Wilson is a POS and his ugly house is a monstrosity. I wish he’d move away from Vancouver.

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u/rubbertreeparent 8d ago

He also funded right wing political candidates and mouthpieces for spread bullshit in the last election. I used to love lululemon. But never again. I almost slip sometimes. But like a drug, its siren song is quieter as time goes on.

My brother called him the king of microplastics, so there’s that, too.

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u/Melonary 8d ago

He's an anus. I literally never spent a cent there until he was kicked off the company. And honestly, quality & design is much better now imo, although I know a lot of older customers disagree with that.

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u/GoMoriartyOnPlanets 8d ago

They never "had" my money. I always lived on clearance rack and costco clothes, and I make decent money. This is America, where you can go bankrupt any day. Consumerism is a desease people don't know they have. 

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u/40ozCurls 8d ago

isn’t the name of the company a racist joke by the founder?

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u/Zucchini9873 8d ago

I read recently that it was named Lulu b/c Asian people have a hard time pronouncing the "l" sound and thus would def know that the brand was Western. So..at least for me, see ya, wouldn't want to be you!

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u/hourglass_nebula 8d ago

That is not why. It’s a portmanteau of the founder’s relatives names.

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u/40ozCurls 8d ago

False. Here are the videos of founder Chip Wilson explaining it himself.

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u/el_guille980 8d ago

that dude is a complete piece of shit

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u/boatwithane 7d ago

you’re thinking of LuLaRoe - different leggings company that did bad things

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u/hourglass_nebula 7d ago

Oh maybe you’re right!

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u/boatwithane 7d ago

i’ve mixed them up too ☺️

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u/Description-Alert 8d ago

I’ve heard that too.

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u/eastherbunni 8d ago

Yes. Chip Wilson is an asshole. He lives in my city and we all hate him.

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u/PmButtPics4ADrawing 8d ago

Yes, it's generally just a shitty company

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u/cbeeeee 8d ago

The quality has seriously turned to shit. I’m never shopping there again.

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u/Apprehensive-Luck187 8d ago

I don’t buy a ton of Lulelemon but recently I’ve noticed the quality for men’s stuff IMPROVING. I’m convinced nobody actually knows or tries to properly wash and dry athleisure clothes. Not to glaze a brand, but my nice stuff from lulu has lasted me way longer than other brands and that’s why it is worth it to me.

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u/PaleontologistEast76 8d ago

Excellent point about washing and caring for athleisure wear. If you invest in any of this stuff it makes sense to know how to properly wash and dry it so it lasts.

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u/deusasclepian 8d ago

Yeah idk, I'm a dude who's been getting pretty into running recently. I bought some lulu workout clothes and I'm very happy with all of it. It was spendy but the quality seems great.

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u/futuredrake 8d ago

It’s fantastic. I subconsciously will grab my lulu pants over any others everyday.

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u/Aggressive_Eagle1380 8d ago

Same. As a male runner and weight lifter it’s the only place I shop for athleisure. It’s great quality and lasts me forever. Literally my lululemon underwear lasts 3+ years so it’s where I always shop for that sort of thing. The haven’t noticed a dip in quality it seems pretty much the same for me.

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u/Bagel_Technician 8d ago

Competitors have popped up all over in athleisure but it seems like Lulu captured the men’s market better than the other brands who focused on capturing Lulu’s women’s market as their strategy

I did try some Alo joggers that I like more than my Lulu joggers but that was basically the extent of the men’s Alo line that even caught my eye

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u/mrhandbook 8d ago

Their men’s stuff is the shit. I like it because they actually make stuff for skinny and fit dudes and not the average blimp of a man in the US.

I don’t feel like I’m swimming in fabric because they’re not catering to fat ass America.

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u/cbeeeee 8d ago

What method do you recommend for washing? The last pair of leggings I bought from them only lasted about a year and the logo on the back started coming off as well as a hole began developing in the inner thigh :( I have older pairs that have lasted years.

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u/CrAzyCatDame 8d ago

I wash mine on delicate inside out in a clothing bag and hang dry all my athletic clothing. I have pairs of Lulu and Athleta that are probably 4 years old and logos are all still intact. I have some pilling in the thigh area but that’s because I am fat and my thighs touch.

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u/Apprehensive-Luck187 8d ago edited 8d ago

I can’t speak for leggings because I’m a dude, but I strive to follow the wash instructions on the website and avoid drying things with the machine if possible. If I use the drying machine, I put it at the absolute lowest temp and will usually pull things out before they’re “too” dry. A little neuroticism with the laundry can lead to your clothes lasting much much longer, and looking new!

