Color Comparison - Beach Blanket Blue vs. Beaming Blue
Reader, Ms. J., sent this great comparison photo in of Beaming Blue, on left, and Beach Blanket Blue, on right. The difference in color in the store didn't look like great and is making me want to go get the Beach Blanket one.
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I'm not even slightly tempted.
I actually unsubscribed from all LLL alerts, the regular and the store alerts. I was in the mall the other day and I didn't even go in, not EVEN for anything reduced.
I'll still check this blog for new product and expect to be remotely interested in some stuff, but I'm pretty sure I'm done. The ONLY thing I want right now is a Very Green CRB which clearly will never happen.
I'm signed up for YogaSmoga, placed my first order (thanks again for LLA reader discount) and am much more interested to see what they produce. Telling all the friends as well, which I imagine many of us are: LLL is going to see a major shift. They can carry on with the juvenile designs and crap quality, it will not be my hard earned money that supports them anymore.
My pinkalicious energy bra and crb both turned the wash water pink during first washing. Have worn and sweat in energy bra with no color bleeding. Have not worn crb yet.
I think beach blanket blue is very similar to porcelaine as well. Only BBB seams to be a touch brighter. Keeping the BBB and going to eBay the porcelaine.
yeah i was at a showroom and compared the bbb and the beamine and under their lights the bbb looked lighter and warmer more carribean and the beaming was cooler and deeper more saturated w/ out the warmer undertones, both are nice imo.
Off topic: I went to one of my local lululemons and got some Fossil (grey) Studio Pants for only $50! I was like, SCORE! It's one of those items that I've been waiting for a color I like to come out, and that Fossil color was perfect...and the fact that they were on markdown was the cherry on top. So happy.
I tried on some newer wunder under pants, the inkwell pinstripe, and they were super sheer.
@anon 1:11 - i got fossil studio crops about a week ago on MD! i was so suprised to see them, and they had only 1 pair on the MD rack, precisely in my size (: I think they were $39, and i got the R&D discount on top of that. I couldn't believe it!
I think the color references are nice....especially if you are looking for the right tone of a certain color....but I don't get owning several CRBs of the same tone.
Why would someone want BOTH a beaming blue and beach blanket CRB? I can see maybe buying a pink shell and a pinkelicious because one is light and one is dark...but some of these colors are just too close.
Even with the light pink and dark pinks....I'm going to wait and get the RIGHT color. I have been wanting a purple really bad...but I'm not going to run out and buy this new lighter purple, because I want something darker like power purple. To me (and my opinion only, no judgment ladies), I can't justify a dark and light color...let alone several shades of one color....in one particular type of tank.
I was at the Bellevue Mall yesterday and I kept seeing a ton of little girls (high school age) wearing lululemon casually. They were wearing the inspires and wunder unders and cropped jackets... made me feel self conscious... Like I was in to teeny bopper clothing.
Anon @ 4.29, I know what you mean. I'm also a dance instructor and wear Lulu's to teach my classes, but most of my tween and teen students also wear Lulu's. It's not really an adult brand any more is it.
Does anyone know if that aquamarine/beach blanket blue bag that is in WMTM was ever sold at regular price? I don't ever remember seeing it before it went to WMTM, but maybe I just missed it. I think it's really cute, but I don't really NEED a new bag. It'd be a cute beach bag, but I don't live near a beach anymore. :-(
@anon 317pm - I agree with you completely! I always think the same thing! I think having a light and dark is okay, but not two that are very similar shades. But that's me!
Went to a new store that just opened this weekend. They had the run tame me in the new lighter pink- pink parfait I think? Really pretty!! They also had the warm up crew for $29. Wanted to like it but it is just so boxy and short. Material is great and if it was just a bit longer and fitted would be perfect. Their pant selection was horrible!! Only light colored wunder unders and just a pathetic mix for opening weekend of a new store. I brought a friend and she was so disappointed.
It occurs to you that a lot of young girls are wearing lulu.
Did you ever consider that those young girls are trying to look older, and not that lulu is marketing to a them? In fact, ivivva is their response to younger girls who are looking for athletic apparel.
I just started LLL last Sept and had gone totally crazy in the last few months. I never fell for the yoga pants so I am not aware of how bad the quality has become. I was at Santana Row last week and went to check out the store and it somehow gave me the wrong vibe and now I don't feel as addicted to LLL anymore. There were so many ppl in the store and everyone was wearing LLL like a uniform! I had ordered 2 hoodies while I was away and I have not yet opened them since I came home. I guess I will just return them. I also saw some mothers bringing their kids to try on LLL and I felt so wrong - 1. that they are wearing expensive clothing at such a young age and 2. that I am wearing the same clothes at my age...
