Star Runner Pullover in Pretty Pink Tonka Stripe with Run: Fast and Free Crops in Bordeaux Drama
Aphrodite Crops
Luxtreme panels on luon pants
Thanks to reader ‘Ms. D’, we have a picture of the new Bordeaux Drama Scuba Hoodie in stores this morning. It’s gorgeous!
Readers are reporting that Bordeaux Drama Studio Crops are now scanning in at $108 in stores and that the prices have indeed jumped from $98 to $108. I was chatting with an educator just yesterday when I went in to look for marked down Pedal Power LS’s (my store didn’t have them marked down yet) and the Ed expressed surprise that the Pedal Power LS’s ($108) just weren’t moving off the shelves in stores because we both really liked them, and that it hadn’t performed as well as expected based on the popularity of the previous Ride On Henley (priced at $88). I told her that even though the increase was not a prohibitive amount for most people, it was a real barrier and that had it been priced the same as the last run of cycling henleys it would have moved instantly because it really is a popular item, it’s just not priced correctly. I know that once those tops get marked down they will fly off the shelves. But, at that point Lululemon is able to sell it for it’s original price ($88) and still have a huge margin but the item is then final sale.
Anyways, $108 for studio pants is really a barrier for me. $98 is just about barrier for me for a style of pant like this that don’t have as much street wear/workout wear versatility as Wunder Unders. I had to return my original Bordeaux Drama Studio Pants over the weekend because they had a bit of a snag at the ankle which I noticed just as I was about to remove the tags to wear them for the first time. Luckily the store I went to had plenty of stock of the Bordeaux Drama Studio Pants in all sizes so exchanging them wasn’t a problem.
It seems that Lululemon is now editing and removing feedback on items being marked down, and removing some feedback off of other items. Speed shorts with naked seams that had horrible reviews from runners that experienced cuts from the sharp seams digging in have now been completely removed in order to deceive customers and move product quicker. I really depend on reviews on many websites and sometimes make purchases on items with 50/50 feedback, but I never buy items that have been sitting for a while and have zero feedback. I find reviews really informative in deciding how to size an item, how it may fit on my figure and if its going to suit me. Just yesterday I purchased a shampoo after reading reviews on it that where a quite negative, but since the reviews where so descriptive and I knew that the reviewers had different hair type than mine I knew that despite the fact it didn’t work for many it would work for my hair type. Had that product not had the reviews it did I would have never made the leap in purchasing it and I’m now thrilled with it (Lush’s Curly Wurly if you’re curious). I’m really curious to see if the Wunder Under Crop reviews get edited because lately they are horrendous and almost every one lately discusses the sheerness as well as the camel toe that is occurring with the new gusset.
In fact, I will go as far as saying that reviews on the Run: Like the Wind Pullover back in 2010 is what made me really look at lululemon products with an eye to specific features and with more than the cursory glance as I walked in and out stores. Its what made me really interested and started me blogging about the products.
I think it’s such a huge mistake for lululemon to remove feedback. Despite that fact that it’s quite a smarmy and deceptive maneuver, the feedback is something that really educates the customer in an honest and unbiased manner. When the customer makes a purchased and then reads the reviews, it reinforces the purchase.
Thanks so much to Christina for sharing her color comparison photo.
Left to right: Pig Pink, Tonka Stripe Pretty Pink and Pink Mist.
Pigment Blue Studio Crops
I think this CRB may be Flare Tonka Stripe
Pretty Pink Scuba Hoodie, Aphrodite Tank in Bordeaux Drama
Great detail shots of the Aphrodite Tank from my local store!!
Flare LS Swiftly and Speed Shorts Cashew/Black/Flare
This is the first picture I’ve seen of the Pigment Blue Studio Pants and they are just adorable with the Pink CRB. I’m really surprised we haven’t seen any more pictures of them until now.
No restock for the Canadian side but the US side has had a ‘restock’ of the Bordeaux Drama Studio Pants in all sizes but size 2. I think there may have been a ‘glitch’ on Monday nights upload and they were pulled off the site and not sold out.
*Oops, Canada side does have stock in size 2, 4, 6 if you go to the US side and click on the BD Studio Pants and then click on the Canada icon.
