Kara Blossom Wunder Under Crops and Tranquil Tank. This is from a European store.
Regal Plum Real Quick Tights and Light Speed LS
Ray Power Y and Hero Blue Flow and Go Tights
Trapeze Twist Tank, Free to Be Wild Bra, and Miss Mosaic Wunder Unders
Posey Black and White Luxtreme High Times are backed in white. I tried these on today and they are nicely opaque. The print has minimal fade with stretching. I liked them a lot but I never wear High Times. If Pace Rival or Speed Crops came in this print, I'd probably get them.
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I want to attend THAT yoga class wink wink!
Is the hot spell bra coming back?? I always wanted to try it.
@ Angela - I know - the eye candy quotient is HIGH. :)
OT - have others that have tried Alo found the airbrushed legging to be see through? (Their website reviews are either see through or love it...).
Need a break from LL. What are others none LL favorite leggings for running or yoga? Thanks all for the advice!
Mail day yesterday. Kara Blossom - soft, soft denim like weave, very preety but the weave is very loose compared to usual denim weave (less heavy/warm) but unfortunately very see through. I am not usually super particular about sheerness (I run outside with longer tops or exercise in my home gym), but these are super noticably sheer.
Swim capsule (made in portugual, primarily nylon based) - in all I was my TTS- one piece swimsuit in blue print is very nice, covers my 34DD no problem and IT IS FULLY REVERSIBLE TO BLACK! The quality isnt spectacular I would say and no support (like a LLL speedo basically but not as robust feeling so I am worried it wouldnt last very long). But its pretty.... and reversible...
The swim shorts are decent, too short for running (for me anyway), but ok for boarding = a bit more coverage than just a bathing suit, but as they are a drawstring, speedshort like style, can't see them staying on for swimming more than a few yards. Quality is good on these, similar to last years. I think I wouldnt get enough use out of them - a tighter short or a longer true running short would be more versatile.
Short sleeve rash guard is awesome actually, really "sucks" you in, looks great over the one peiece swim suit. Very close to the body such that you could swim in this no problem. Keeper.
Full arm wet suit - black version is fully reversible to a cute blue/black trimmed side - beyond me why LLL wouldnt wanted to have emphasized this on the web, it is a definite selling feature. Even LLL tags on both sides. For me definitely the most useful with the full arm/back sun coverage for kayaking, boarding. keeper.
Beyond yoga is really nice also a Canadian brand called titika active ..... They have really pretty stuff
Titika active has beautiful stuff and are well made in Canada ..... Also beyond yoga can't go wrong
I wore my tranquil top for hot yoga today. I sized down from 10 to an 8 and It was perfect. I didn't have to mess with it too much and kept me very cool. Now I want it in pink!
I have three pairs of the Alo airbrushed leggings that are opaque. But I've also tried on a few pairs that are less opaque than I'm comfortable with. I think it depends on the color/pattern.
Thanks! Checking out Titika. Do u think their size run the same as LL?
Ooh!! I see a "hot spell bra" peeking out from the black tranquil tank, in the pics from the euro store. I hope that's NEW and we get it ;)!!
Ps. I feel for you ladies who would like to see your sizes in the more endowed made bras. I find especially for online shopping, you rely need to see how it's going to look on someone near your size. Also, some items I have thought looked HIDEOUS on their petite models look AMAZING on regular sized people. I think they should expand their "model" base and they would sell items better, and WE could pick better items to suit us ;).
Re: Alo airbrushed leggings...I have the teal space dye and they are fantastic. Totally supportive and opaque. I also tried on the glossy black ones, and they were nice. I wear a 2 in Lulu, and XXS in Alo airbrush work perfectly, not see-through at all. Ditto for their goddess leggings.
I've also had success with Beyond Yoga, Koral Activewear (sexy but also handles hard workouts), Sweaty Betty, Vimmia, and K Deer. I have some sweatpants from Alala which are very nice and flattering, so I'd assume their leggings are also good quality.
I think that hot spell is same color way as the last time they were out
Thanks for the reviews, Anon 10:24! I have had a problem in the past with LLL's swim material being very saggy in the water (which is why I think they are made so tight to begin with). Do you feel like they have corrected this problem?
Does anyone know if the white long sleeve rashguard body suit was uploaded already on the US side? I forgot to check the upload this week and don't know if it sold out or wasn't uploaded.
Thanks! I think I'll try them! I like the airbrushed look and they're still reasonably priced (comparatively speaking of course!)
I'm tired of the multi-colored straps on the FTBW (or other bras as well). How about one color solid straps
@anon 8:10AM - I ended up returning a pair of Alo goddess leggings in black I ordered on Black Friday. I'm a LLL size 6, ordered a medium. They fit large, yet still sheer. I also tried a pair of airbrushed with teal accents in store in both a small and medium, and both were sheer. Maybe I just tried a few bad ones? They really are so cute, I wanted to love them.
Hello 8:10 I hve been exploring other brands.
Teeki, Onzie, Mika, noli,Dharma Bums and also Sweaty Betty (only when they have sales) Mika has opaque yoga leggings and so does noli.
Teeki has cool patterns and the darker colored tights are opaque.
Some of the running crops from Sweaty Betty are really good quality, but usually don't have as many pockets as lulu and they are insanely expensive. In terms of bras, I am busty so it is hard to find bras that keep the girls in check so I am still using the stuff your bra and the tata tamer.
M
Too bad. The problem with sheerness is that even if I think they look ok, I'll be paranoid if I ever wear them.
Thanks M - the best thing going for LL right now is the thigh pockets on the running gear. So far haven't found any other bands that have pockets big enough for a cell phone. But will definitely check out some of the brands you mentioned for yoga gear. Totally agree that regular sweaty betty prices are too high.
3:04PM lulu is definitely ahead of the curve in terms of the pockets for their running and yoga gear as well as the jackets and half zips.
M
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