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u/kennyandkennyandkenn 8d ago

yes - same thing as a dude. it's so easy to air dry the shorts and they last forever as a result

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u/c_nterella699 8d ago

the secret is washing things on cold water/gentle and ideally leaving your clothes to hang dry

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u/Away-Value9398 8d ago

Never wash athletic clothing with cotton or non athletic clothing items, hand wash unless using a front load machine and never put in the dryer.  you want to make sure there is no heat and no friction.   

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u/Melonary 8d ago
  1. wash on cold
  2. wash inside out, in a zip-up laundry bag from the dollar store, with light colours
  3. don't use shit like fabric softener, etc
  4. don't use a dryer
  5. wash on delicate

I honestly can say I've never, ever, gotten a hole in my newer lululemon leggings. I have some chub rub on the inner thighs, but that's fine, and I just clean up the pilling a bit if it's getting annoying (carefully) with a depiller.

If you use warm or hot water or a dryer you will absolutely destroy them. And that's true of the majority of nice clothing, by the way.

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u/ATPsynthase12 8d ago

Yeah this thread is nonsense. They have made consistently the best men’s clothes I own. Their ABC pants are some of the most comfortable and durable dress pants I own.

Even their mens underwear is good.

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u/Aggressive_Eagle1380 8d ago

Their men’s underwear is fantastic! It keeps its shape for years it’s really the only kind I even buy.

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u/Melonary 8d ago

I'm a woman who's only bought from them the last 8 years or so, I agree. The quality is far, far better than it used to be, but you do have to take care of it. I literally have never had any issues, no holes, nothing, and they make the most comfortable clothing I own.

I'll also never ever go back to non-lululemon dress pants.

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u/Melonary 8d ago

Agreed, I think the quality is way better than it used to be, and I never ever used to buy new from them. I have over the last few years though, and it lasts and is really stain/wear resistant. I don't think I have a single piece of clothing I've gotten rid of because it's gotten too worn, not because I don't wear them either.

And I worked in a higher-end clothing store and you're right, except it's with all clothing. People are so used to fast fashion they don't bother to take care of anything or never learned to in their teens/early 20s, and then they complain about "quality" when they just toss all their shit in together on hot, dry in a dryer on hot, and it looks like garbage and breaks down.

if you want your clothing to look good and last the 1# thing I told people was to learn how to do laundry. Have less and actually take care of it.

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u/Scoobyteebs 8d ago

Their shit lasts forever. I have a 6 year old pair of their THE shorts still going strong. Their boxers are also the best I’ve ever tried. Over the years have replaced all my other pairs with Lulu. Expensive but for something you wear everyday it’s worth every penny.

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u/MissToolTime 8d ago

I have a pair of leggings from 5+ years ago and they are a world apart from some I bought a few months ago. I like my $15 Old Navy leggings a hell of a lot more than the $100 Lulus.

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u/omegaoutlier 8d ago

Not even releasing the same thing (quality wise.)

Could justify a Lulu buy when I found something that had superior fit for me and would reasonably last. (especially considering my best fitting stuff is also seeing the most wear)

Not that way anymore (though I've heard the men's fell off faster than the women's and, if you are good with textiles/fabrics, you can navigate women's is you work at it)

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u/Ughasif22 8d ago

Yes totally. Not releasing the same quality and not releasing the whole colorway at once. Nobody wants to wait months for another color in the set to maybe come out.

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u/karzad 8d ago

How are we going to pay for eggs if we buy $128 leggings?

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u/RescuesStrayKittens 8d ago

I have a ton of Lululemon tops, quarter zips, and jackets. Somebody donated an entire collection in my size and in perfect condition to goodwill. I passed on the leggings bc that’s not something I buy secondhand. They’re nice for $10-12 in like new condition, but no way would I spend $80-120 a piece on it.

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u/3rdbasemonkey 8d ago

I can guarantee you 10$ leggings are not the same

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u/RescuesStrayKittens 7d ago

I’ve bought very high quality leggings and joggers for under $20 at Costco

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u/Important-Ad-1499 8d ago

I like lulu but I buy secondhand. I mainly wear athleisure and lulu and athleta have some items I live in and have multiples of. Innovation is not necessarily something I look for in brand esp when it comes to sports bras and leggings. 

