This is a great comparison between Very Violet and Purple Crush thanks to Angela. The third color is Power Purple which is quite a different purple from the other two. With so many subtle color variations coming out close together it’s helpful to see these to make purchasing decisions. For example, if you have a Very Violet Cool Racerback you may not want to purchase the Purple Crush, or, you may have purchased the Very Violet but was unhappy that it was a static version so the Purple Crush may tempt you.

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Thanks to a reader for sending in these comparisons from her 2010/2011 headband collection. If you have headbands from this year or last that you would like to share for color comparisons please feel free to email them to me ([email protected]). A little color therapy is great when the pictures are slow to come out from Lululemon. For more color comparison photos check out Lulu Addicts post from this afternoon.

Really great shot of all the teal/aqua blues from this year and last. I wish we had one with Angel Blue as well as Beachy Green included. 

And this is the yellow/greens from 2010. I would love to have a Rubber Ducky headband which I haven’t seen in stores yet. Also, Mac N Cheese would have been a great addition.

I love the Saskatoon Photo Albums! They do such a great job of posing the items but also showing all of the colors available.

These Groovy Run Shorts make me so hopeful that we will see more items in Rubber Ducky. I really hope it’s not one of those transition colors where we only see a 2-3 items in it and then it disappears. So far we have Rubber Ducky in the Cool Racerback Tank, Push Ur Limits Tank and Cabin LS and now these shorts. Please Please let there be a Scuba in Rubber Ducky. Also, I wouldn’t mind a Pima Tee in it. 

SE Cool Racerback Tank

These are the Still Pants in Raw Blue I saw this morning. Looks a lot closer to Navy then it does in the Dance Studio Pants. Worn here with the Coal Strata Scoop Neck Tank.

Scoop Neck Tank & Still Pants

Hot Class Tank paired with matching Hot Class Shorts. 

Scoop Neck Tank Coal Strata Stripe

Hot Class Bra in Ikat Print

A good closeup picture of the Margarita Strata Stripe. Pretty much a soft apple green. 

Coal Strata Cool Racerback. Yum Yum, another soft Cool Racerback Tank!

This is the Cool Racerback Tank I wrote about this morning. Hoping to see it in Raw Blue. Honestly though I’d be happy enough with a regular Cool Racerback Tank in Raw Blue.

And the matching WUnder Unders. Don’t really care for the pleats on the pants but I love the Cool Racerback Tank.

Well although I didn’t find a Rubber Ducky Scuba today or a Gratitude Wrap it was a pretty successful trip. I found myself the Coal Shale Cool Racerback Tank and it works beautifully under a new non Lululemon Cardigan that I got the other day. Also, I am officially in love with the Hot Class Tank even though I don’t really have an occasion to wear it other then random Bikram’s classes, around the house and in the summer if I don’t mind going for the athletic look on non athletic endeavors. The Sheer Luon material on the bottom is just so silky soft. I’m officially now obsessed with it and would love a Cool Racerback made entirely of this material in a color like Aruba or Margarita. I saw Raw Blue Still Pants today and they were more of a blue then the Studio Pants in Raw Blue. Luon lightens colors up a little but so these will for sure look Navy to you when you see them in person. There was also a very pretty new Special Edition Cool Racerback Tank that came in black and had some pleating detail in the back and along the straps. It sort of looked like a low profile ruffle detail but it was much of a square pleat. I now regret not bringing that one home but I’m actually hoping it comes in Raw Blue. The educator I spoke to said she would be surprised to not see a Cool Racerback Tank come out in Raw Blue and that we may see on this week or next. I’m hoping this Special Edition version comes in the Raw Blue. 

Scuba Hoodie Ikat Print

I tried on this Ikat Print Scuba and despite not loving the wildness of the print on me the scuba is super, super soft and the cream colored panels on it make it really elegant. If I see you wearing this scuba I may run up to pet you, it is that soft!

Power Y Tank Margarita Strata Stripe

Margarita is a much softer green then I thought it would be based on the elastic hair ties I’ve seen with the color and also the color swatch I posted. It’s more of a pale apple green. I really like it but not sure how I like it on me. I may consider this one in a Cool Racerback though. Something low commitment.