Hi all, I've got the beaming blue which I found toooo strikingly bright, hard to match with what I have. Porcelaine on the other hand is really pretty, although I'm really loving the look of the warm undertone in BBB.
Can someone advise the fabric for BBB? Is it similar to the coral CRB?
Maybe I am a bit naive but I really don't see anything wrong with young women and teenagers wearing lululemon. I don't think that workout gear has a target age. I have been doing sports from a young age and never really pay much attention to age appropriate clothing. To me it's like jeans anyone of any size or age or ethnic group can wear them, and should not be judged.
Somehow I don't care if some 14 y/o girls wear the same WUC and the same CRB that I have. At 39, the same two pieces look different on my body, for better or for worst. Just like I see teenagers in NYC walking in the same platform $1300 Louboutin's I own. What matters to me is that I feel confident wearing what I wear while working out. Just today one of the young personal trainers at my gym said to me in front of everybody "you are a beautiful woman and you look great in those clothes". She's like half my age. I was wearing solid black Runder Under pants and the Some Like It Hot tank also in black. Such a compliment coming from another woman, and one almost half my age, means more to me that 50 compliments coming from 50 guys. I think it is all about confidence, and that is something you gain with the years.
I buy my very athletic 14 year old daughter LLL clothes. I also purchase LLL for myself. I don't understand why people feel they have the right to judge me for what brands I can afford to purchase. I am not a 50 year old trying to look like a teenager, and my daughter is not trying to look older than her age. We are two very athletic females who have a need for workout clothes and we choose LLL. I also find it funny that no one complains about teenagers wearing Nike, Adidas, Under Armor all brands that adults wear.
My two cents on this is that I really don't care if girls or old women or whatever wear LLL casually. I know why I wear it, and I spend my money on athletic apparel that is functional, cute, and fits with my workouts and lifestyle. A lot of times lulu comes out on top and there are some key pieces I will always love, regardless of whetherthebrand becomes trendy or teeny-boppers wear it too. I just don't let it bother me. If I saw a 15 year old walk down the street wearing the same lulu outfit as me, I'd probably just laugh. After all, I have no reason to be ashamed :)
I have the BB CRB and never wear it as its hair not the perfect blue I thought it would be.... This photo really makes the beach blanket color look like the shade I was hoping Beaming Blue would be... I know I could buy the beach blanket and sell the beaming.... Hmmm.....
These days the adults are opting out of purchasing LL because of declining quality. Given how short the tops, hoodies are these days I feel LL is targeting the younger age group, they are the only ones able to wear them and look age appropriate .
I think lululemon targets everybody nowadays, in greed and desperation to make more money. It is up to each one of us, to buy what we consider appropriate for our age, body type and activity. Lululemon sells stuff I would never wear, like the beloved ta ta tamer or energy bra (not body appropriate), Boogie/super tiny shorts (not age appropriate), or studio pants/crops (not activity appropriate). I don't really know how people categorize a CRB or WU as being "appropriate" for some age group and not for another? Designs like those are so generic: basically a pair of leggins and a racerback. Someone explain to me why a 12 or 13 y/o should not wear them if they can afford it?
@anon 1:08 & others - i think this is the idea behind those who think that tweens shouldn't be wearing lulu (i'm offering this veiwpoint just as some insight into the debate; i don't intend for it to express my personal opinion on the matter):
1. lulu is expensive. 2. it is inappropriate to buy tweens expensive gym clothes. therefore, 3. it is inappropriate to buy lulu for tweens.
premise 1 is given. i think we all agree - no matter how rich you may be - that lulu is expensive workout wear. the question is then, what is the support for premise 2 (and this is what i think people fail to express)? here's my take on things:
firstly, tweens are still growing and their bodies are still changing. while it's possible that the WU and CRBs that you buy for them now will still fit them in 5 years, there's also a good possibility that they won't. many female bodies continue to develop into their late teens and early 20s. so it's a waste of money to invest in expensive clothing for tweens when they might grow out of it. whether or not you can afford to spend such extravagant sums has little bearing here. perhaps you can afford to buy your tween lulu - this doesn't mean that you SHOULD. objectively, there are many other things better things you could do with that money - give to charity, put into into a college fund for your daughter, create a trust fund for her, etc. yes, it's your money and you can spend it any damn way you'd like to. but that doesn't mean that all choices are equal. some choices are just simply better than others.
