Unfortunately the only photos of the new Swiftly Tech Tank completely disguise the distinguishing features. My store had this tank in today and its a high neckline and the armholes are cut wider.

Swiftly Tech Tank, Bumble Berry Vinyasa, Yogini Trouser Pant

I like the texture on the Yogini Trouser Pant. I’d love to see another pant style in this fabric

Fuel Green Shine Tights, Lab City Pullover

Sashiko Pacesetter Skirt

Patchwork Sashiko Wunder Unders

Inkwell/Heathered Slate West2East Cool Racerback

I got this one last week along with the Bordeaux West2East CRB and love it!

Heathered Bordeaux Cotton Roll Down Wunder Unders

Lab City Pullover

Bumble Berry Power Y

Refresher Racer Tank

Heathered Bordeaux Swiftly SS

The new Seawheeze shoppers have hit stores today! I’ve read that the inside of the bag is hologram which is pretty cool. I wonder if you can flip the bag inside out and have the hologram showing.

There have been whispers over on Lulu Addict Blog that the Cool Racerback Tank, a core item,  may be discontinued in favour of the new Refresher Racer Tank. I would be extremely disappointed if that where true as my #1 most frequent Lululemon purchase is the Cool Racerback. The tank is a streamlined staple in my closet that easily transitions from casual wear integrated with my none athletic clothing, to gym wear. If I hit up the store multiple times in a week, its usually because I’m hunting for the latest Cool Racerback color. If I’m on a smaller budget for the month, the one purchase I make room for is a Cool Racerback. 

I find the Refresher Racer Tank is very similar in design to last winters First Base Tank which was made out of RULU. I got a First Base Tank because of the softness of the material and it was similar to a Cool Racerback but its not a tank I ever felt the need to repurchase and I don’t think it sold so well that it was ever a threat to the Cool Racerbacks. 

The Cool Racerback is sort of like that impulse purchase at the cash register at Target (tylenol, lip balm, kinder eggs for the kids), or the one cheap item you went in to the store for but ended up with a cart full of other unnecessary items in addition to that first item. Why would they get rid of that? 

Now if they wanted to offer up a RULU version of the Cool Racerback, or a Herringbone RULU Cool Racerback, as a special edition, I’d be ALL over that. The Refresher Racer Tank just isn’t intriguing enough to me, and the base runner was only intriguing because of the RULU. 

Cool Racerback

Refresher Racer Tank

First Base Tank

Based on todays store photos I opted to not stop in at my store today but I probably will tomorrow for some try ons. I’m not immediately feeling this new fabric treatment of patchwork/pattern textures. I ‘get’ the look and I think its cute enough styled correctly but its pretty much a one trick pony. Oriental inspired florals I dig, but tribal patchwork is a pretty big fashion statement in athletic clothing so I feel I’d need to be very consciously styling these vs. just grabbing them out of my closet to get to the gym. 

Inspiration, Boro Japanese Folk Fabric

Patchwork Wunder Under Crop

Patchwork Wunder Under Pant

Sashiko Patchwork Wunder Under Pants

New crops on bottom left, Refresher Racer Tank, Lab City Pullover

Refresher Racer Tank

Heathered Bordeaux Drama Swiftly SS, Sashiko Pacesetter Skirt

Heathered Bordeaux Drama Swiftly SS

Swiftly LS in Temp Stripe White Black

Lab City Pullover

New Energy Bra in Blossom Stripe 

West2East Inkwell/Heathered Slate Cool Racerback

Refresher Racer Tank

Heathered Bordeaux Drama Swiftly SS, Sashiko Pacesetter

Sashiko Quilted Wunder Under

New Energy Bra

Skinny Will Pants, Lab City Pullover

Refresher Racer Tank, Heathered Bordeaux Wunder Under Pants Roll Down, Cotton