LabelLove: Lululemon

This is a little bit of a fraud of a post, given that so far all the lululemon I own is a couple of headbands, but if someone bestowed on me a large amount of money, I would be hitting up this amazing store for sure. My darling mother has been in a few times, and vouches for the incredible variety of stuff on offer.

It's been clear to me for a while now that Nike is in danger of being relegated to the mainstream, no longer the elite second skin of all skinny, stunning Les Mills attendees. The little omega shaped logo of lululemon has been popping up on all kind of butts, boobs and bags. I didn't even know who this new player was until quite recently, when Georgia and I ran past the store on Ponsonby road, and she cries 'There, there! That's the brand all the Les Mills barbies are wearing!' Really, it was that dramatic.

Their gear looks a little bit more fun than the Nike or Adidas stuff, more interesting and fashion-ey. (Although their sports bras don't look like they have a patch on the amazing Nike ones). I also like that they have lower cut running tops, not because I like running with my boobs out (I don't, I strap them down in aforementioned Nike running bras), but because high necked stuff makes me look like a stumpy dwarf. True story.

After having a quiet peruse of the website, I like their branding and their ads, and so am looking forward to letting you know how my actual store visit goes, if these assignments don't kill me first. . . . 

See what I mean about the sports bras looking less than supportive? 

Needing a running jacket in this weather!

Everyone's favourite color.

I don't even know if I could bear to wear this only to the gym!

Fluoro, nice. Do the legs come with purchase?

Cute pic from the website - good principles to live by haha.

I need this when I bail on Saturday morning yoga.

Hell yeah! From their website.

From Muffin top to Mountain top!

Have posted before - am posting again because it is doubly true.

Amy xx 

P.S. Congratulations to Lizzie for her early hand in last week!! Go time management!

P.P.S. Sorry that I'm not all flash like Liz with my details of what each garment is and price and where you can purchase it. I trust that you know how to google.

The last two weeks.

These pretty much sum up my last few weeks. Short & sweet while I have a few minutes.

Valentines Day: (despite a valentines tradition of hanging out with my friend Matt, and a fantastic singles dinner hosted by a certain sneaky sneak. Kudos goes to Michelle for her DIVINE red velvet cupcakes!)

Full time work. Overrated and impossible to concentrate sans caffeine. Addicted? Noooooo.

Only way to do it:

Mmmmmmm shoe shopping. . . oh to have a closet like this. 

Oh to actually have places to wear shoes like this!

Enough said.

Love you all, hope your summers are wonderful. If it's winter where you are, my bad. Didn't mean to make you jealous.

Amy xx

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Our apologies for the very unannounced summer hiatus we were on. . . what with exams (Amy) and work (Lizzie) and general summer laziness, I feel like the blog is a neglected child. But never fear, being a more responsible parent to the blog is built into my new years resolutions for sure.


So the weather has been less than desirable (can't believe I'm blogging about the weather on our very (un)serious fashion blog), but yet none of my brilliant summer projects were started, let alone completed! Here are the things I aspired to do in all the free time I didn't end up happening. Maybe they'll get completed someday. . .


1. Take the opportunity of summer to paint my nails all kinds of crazy experimental ways. Just for shits and giggles, and to see whether any of these styles actually look not-ridiculous in real life.

2. Get superfit. Although I did go on a few runs and bike rides and have been back at the gym, my Kourtney Kardashian-esque physique has yet to appear. . .

3. Catch up on Gossip Girl. My brother and I both adore this show, but I stopped watching about the middle of last season, and never got up to date! This project I am part way through, so I guess you could say its a work in progress. PS I love the ad campaign for this from last season. Shame critics, you're only doing promo for the show!

4. Stay flexible, and stretch every day, so the 14 year olds I teach don't sass me come February. Epic fail.

5. Make good use of the pool we have at home. I guess this was excusable given that I spent a whole lot of time at the beach, but I feel super guilty having a pool that never gets used!

6. Learn to make macarons. Not just so I can finally compete with my sister in the kitchen (she is a goddess of all things baking. And she's 14.), but also so I have something more exciting to contribute to picnics and afternoon teas than cookies. And because they're yum!

7. Find a reasonable excuse to wear glitter as lipstick. Anyone want to invite me to a crazy fashion party? 

Also I desperately need to dedicate some time and resources to project SEE LIZZIE. This has been a total disaster but I will fix it soon!

Hope all your summers were sunnier than ours, and good luck to anyone heading back to school soon!

Lots of love (and sunshine),

Amy (and Lizzie!). 

xx