secondly, purchasing expensive gym clothing for your tween encourages consumerism and disposability. disposability because, as we just mentioned, the tween is most likely going to grow out of those clothes - so one cannot argue that one is making an investment in clothing that will last for years. instead, one is sending the message that it's ok to spend a lot of money on items that you'll get a bit of use from and then dispose of later. it encourages consumerism and this idea of "labels" and superficiality. aren't our daughters already inundated enough with fashion and labels and the idea that "you gotta have x or else you're a loser"? do we need to further encourage this behavior? do we really want to teach our daughters to be so superficial that they must have lulu, rather than a knock off pair of leggings?
you might then ask, what's the difference between parents buying it for themselves, and buying it for their daughters, then? don't both encourage the same superficiality? i don't think so. the difference circles back to the idea of disposability again. when an adult buys lulu, the adult can make the claim that she is buying it for quality. she will keep that lulu and wear it for quite sometime. the longevity of that purchase, then, becomes cost beneficial over the long-term. you pay more initially, but in return you have a quality garment that you'll wear for years. in the case of a tween, one cannot make such a claim.
i think that it is these two reasons together that support premise number 2, and ultimately the claim that it's inappropriate to spend such money on tween clothing (and by extent - it's inappropriate to buy tweens ANY super expensive designer clothing).
there is also a third consideration, though one that doesn't directly support the premises, but may itself support the conclusion: lulu has a certain amount of sexual appeal. already in our culture, tweens are over sexualized - just take a look at the majority of models - these are all young teenage girls. by dressing our tween daughters in lulu, we are condoning this sexualization of young girls, and enforcing the message that pre-pubescent bodies are the proper objects of desire. this is not to say that we ought to clothe our daughters in curtains, but just that we ought not to reinforce this notion of tweens as sexual objects.
I remember what I wore to the gym as a teen... and it sucked... but I looked awesome so it wasn't too terrible. Now I am old and saggy... and I don't even really work out any more either... but never again will I have to wear leotards under jeans to walk to the bus stop when it's -30. The leotards under jeans, and stiff board shorts with cotton tees were ...character building (and just as ugly as most of the pre-lulu athletic gear that was available to me as a teenager)... but as I own a few grand in lulu just to commute comfortably, I refuse to judge the teeny boppers and their parents for wearing lulu casually (most of them are probably more active than me anyway)
I just realized that only my mom calls tights leotards... idk why she does but she does and when im a bit off I accidentally call them that too... tights under my jeans... not leotards
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I'm not even slightly tempted.
I actually unsubscribed from all LLL alerts, the regular and the store alerts. I was in the mall the other day and I didn't even go in, not EVEN for anything reduced.
I'll still check this blog for new product and expect to be remotely interested in some stuff, but I'm pretty sure I'm done. The ONLY thing I want right now is a Very Green CRB which clearly will never happen.
I'm signed up for YogaSmoga, placed my first order (thanks again for LLA reader discount) and am much more interested to see what they produce. Telling all the friends as well, which I imagine many of us are: LLL is going to see a major shift. They can carry on with the juvenile designs and crap quality, it will not be my hard earned money that supports them anymore.
My pinkalicious energy bra and crb both turned the wash water pink during first washing. Have worn and sweat in energy bra with no color bleeding. Have not worn crb yet.
I think beach blanket blue is very similar to porcelaine as well. Only BBB seams to be a touch brighter. Keeping the BBB and going to eBay the porcelaine.
yeah i was at a showroom and compared the bbb and the beamine and under their lights the bbb looked lighter and warmer more carribean and the beaming was cooler and deeper more saturated w/ out the warmer undertones, both are nice imo.
Off topic: I went to one of my local lululemons and got some Fossil (grey) Studio Pants for only $50! I was like, SCORE! It's one of those items that I've been waiting for a color I like to come out, and that Fossil color was perfect...and the fact that they were on markdown was the cherry on top. So happy.
I tried on some newer wunder under pants, the inkwell pinstripe, and they were super sheer.
@anon 1:11 - i got fossil studio crops about a week ago on MD! i was so suprised to see them, and they had only 1 pair on the MD rack, precisely in my size (: I think they were $39, and i got the R&D discount on top of that. I couldn't believe it!
I think the color references are nice....especially if you are looking for the right tone of a certain color....but I don't get owning several CRBs of the same tone.
Why would someone want BOTH a beaming blue and beach blanket CRB? I can see maybe buying a pink shell and a pinkelicious because one is light and one is dark...but some of these colors are just too close.
Even with the light pink and dark pinks....I'm going to wait and get the RIGHT color. I have been wanting a purple really bad...but I'm not going to run out and buy this new lighter purple, because I want something darker like power purple. To me (and my opinion only, no judgment ladies), I can't justify a dark and light color...let alone several shades of one color....in one particular type of tank.