Hot Class Tank

I LOVE this tank. Much much more then the No Limit Tanks. I tried on both the size 8 and the size 10 and if I was not on a half marathon training plan I would have gone with the size 10. the 8 fit except that I could see slight muffin top with the pants I was wearing and that is not ideal in a baby doll style tank. Now that I’m home though I think the size 8 was the right choice and I no longer see muffin top for some reason. Perhaps it was the lighting in the fitting room. Anyways, there is room for improvement in the size 8 and the size 10 would have gotten too big very soon. I wish this tank came in a solid version. If it comes out in solid Aruba or Solid Margarita I will get a second one.

Cool Racerback Tank Coal Strata Stripe

Coal Strata Cool Racerback is indeed as soft as a reader had told  me it is. This is a really pretty and flattering stripe and it’s very slimming. Usually I think horizontal stripes are widening but I didn’t find that in this tank. I love having a good neutral Cool Racerback that I can wear with everything. 

Rumours are rampant today about Vintage lulu pieces making a comeback soon. I’ve heard now that the Gratitude Wrap may make an appearance in the next 3 weeks, and that the Deep V Tank will be making a comeback. I buy this because an old Deep V Tank was uploaded on the Canada side of the website last week and that’s usually a sign of things to come (read the comments on this My Superficial Endeavors post), not always, but you have to wonder why they uploaded an old piece out of the blue.  Also, the Hot Class Bra has come out in the Australian stores in new colors as well as a return of Lullure Cool Racerbacks. When rumours like this appear as anonymous comments on blogs I tend to think they’re planted from either educators or people in the know. Sometimes they don’t pan out but most of the time I’ve found them to be true. I’m keeping my fingers crossed on this because there are a lot of items on my Vintage Wish List. I seem to have a cardigan/wrap heavy list and the top on my list of course is the Gratitude Wrap. Oh well, I think I can make room for all of those lovelies if I sell some of my items. Lululemon should just do a total revisit of 2009, I think those are the items that are most coveted on the Lululemon Exchange Page.

What’s on your Lululemon Vintage Wish List?

Coming Soon?

Hot Class Bra already in Australian Stores

These are the items on my Lulu Vintage wish list. 

Gratitude Wrap 

In gorgeous colors like these please. Heathered Stitch and Heathered Fox fetch a pretty penny on ebay. I’ve never actually seen the Heathered stich up for resale. Whoever has one probably keeps a security tag on it. 

Sport Cardi. I love the big loopy knit of this cardigan and that the belt is attached. The ruched colar is such a nice unique lulu feature.

Dance Pulse Wrap. 

I remember seeing this in Heathered Aruba when I got my Tranquil Crops in the same color. I regret not purchasing it then but was really on a mission for crops at that time so passed on it. Lulu wasn’t a compulsion at that time so I passed on a lot of items that I really liked. 

Remix Hoodie Lux. 

I’d love to see a Scuba version of the lux hoodie. I had one of these in the summer but sold it because I didn’t quite love the color, and the fit was boxy just like the Remix. A scuba version would be amazing. The Lux material (beechlu) is so soft and silky but still quite dense and warm. The Dance Pulse Wrap was made of the same material.

Dance Strap Tank

This is another item I saw in store before I was a lulu ‘collector’ and I loved it but passed because I was pregnant at the time and couldn’t imagine I would ever fit something like this again. I see them on ebay from time to time in colors like army green, soft pink and gold and I wish they would pop up in my size for a reasonable price but they never do. 

Not So Deep V Bra

I’ve been wearing this bra a lot lately for running in as my Flow Y’s have gotten too big on me. I really love the support of this tank and that it’s such a pretty feminine design. And the cleavage it offers is a bonus. My only complaint about it is that it doesn’t look so nice under a Cool Racerback which is my tank of choice for running in. It’s not a deal breaker at all though and I still use it with my Cool Racerbacks. 

Define Jacket Coal/Coal Strata Stripe

Run: Pace Setter Skirt

Wunder Under Pants Coal Strata Stripe

Thanks to reader Celina for sending this image my way. The gorgeous Sandra Bullock is wearing head to toe current Lululemon items that are in the This Just In album online. I really love her outfit and just wish I could pull off the Savasana Wrap the way she does, it’s so elegant for what is essentially a sweatshirt. I’m now reconsidering the Savasana Wrap in Heathered Sand Dune even though I’m much too short for it.  I’m also loving her Effortless Tote in black. Her pants look like they may be Coal Wunder Under Pants.

Image from Just Jared