Lululemon is in hot water again. This time it’s for alleged animal cruelty in relation to their use of down – aka goose feathers. Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons has joined PETA in a plea to get lulu to stop using the bird feathers in their jackets and vests, and to use synthetics instead. Simmons penned [...]
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Lululemon’s trigger happy loose cannon of a founder Chip Wilson is at it again. This time, though, he is full of regrets. Because for all of the insanity and cult-ure thrust upon us since the dawn of luon, it was the ex-lulu CEO’s comments about women’s bodies not being right for his idealistic image of [...]
And then Lululemon put out their own branded beer. Why? With all the company blunders, public gaffes and marketing eff ups, we guess they figured why the hell not? Debuting this summer, Curiosity Lager a “crisp, bold session lager” (4.6% ABV) is Lulu’s first foray into the craft beer market. “Just because you’re a yogi, doesn’t [...]
In case you needed a reason to be even more creeped out, turned off, astonished by Lululemon, an anonymous employee’s account of the wacky behind the scenes will surely give you that extra push. Entitled “Lululemon Diaries: My Life in an Exploitative Libertarian Happiness Cult” the post appeared on Jezebel Wednesday and has been met [...]
From the files of faulty yoga clothing comes the new threat of the great hoodie string caper. In all seriousness, there’s been another Lululemon recall, this time for over 300,000 tops with draw strings that have become face-attacking weapons. Slate reports: Lululemon is recalling 318,000 women’s tops in the United States and Canada that the [...]
If you’re not from Canada, or specifically Vancouver, you might not be aware of the huge kerfuffle over an International Yoga Day event that threatened to divide the city and the local yoga community. In short, the event, titled “Om the Bridge,” was a massive yoga class planned by British Columbia Premier Christy Clark, sponsored by [...]
If you thought $90 was a lot to ask for, try paying 1000 times that for an out of stock style of yoga pants, and that’s not even for a fresh pair. Welcome to the land of Lululemon resale. According to Racked, lulu shoppers will go out of their way, and way beyond their budgets [...]
This New York Times profile on Chip Wilson may be more character-revealing of the man, the myth, the Lululemon, than the sheer yoga pants his company sold to thousands of women that set off a cascade of company missteps and public uproar. But were they missteps or did it just take see-through pants to open [...]
If you’re in the market for a new mala and just can’t decide between the rose quartz and the gilted logo of a major brand of yoga clothing, then this is your lucky day. Hear ye, hear ye…you can now purchase your very own Lululemon Practice Patience Mala for $108 which includes such beautiful features as [...]