I was at the Bellevue Mall yesterday and I kept seeing a ton of little girls (high school age) wearing lululemon casually. They were wearing the inspires and wunder unders and cropped jackets... made me feel self conscious... Like I was in to teeny bopper clothing.
Anon @ 4.29, I know what you mean. I'm also a dance instructor and wear Lulu's to teach my classes, but most of my tween and teen students also wear Lulu's. It's not really an adult brand any more is it.
Does anyone know if that aquamarine/beach blanket blue bag that is in WMTM was ever sold at regular price? I don't ever remember seeing it before it went to WMTM, but maybe I just missed it. I think it's really cute, but I don't really NEED a new bag. It'd be a cute beach bag, but I don't live near a beach anymore. :-(
@anon 317pm - I agree with you completely! I always think the same thing! I think having a light and dark is okay, but not two that are very similar shades. But that's me!
Went to a new store that just opened this weekend. They had the run tame me in the new lighter pink- pink parfait I think? Really pretty!! They also had the warm up crew for $29. Wanted to like it but it is just so boxy and short. Material is great and if it was just a bit longer and fitted would be perfect. Their pant selection was horrible!! Only light colored wunder unders and just a pathetic mix for opening weekend of a new store. I brought a friend and she was so disappointed.
@4:29 and @5:26
It occurs to you that a lot of young girls are wearing lulu.
Did you ever consider that those young girls are trying to look older, and not that lulu is marketing to a them? In fact, ivivva is their response to younger girls who are looking for athletic apparel.
I just started LLL last Sept and had gone totally crazy in the last few months. I never fell for the yoga pants so I am not aware of how bad the quality has become. I was at Santana Row last week and went to check out the store and it somehow gave me the wrong vibe and now I don't feel as addicted to LLL anymore. There were so many ppl in the store and everyone was wearing LLL like a uniform! I had ordered 2 hoodies while I was away and I have not yet opened them since I came home. I guess I will just return them. I also saw some mothers bringing their kids to try on LLL and I felt so wrong - 1. that they are wearing expensive clothing at such a young age and 2. that I am wearing the same clothes at my age...
Hi all, I've got the beaming blue which I found toooo strikingly bright, hard to match with what I have. Porcelaine on the other hand is really pretty, although I'm really loving the look of the warm undertone in BBB.
Can someone advise the fabric for BBB? Is it similar to the coral CRB?
Maybe I am a bit naive but I really don't see anything wrong with young women and teenagers wearing lululemon. I don't think that workout gear has a target age. I have been doing sports from a young age and never really pay much attention to age appropriate clothing. To me it's like jeans anyone of any size or age or ethnic group can wear them, and should not be judged.
M
I have the WU inkwell stripe and they are not sheer standing or bending.
Somehow I don't care if some 14 y/o girls wear the same WUC and the same CRB that I have. At 39, the same two pieces look different on my body, for better or for worst. Just like I see teenagers in NYC walking in the same platform $1300 Louboutin's I own. What matters to me is that I feel confident wearing what I wear while working out. Just today one of the young personal trainers at my gym said to me in front of everybody "you are a beautiful woman and you look great in those clothes". She's like half my age. I was wearing solid black Runder Under pants and the Some Like It Hot tank also in black. Such a compliment coming from another woman, and one almost half my age, means more to me that 50 compliments coming from 50 guys.
I think it is all about confidence, and that is something you gain with the years.
I buy my very athletic 14 year old daughter LLL clothes. I also purchase LLL for myself. I don't understand why people feel they have the right to judge me for what brands I can afford to purchase. I am not a 50 year old trying to look like a teenager, and my daughter is not trying to look older than her age. We are two very athletic females who have a need for workout clothes and we choose LLL. I also find it funny that no one complains about teenagers wearing Nike, Adidas, Under Armor all brands that adults wear.
My two cents on this is that I really don't care if girls or old women or whatever wear LLL casually. I know why I wear it, and I spend my money on athletic apparel that is functional, cute, and fits with my workouts and lifestyle. A lot of times lulu comes out on top and there are some key pieces I will always love, regardless of whetherthebrand becomes trendy or teeny-boppers wear it too. I just don't let it bother me. If I saw a 15 year old walk down the street wearing the same lulu outfit as me, I'd probably just laugh. After all, I have no reason to be ashamed :)
I have the BB CRB and never wear it as its hair not the perfect blue I thought it would be.... This photo really makes the beach blanket color look like the shade I was hoping Beaming Blue would be... I know I could buy the beach blanket and sell the beaming.... Hmmm.....
