The three Swiftly tanks I ordered on Tuesday's upload:
Grapefruit, Pistachio, and Blue Denim. The color is a bit warm in this photo and not really true to life.
Pistachio Swiftly next to a Fresh Teal CRB. They're pretty close in color and saturation.
I think this photo is very representative of Pistachio in real life. I am leaning towards keeping this Swiftly. Sometimes I want a "cool" color on hot run days. Aquamarine is my other go-to cool Swiftly.
Grapefruit next to Pop Orange. The headbands on the left (top to bottom) are Very Light Flare, Flash, and Pop Orange
This photo is probably most true to life of Grapefruit.
Grapefruit is a neon Swiftly color, in my opinion. It's a good choice if you would like max visibility when out running. I am not a big neon Swiftly fan and it doesn't work that well with my pasty skin tone so I'm returning this one.
It's really hard to get a good real life representation of the
Heathered Blue Denim when photographed by itself. Here it is next to Heathered Medium Gray and
Lullaby, and I think looking very true to life. I am keeping this one. I only wish the short sleeve version had the same type of space-dye heathering as the tank. It's a very pretty blue and I think one of the more unique Swiftly colors to come along in a long while.
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I ordered the heathered pistachio and lullaby swiftlies. I love the pistachio, but it's too close to fresh teal and aquamarine which I already own so I returned that. Kept the lullaby since I don't own any blue tones. I'm also considering heathered coral or grapefruit. How do these two color compare?
Thanks for the review LLA, it's very helpful, as I'm still trying to decide on whether or not to pass on the new Swiftly colours. Like you, I don't normally like the neon colours, but I also don't like the really light colours as they make me look a bit washed out. Maybe I'll sit these ones out and wait for more of the kinds of colours that I prefer. The Blue Denim looks nice, but we didn't get that one here in Canada.
I really liked the heathered pistachio/black colored swiftly that showed up on the non-North American uploads (forget which ones exactly). I would prefer to have that one over our regular pistachio but I'm assuming we wouldn't get both regular pistachio and the pistachio/black so guess I'm out of luck.
That heathered blue denim one does look really nice - hadn't really been considering that one but might have to now :)
Thx for the comparisons. I appreciate all the work that goes into it. I was disappointed with the grapefruit swiftly tank as the colour was quite neon. The ss swiftly colour was more subdued. The electric coral ftbw was very neon while the ss swiftly was more subdued. When I compare the ss swiftly electric coral to the ss grapefruit I find the ec richer and darker coral colour. I prefer the electric coral ss swiftly yet I did not like the neon tone of other pieces in ec.
Went to the store to check these out and I also passed on the grapefruit. I love those kinds of orangey corally shades but it wasn't working for me. They didn't have pistachio which bummed me out because I really can't decide. (As an aside they did have the heathered poseidon LS Swiftly though and I scooped that up straight away - it's gorgeous!) I am IN LOVE with that denim color. I might have to buy everything they release in that denim shade. Yep, it's like that.
I just got the long sleeve sun something running shirt in grapefruit. I was both surprised and disappointed by the color. It is definitely a neon and way closer to electric coral than I'd ever dreamed. I don't know why I didn't realize it from the pics.
@Sophie - I got the LS Poseidon and love it. It's such a pretty color.
@ anon 5:25 pm - Good to know about the SS Grapefruit not being neon. I'll have to check it out in the store
I love the new swiftly colors. Wish we would get the same colors in the CRB...at least we know grapefruit is coming. The addition of the silverescent makes the swiftlys look slightly toned down, which is a good thing in most cases. Beautiful colors imho. Thanks for the comparison LLA.
If the grapefruit wrap it up tank is as neony like the swiftly tank I will be so disappointed. I am looking forward to that tank in gf colour or poseiden would be nice too. So funny that ss swiftly is same fabric as tank and one is so neon.
Thanks LLA!!! I am the one who requested the color comparisons for the orangey pinks. Pop orange is one of my all time favorite colors and it is similar to grapefruit. BUT since my pop orange crb is the first I ever bought and it is starting to show age, I will buy the grapefruit one. I've decided to return my heathered jewelled magenta crb because it is so thin. Might consider it on markdown but I doubt it will make it there.
I returned my JM Define bc of the same reason and it felt looser to me. I passed on CRB in JM but got one in Hearhered Poseodon only bc I love the color and feel like there won't be any other tanks in it and I don't wear Swiftlies
I'm another that can't wear the grapefruit color. Very pretty but does nothing for my coloring. It made me look so sick. Left it at the store. Which makes sense now since I never could wear Flash for the same reason - they are very similar.
My store didn't have the pistachio but it looks like it's close to cool mint which I have a CRB in so unsure if i'll be getting that one. I like swiftly's better than CRB's so maybe i'll get the pistachio swift and sell the cool mint CRB. Hmmm....
LLA what L/S Poseidon did you get? Is there a L/S Swiftly in Poseidon? Is it heathered or space dyed? I think I missed something I may need!
I love the heathered blue denim!
Educator here. The stores are getting the pistachio and black ss monday in the orders
@ anon 4:15 pm - It's a space dye LS Swiftly. I got it couple of weeks ago. Here are some photos: http://www.luluaddict.com/2015/05/store-trip-report-new-floral-print-free.html
I got it in my local store so if you call around to stores you might be able to find it.
I'm going to order the Heathered Blue Denim swiftly now, after seeing your photos of it. On the Lulu website it looked rahter washed out, pale. These make it look much more interesting to me. Thanks for the pics!
Q: I found that the 2 swiftly tanks I ordered most recently (the chevron printed blue & aqua blue, similar to the Heathered Black Cherry & Slate currently still available on the website,) both stretched out what seemed to be an entire size after wearing them for an hour or so. Have you worn this one yet? Wondering if it stretches out, too, or stays TTS after wearing.
@Chez - I haven't worn either of the new Swiftlys yet.
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