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u/BraveLittleTowster 8d ago

The quality going down is a result of a lesson all high end companies have to learn: if your stuff never wears out, people never need to replace it. 

It's tougher to attract new customers than to get your current customers to replace their old stuff.

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u/kttuatw 8d ago

The quality going down and the prices going up are the reason I dropped the brand entirely.

It used to be worth it for good quality clothes. Now it’s no longer worth it and it’s more expensive for crap quality, why do I have any reason to keep buying?

You gain new customers with your reputation from long time customers. The way they’re going, I wouldn’t be surprised if everyone gradually decides it’s not worth it anymore.

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u/PartyPorpoise 8d ago

“Make it crap so people have to replace it faster” works for cheap fast fashion but it’s a bad strategy for something that tries to be a premium brand. Fashion companies have always been able to get people to buy more than they need by changing the styles often.

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u/fadedblackleggings 8d ago

Or you could invest in R&D and create new stuff for your same fanbase to enjoy.

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u/InternetDad 8d ago

My mom works for a local Lulu store and she says there's a huge shift in their customer base - it's trending younger.

She used to buy us all clothes pretty frequently until they axed the full store discount and clamped down on buying stuff that doesn't match the employee's body type (my wife is curvy, my mom is a twig and they will audit purchase history) and she can't buy men's stuff at a discount aside from their shop nights around the holidays. Plus the quality of Lulu gear is dropping fast.

Vuori is exploding as a competitor for the right reasons.

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u/lemjne 8d ago

That's lousy they won't give her the discount. What, she's never allowed to buy a gift for someone? Lame.

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u/Firelink_Schreien 8d ago

This is such an embarrassing and petty policy.

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u/Melonary 8d ago

I worked for years in a more expensive clothing store (not lulu), you can see my comment above but there's typically two different types of employee discounts. Lululemon has a more robust one - 60% off for full-time employees - just like my work - which is intended specifically so employees can dress in their clothing at work.

Compare that to a lot other retail stores which expect you to wear their clothing or a mix/lookalikes and still purchase it there and only give a discount of 10-15%, but have no restrictions. We did also have a more general discount of 20% that managers were less stringent on - and honestly, there's usually some flexibility on gifts even with higher discounts, but yes, if you're buying clothing all the time for multiple people in your family there with the discount intended for your personal work usage, that's gonna flag.

I can only speak for myself, but personally I'd rather have the most robust program for workers we have less personal expense for our required wardrobes over other people getting cheap gifts. Both would be nice, but fairly universally non-discriminatory discounts are much, much lower, and it sucks for retail workers to not have the higher one for our own work needs.

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u/Melonary 8d ago

Idk about lululemon, but I worked for a fancier clothing store and we typically had two types of discounts - one was a general discount that you could use for anyone, and the other was a much lower discount that's intended to let employees try the product so you gain experience with it and also so you have clothing to wear to work.

The second was much, much lower and was intended for employees only. And while I get the discount perk is nice, there were a lot of shittier chains that had much lower discounts but expected employees to still wear their clothing or dress in their style but with a piddling amount off - like, 10-15%.

Lululemon, like my store, has a much higher discount %. While it's nice to buy things for people with it, the point is really to provide clothing to employees to wear (which honestly should be free, but w/e) in a style you like and can choose and keep after, and that's why you can't just purchase clothing for everyone you know with your discount. Ime there's some leeway, but yeah, if you're buying "all of [us] clothing pretty frequently there" they will see that as an issue.

So I guess idk, all I can give is my perspective as someone in retail, but I would much rather have a really robust program for employees that prioritizes us and work comfort/affordability but has more restrictions, than one that just has buying gifts for people as a perk but less of a benefit for the actual worker.

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u/CrustyToeLover 8d ago

The last hoodie I had gifted to me from Lulu was $200.. I'm down to pay $200 for a quality hoodie, but I could also get 2 or 3 Vuori goodies for that much, and they're very arguably better quality and more comfortable.

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u/Deckardspuntedsheep 8d ago

They carry up to size in the regular clothing lines and have limited stock in XL... but nothing compared to Roots size inclusivity

But I agree with the small breast comment and the lack of innovation

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u/Araucariam 8d ago

Yup. They used to be known for dependable high quality and innovative technical gear. Thanks to the current CEO, over the last ~5 years they ditched high quality and unique designs in favor of bland, generic, mass produced product marketed to tweens at ever-climbing prices. They don’t make most of their original designs anymore, and if they do they’re cheap, watered down versions at sometimes double the original prices.