These days the adults are opting out of purchasing LL because of declining quality. Given how short the tops, hoodies are these days I feel LL is targeting the younger age group, they are the only ones able to wear them and look age appropriate .
I think lululemon targets everybody nowadays, in greed and desperation to make more money. It is up to each one of us, to buy what we consider appropriate for our age, body type and activity. Lululemon sells stuff I would never wear, like the beloved ta ta tamer or energy bra (not body appropriate), Boogie/super tiny shorts (not age appropriate), or studio pants/crops (not activity appropriate).
I don't really know how people categorize a CRB or WU as being "appropriate" for some age group and not for another? Designs like those are so generic: basically a pair of leggins and a racerback. Someone explain to me why a 12 or 13 y/o should not wear them if they can afford it?
@anon 10:53 I like your attitute!
@anon 1:08 & others - i think this is the idea behind those who think that tweens shouldn't be wearing lulu (i'm offering this veiwpoint just as some insight into the debate; i don't intend for it to express my personal opinion on the matter):
1. lulu is expensive.
2. it is inappropriate to buy tweens expensive gym clothes.
therefore, 3. it is inappropriate to buy lulu for tweens.
premise 1 is given. i think we all agree - no matter how rich you may be - that lulu is expensive workout wear. the question is then, what is the support for premise 2 (and this is what i think people fail to express)? here's my take on things:
firstly, tweens are still growing and their bodies are still changing. while it's possible that the WU and CRBs that you buy for them now will still fit them in 5 years, there's also a good possibility that they won't. many female bodies continue to develop into their late teens and early 20s. so it's a waste of money to invest in expensive clothing for tweens when they might grow out of it. whether or not you can afford to spend such extravagant sums has little bearing here. perhaps you can afford to buy your tween lulu - this doesn't mean that you SHOULD. objectively, there are many other things better things you could do with that money - give to charity, put into into a college fund for your daughter, create a trust fund for her, etc. yes, it's your money and you can spend it any damn way you'd like to. but that doesn't mean that all choices are equal. some choices are just simply better than others.
secondly, purchasing expensive gym clothing for your tween encourages consumerism and disposability. disposability because, as we just mentioned, the tween is most likely going to grow out of those clothes - so one cannot argue that one is making an investment in clothing that will last for years. instead, one is sending the message that it's ok to spend a lot of money on items that you'll get a bit of use from and then dispose of later. it encourages consumerism and this idea of "labels" and superficiality. aren't our daughters already inundated enough with fashion and labels and the idea that "you gotta have x or else you're a loser"? do we need to further encourage this behavior? do we really want to teach our daughters to be so superficial that they must have lulu, rather than a knock off pair of leggings?
you might then ask, what's the difference between parents buying it for themselves, and buying it for their daughters, then? don't both encourage the same superficiality? i don't think so. the difference circles back to the idea of disposability again. when an adult buys lulu, the adult can make the claim that she is buying it for quality. she will keep that lulu and wear it for quite sometime. the longevity of that purchase, then, becomes cost beneficial over the long-term. you pay more initially, but in return you have a quality garment that you'll wear for years. in the case of a tween, one cannot make such a claim.
i think that it is these two reasons together that support premise number 2, and ultimately the claim that it's inappropriate to spend such money on tween clothing (and by extent - it's inappropriate to buy tweens ANY super expensive designer clothing).
there is also a third consideration, though one that doesn't directly support the premises, but may itself support the conclusion: lulu has a certain amount of sexual appeal. already in our culture, tweens are over sexualized - just take a look at the majority of models - these are all young teenage girls. by dressing our tween daughters in lulu, we are condoning this sexualization of young girls, and enforcing the message that pre-pubescent bodies are the proper objects of desire. this is not to say that we ought to clothe our daughters in curtains, but just that we ought not to reinforce this notion of tweens as sexual objects.
I remember what I wore to the gym as a teen... and it sucked... but I looked awesome so it wasn't too terrible. Now I am old and saggy... and I don't even really work out any more either... but never again will I have to wear leotards under jeans to walk to the bus stop when it's -30.
The leotards under jeans, and stiff board shorts with cotton tees were ...character building (and just as ugly as most of the pre-lulu athletic gear that was available to me as a teenager)... but as I own a few grand in lulu just to commute comfortably, I refuse to judge the teeny boppers and their parents for wearing lulu casually (most of them are probably more active than me anyway)
I just realized that only my mom calls tights leotards... idk why she does but she does and when im a bit off I accidentally call them that too... tights under my jeans... not leotards
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