Thank you to Ms. D for providing todays color comparison picture of her Deep Indigo and Black Swan Studio Pants. You can sort of tell from the photo that Black Swan is every so slightly lighter. I compared the Black Swan with my Black Swan Gratitude Wrap from last year and there has been no change with the color, the two where the same. 

Left: Deep Indigo, Right: Black Swan

I received my Black Swan Studio Pants yesterday and despite loathing the price increase (and all price increases for that matter) I’m in love with the pants and tore the tags right off. If you don’t live in a climate where you will get a ton of use out of these than they are certainly not worth the price of premium denim, but coming from Vancouver these are already seasonally appropriate. The color matches perfectly with my Black Swan Gratitude Wrap so it’s definitely the same as last years Black Swan, and the color matches everything in my closet. I love how pinks look with Black Swan but you can virtually pair any color without looking like a color explosion unicorn (remember this gain  commercial with Wanda Sykes? Always makes me think of my colorful Lululemon). The sizing is consistent with my Dune lined Studio Pants and my Bordeaux Drama Studio Pants, loose in the waist but because of the legs I wouldn’t size down. 

*I do not use Gain on my lulu nor is this a monetized ad, just love Wanda Sykes voice over in this commercial. “Hello Ms. Lookatme!”

From Australian stores. Cute colors but so happy they aren’t calling my name like Bordeaux did.

Tender VIolet Eight Check Print Full Stride Skirt, Creamsicle CRB with Tender Violet Swiflty

 Creamsicle Pop Swiftly SS with Full Stride Skirt

Polar Cream Scuba with Bordeaux Drama Wunder Unders

I was compelled to get these Wunder Unders yesterday and I’m in love with the color, one of my top favorites in the ‘neutral’ category. I’m not finding them sheer other than faintly seeing the hang tag in the back but that is true of my older (2010) Wunder Unders as well, the material isn’t thick like my old ones but they are opaque. The gusset does cause issue in these which means I have to wear them much lower on my waist which right now is causing muffin top. Such an annoyance that these could have been absolutely perfect with the old gusset. Oh well, I do love them and will be keeping them. 

 Power Y Tank in Slate/Rose Herringbone Polar Cream

 Bordeaux Drama Scuba Hoodie with Aphrodite Crops Black Slub

Black Swan Lined Studio Pants

These are so gorgeous! The new price is just stupid though.

From an Australian store, there is a new skirt out called the Full Stride Skirt in the Eight Tender Check Violet print.

New In Stride Jacket out in Heathered Coal

From an Australian store, Creamsicle Pop Power Y, Cool Racerback (looks solid) and Swiftly SS. I’m not an orange person at all and this color seems totally out of season but I’m a little intrigued by it. I really like my Pop Orange CRB so I may give this a chance.

Looks like the next color palette for October is as disjointed as this month. Creamsicle Pop, Tender Violet, Alberta Lake and the Rose Herringbone textures. Could that be a Black Swan Daily Tank on the Tank wall in the background?

My Mantra Pant with Free to Be Bra

I was surprised when I saw these pants in store that they were made of Vitasea Cotton. I expected luon for some reason. The outer skirt is also a really thin cotton Jersey, much thinner than the rest of the pant. 

Cross Town Pant with Bordeaux Drama Cool Racerback

No Limit Tank Creamsicle/Black Swan

When I first glanced at this one I didn’t realize it was Black Swan. I don’t love the tank in this color but the color combo intrigues me. Do the contrasted Black/Color No Limit Tanks usually have the edging in the darker color continue up the bra or is this new?  

Tender Violet Swiftly SL and LS

These look so much like last years violacious I wondered if the pictures where recycled. I could have sworn there was a violacious/coal baseball sleeved Swiftly LS last spring. The color is really pretty and will pair nicely with Black Swan and Dense Purple but I think I’m taking a pass on with the exception of maybe a solid Tender Violet CRB if it exists. 

These Black Swan Lined Studio pants are just gorgeous. But holy price increase!! Lined Studio Pants used to be $98 and now with tax they are around $130. Grrrrrr!

Micro Macro Alberta Lake

Rose Herringbone Polar Cream

I love that this looks like a pointelle knit

Black Rose Herringbone on the top right, 

Micro Macro on the bottom panels. 

Creamsicle Pop

I just got a product alert email from an Australian store with this new orange color (yes….yet another orange – no green in site) called Creamsicle Pop ‘CPOP’.