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u/kittensmakemehappy08 8d ago

Yep, Lululemon sucks now. I also used to go there all the time, now I go to Vuori

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u/Warrior_InsideMe79 8d ago

That's the European body standards for beauty. Know the market... over 40% of Americans are overweight. That's a huge number and clothing companies haven't caught on.

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u/Zealousideal_Play847 8d ago

They have suffered serious quality fade. I have 2x pairs of leggings from them that I bought 6 years ago that are amazing and still in almost perfect condition with extensive wear. A pair that are about 3 years old are in far worse condition somehow, despite wearing them interchangeably. Tried on a few pairs last year and couldn’t tell the difference between them and products half the price. It’s a shame. I would still fork out if I knew they would go the distance. The 6+ year old pairs were around $120AUD at the time, now that’s what I call value for money. It just doesn’t exist anymore, sadly.

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u/lemonloaff 8d ago

My wife still has and wears the same two pairs of black sweatpants from Lulu she got 14 years ago when we started dating. Other than being a bit faded, they are 100% fine. Testament of their old quality though.

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u/Glittering-Craft7163 8d ago

Their workout bras like the cloud are great but the design of the fabric being GLUED together on something that needs to be washed frequently and is jostled around in, it always comes undone and “breaks” open right under the bust. Why isn’t it SEWN together?

I honestly don’t understand this design because they discontinued the yoga pants seams they tried this with, surprise- because they also came undone. It’s such an easy fix and yet they don’t.

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u/JayCee-dajuiceman11 8d ago

For $300 😂

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u/Cetun 8d ago

How many ppl need the same sweater or tights in multiple colors.

Enough to keep things going but not enough to sustain a business long term.

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u/honestredditor1984 8d ago

If anything, a lot of their policy changes also screwed them over big time. 

Their warranty used to be great and now it's meh. Not being able to use discount with gift card. And it's just a bunch of overpriced plastic!!

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u/MateriaGirl7 8d ago

You could always try Aerie! The real me extra leggings feel almost the same as lulus without the $100 pricetag

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u/Ughasif22 8d ago

I’ll check them out

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u/TooRiski 8d ago

My wife like to call it a belt bag too and I always correct her and she hates it, it's a FANNY PACK!!! lol

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u/Melonary 8d ago

Ma'am no fanny pack costs that much money! I get the spirit, but I gotta object, it's a bougie fanny pack.

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u/MadV1llain 8d ago

I used to like lulu a lot for workout clothes. I swore they were worth the price. Quality definitely went down at some point.

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u/ThatOneClone 8d ago

What I like about lulu though as a guy are the pants. I love their work pants. I have a weird body shape at 5’7” and it’s the only pants that fit perfect with my athletic thighs.

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u/Melonary 8d ago

Yeah, their work pants are absolutely amazing.

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u/Smallios 8d ago

I have pants from lulu that are 15 years old in much better shape and much better fabric than a pair I could buy tomorrow. The quality is terrible.

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u/terrificmeow 8d ago

I used to love their leggings but they don’t fit me anymore. The last time I needed new leggings I bought elsewhere. It’s not even a size issue, it’s a fit problem. The hip to waist ratio is meant for people with a very straight shape only. I wonder if it’s because their consumer base is trending younger.

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u/Independent-Cow-4070 8d ago

I only fucked with them cuz they sold long and skinny joggers that actually looked and performed well

Nike and (preferably) adidas have since been stepping up their game so lululemon is just irrelevant imo

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u/HamburgerGoat 7d ago

They don’t even release different colors. It’s different shades of black and green and any time they make another color (burgundy Zeroed in short for example) the color sells out immediately. Its maddening. Also discontinuing “The Short” was a decision.

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u/sportsfan510 6d ago

Agreed. I don’t need 4 of the same thing at $138 each…even with sweat collective, it’s pricey. Noticed on some of the newer items (ABC joggers) the pockets aren’t as deep. Fitting for this article!

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u/MamaDaddy 8d ago

Vinyasa scarf is good, but I buy those secondhand... like most everything else

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u/Professional_Name_78 8d ago

Seems to be working for Stanley .. 💀 if women are buying .. 😂 you have a product .

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u/Adventureehbud 8d ago

I would enjoy if they did release the same leggings in new patterns/ colours. The issue is after 10years when I’m ready to replace my leggings and sweater the new ones are no where the same quality. I’ve had to mend tears and seams and holes after only 2 years of wear. The hoodie got a big tear after only 6 months! I still had the one I got in 2018! It’s just too tight now.

