Happy Thanksgiving to all of you American readers! And, well, happy Thursday to the rest of you. :)
Today we’ve got the first Thursday upload of the holiday season aka the special edition Black Friday drop (except that it isn’t Friday yet, but you get the point). There’s quite a few things we’ve seen elsewhere, plus quite a few brand new styles! The shine on capsule (which you can see currently in Australia and in my post earlier this week) actually *didn’t* upload, but quite a few others did. Here goes:
The new reflective ravish reptile capsule is here in all its crazy-priced glory. Most items are priced about double the usual. Shown above: pace tights, speed tights, race with grace 1/2 zip, all sport bra, and speed shorts. I’m interested to hear the try-on feedback from those who try these in stores.
The new Polartec fleece out jacket is up in rumble berry and black.
Canada got a second new jacket: the cozy up buttercup jacket, which features a sherpa fleece lining.
New pigment wind multi hi-rise wunder under crops.
The US got these new pace tights in rumble berry weave and in pigment wind rumble berry. The new weave speed tights are up in the US, too, but you pay an extra $20 for this feature.
New speed shorts: black with rumble berry trim in US and pigment wind rumble berry in Canada.
Pigment wind rumble berry speed tights are new in Canada. These and the pace tights above are so cute, but I noticed that the pair the model is wearing is almost completely white in the bum, so you’ll have to be careful of pattern placement.
Also in Canada: new brushed black grape speed tights. I know a few people were hoping these would come out again this year! These are a nice alternative to the black grape toasty techs if you prefer this style.
The new special edition zip vinyasa in apex stripe is here. No sign of the apex stripe mind and body kit or festival bag, though.
P.S. WMTM has been updated in the US here and in Canada here!
Do things which load in Canada typically load in the US later? Really want the pigment wind speeds. Thanks!
99% of the time, yes they do, so I would expect (and hope) the speeds will arrive sometime in the next week or two. For whatever reason, the two countries often don’t operate on the same product drop schedule.
Thanks so much! Will keep stalking :) Also, shopped Alala after seeing them on your blog. Excited to try them out!
Yes, definitely! Fingers crossed you like your Alala finds, too. :)
I bought two more pairs of the zone in pants…$39 when they used to be $128! They have terrible reviews but I love mine! I have the naval blue and had zero issues with pilling…I even washed mine and everything. Hopefully my next two pairs will be just as good!
That’s crazy… Are they phasing out the zone ins already??? That kind of deep markdown, especially for a recent release, is totally unexpected. Since you like your pair, you’d be crazy not to try more. :)
I ordered the zone in pants last week from the European site , regular price 138 euros.They haven’t been marked down for the Europe and i’m shoched now that i see them in that price to the US site.Hopefully they are not so bad.
Another Fluffin’ Awesome Jacket and two vests for meeeee! What a nice deep discount and I managed to get them in black and the pretty blush color. Eager to see if my store got the reptilian stuff, can’t imagine one person spending $298 on those pace tights and I live in New York where crazy women with too much money can pretty much justify spending anything on anything. That just seems absurd. Happy TG AA!
Someone pointed out on Facebook today that not one size of anything reflective has sold through online. There’s something slightly vindicating about that, that we’re not the only ones who think it’s a little over the top. :P
I actually am a crazy person, and yes…bought the reflective gear. St. Louis is just one of 20 stores getting the new gear for this release and so I know it will be at our store tomorrow but I went ahead and purchased online tonight. I’m a big fan of their reflective gear and especially like the 360 feature. I didn’t get the speed tights because the reflective feature is down the side (which isn’t all that reflective unless the light hits you from the side), so I chose the pace tights. I also got the race with grace pullover and the reflective headband. I’ll let ya’ll know how they work out when I get them! (I also ordered the speed tights with the weave, and the pace tights with the accent weave).
Heh I was wondering if anyone would ‘fess up to having ordered something. ;) Curious what you think of them!