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u/redditgolddigg3r 8d ago

To be fair, they also make really, really good quality clothes.

I have shorts, socks, boxes, and a hoodie from years ago. All of them are still in perfect condition despite very regular wear.

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u/Best-Towel5796 8d ago

You have a bag just for carrying belts?

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u/Ughasif22 8d ago

Haha it’s more of an overpriced fanny pack I bought for a trip to universal studios.

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u/Best-Towel5796 8d ago

Ah, so a belt with a bag on it I see

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u/Ughasif22 8d ago

Yes haha

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u/getrhekt 8d ago

Cheaper materials and also got rid of their free alteration/ repair policy LOL

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u/getrhekt 8d ago

Cheaper materials and also got rid of their free alteration/ repair policy LOL

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u/Rich_Bluejay3020 8d ago

HARD agree. I broke up with Lulu probably two years ago. There’s two styles I love and do have in a bunch of colors—the invigorate leggings and the court rival skirt. They discontinued both and I discontinued their bullshit. Prices have gone way up and the quality had a sharp decline.

Im also realizing that I might be allergic to the thread that’s in the invigorate leggings too 🙃

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u/ZorbaOnReddit 8d ago

The men's running shorts have gotten better over the last few years and are much better than the other big brands, like Nike and about the same price.

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u/Melonary 8d ago

Ngl, I totally disagree with this. The old CEO was a racist asshole, people were already saying this 10 years ago and it was truer then, and their clothing was absolutely hideous most of the time. I remember going in there once looking for something (can't remember why lmao) and overhearing an employee telling a customer that their pants were ripping because they were wearing them instead of just using them for yoga, which is crazy.

Now that they're not run by a shithead and the quality and design is less ugly I've bought some leggings and sweaters from there on sale or newer ones used from people on marketplace and they've lasted years with minimal wear. Their sizing is always way bigger than it used to be - I'm quite a few sizes smaller there than I am at other stores, and whatever you say about "vanity sizing" it extends the upper range more, because they used to be the opposite (smaller sizing than average).

Well-made staples that remain similar but come in different colours are better to me than the "innovation" of the fast fashion trend cycle on tiktok of completely different styles in and out every few weeks.

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u/othybear 8d ago

Lulu also doesn’t pass the “bend over test” for me. If I can see the pattern of my undies when I bend over wearing leggings, I’m not buying the leggings. There are plenty of $10 leggings I can find that are thick enough to not be slightly see through.

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u/cremaster304 8d ago

Complaining that lulu doesn't cater to fat people is like complaining that big&tall doesn't cater to midgets. Get over it, you're fat, shop somewhere else.

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u/Ughasif22 8d ago

Lol I’m actually not but go off 😂

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u/Argo2292 8d ago

Fatty is complaining normal clothes don't fit on them.

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u/ATPsynthase12 8d ago

aren’t inclusive in sizes

I mean it’s a primarily athletic wear clothing store for generally athletically built people. I don’t think they ever claimed to be a store that was inclusive for the morbidly obese.

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u/Ok-Comfortable313 8d ago

Lol aren't inclusive in sizes

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u/tapdancingtoes 8d ago

Less sizes available = less customers available. Not sure why that’s funny to you.

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u/Positive-Grape5126 8d ago

Oh no. People of all sizes moving.

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u/YourVelcroCat 8d ago edited 8d ago

I mean I'm saying this as a person who is a true size 2 - they're limiting their customer base because their clothes are so small. Its an illogical business decision based on God knows what. Probably their CEO being a dick. 

But yeah, heavy people like to look good working out too and they also have money. 

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u/ChangesFaces 8d ago

This. And hw did it work out for Abercrombie?

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u/Truth_Seeker963 8d ago

What’s funny? They aren’t.

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u/firey_magican_283 8d ago

Slightly on the skinny side but if I can't fit clothing I won't buy it, although I haven't had an issue finding clothing that fits. sometimes it sags a bit like shorts that are a good length need a belt if I want to carry my phone and wallet although most shorts have a belt loop.

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u/Veil-of-Fire 8d ago

If you're only planning to sell to thin, fabulous people, doing business in America is a quick trip to bankruptcy.

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u/lavasca 8d ago

I’m far from petite or “Amber, the ideal customer” and haven’t had a problem. I’m almost 6’0 and an hourglass.

I get what you mean though. It is truly s fluke that they fit me. I’m happy to buy used [and deloussed].