I received my reflective gear this morning which is probably the fastest shipment I’ve received from lulu in a long time. It’s *not* great, and while it’s functional, it’s really uncomfortable and has a plastic-like feel with a heaviness to it. Reflective gear usually isn’t soft but this is overkill and ruins the comfort factor all-around. The fabric on the speed tights is the full 360 reflective material, which is quite stiff. Maybe the pace tights would be better since they are only partially covered? Still, not comfortable enough to keep for this price. The race with grace pullover was also heavier in feel and the reflective material simply doesn’t “move” with you, the arms felt “crunchy”. The headband also is tighter since the reflective material doesn’t stretch well, but I’m stuck with final sale on that one. I’ll pass it along in a stocking to one of my tween daughters. :)
The accent weave special edition pace tights and speed tights are however really really really cool. I’m keeping the speed tights, but returning the pace tights (with cranberry red). The red accent would be cool if they didn’t have a red seam up the whole side too (which I didn’t notice online immediately). It highlights my figure a bit too sharply – kind of like a white seam on black pants would. My local store still has tons of the reflective gear too…it’s just not selling as quickly as anticipated I guess.
Hmmm, well, that’s too bad, but I can’t say I’m too shocked. Part of me was hoping their “reflective glass beads” thing was going to make it extra-nice, but it sounds like no! At least it’s money back in your pocket for something better!! I’m glad the weave worked out, since that price is much more palatable. ;) Thanks for the report!!
The apex stripe vinyasa is really tempting, but I have spent too much already so I will wait before pulling the trigger.
Alala items are all 40% off on the Nordstrom site. There are only 5 items though including rolldown sweatpants, sophisticated jacket, and captain crop.
I noticed that! I wonder if Nordstrom is not going to stock Alala anymore and they’re clearing out the remaining stock. Looks like the sweats are already gone.
I had to get the apex strip vinyasa – I also ordered the black and white neck warmer so I’ll decide which I like best and return the other. I also ordered the speed tights in pigment wind. A total gamble given the variance in pattern placement, so we’ll see. But I love luxtreme printed bottoms for some reason :)
Fingers crossed on the pattern placement lottery! :)
I am loving the apex stripe vinyasa! But the only drawback is that it comes with a zipper, instead of the usual buttons. Wonder if it makes a big difference or works somewhat the same? Either way, I love it… I may just give in and purchase it :)
One potential issue with the zipper is that it may not stay in one place as well as the snaps. In other words, the zipper might slide open more than you intended it as you move around. Personally, I’d also be afraid it would catch on a sweater or something.
Thanks for taking the time to post this. I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! The best things were from WMTM, I thought. I do love the menthol hit your stride skirt (my fave skirt), but the price is crazy. I got a few things from WMTM, including another Follow Your Bliss bag. I bought my first a few weeks ago on WMTM. It’s perfect as a work bag. The vertical shape fits my laptop, shoes, lunch, etc better than my last Lulu bag, and the straps are really comfy.
I really like the follow your bliss bag too, but it seems like one is good enough for me.
I mainly got a second because the color in the first one wasn’t what I thought it would be and won’t go with most of what I wear. Second is a more versatile color!
Yes, the menthol skirt was really cute, but $74 is just too much. Considering it’s winter, WMTM for that one seems like a very real possibility.
I ordered a Kanto Catch Me 1/2 zip in the herringbone off WMTM. Been needing some nice winter running tops (but not at the full $98 price!). Don’t know if this top was new to WMTM or not, but I just now noticed it! Nothing else from the upload is of interest to me, however.
Oh, and I’m glad I ordered the black grape Toasty Techs – they’re sold out now, and boy are those pants great! Best workout purchase I’ve made in a long time.
Yes I got the black grape toasties too! Already worn them twice. :)
I also have the Toasty Techs, and the color was listed as “Black Grape” online (with the pink color static waistband) but the tag from the store has the color listed as “BSWN”, which is Black Swan. The pullover which matches, Face the Frost 1/2 zip, is also listed as Black Grape online and I purchase it online (instead of in store like the tights), but it also has the tag which lists “BSWN”. They match so I’m assuming Black Swan is also Black Grape?
Yup, “BSWN” used to be called black swan. I think they had to change it to black grape because of the movie. It’s the exact same color, though, which is why it still has the same 4-letter code.