Lululemon drops new fashionable line of Canucks merch

[Paulinbc]

Been living in Vancouver for a few years now and I shop at places like Lululemon, Brunello Cucinelli, Harry Rosen and Holt Renfrew (they will carry most of the brands I wear, Zegna, Brunello, Tom Ford, Boss, etc), the Nike store is ok for some active things that Lululemon won’t have for men, I also go bespoke for all of my suits and there’s a few good local downtown places with Harry Rosen and Holt Renfrew sometimes ok in that regard as well. I checked out this one place that had some ok things if you are looking for a more affordable casual wear - RW or something it was called? I bought a jumper from there that was fairly decent quality for the price. It really depends on what you feel comfortable with though mate and what drapes best on your frame and the cliche of confidence helps pull off the fit.

Otherwise, when we are staying at our place in Seattle, it’s a lot more options out that way and even more when I visit my brother in San Diego but most things you can order in if you know the fit and sizing, so that always helps.

So like every company then.

Quite literally actually for 99% of the brands out there. You like NHL jerseys? Made in a factory in Indonesia.

Or it’s in…
Vietnam
China
Places in India
Cambodia
Pakistan

Most of the companies that say they get it made locally lie, they buy all of the materials over seas, get the prototypes made there, brought over, adjustments made and sent back to a factory. Kind of how the world works mate. Your phone, laptop, things in your home…

I get this part of your gripe - My wife knows I despise branding and some things you can’t avoid but as long as it’s small and out of the way, I am fine. Like Nike, or Lululemon and their very small logo that 99.9% of the time you gotta know the brand to know where it is, etc. Most of the time, the men’s faashion brands I have always bought will rarely if ever at all, have any sort of branding visible and if it is, it’s more ghosted than anything where it’s sewn into the clothing in a way you can’t see.

Otherwise, I don’t like a graphic tee that has the brand all over it or a gaudy logo, I can relate, absolutely not a fan of that but tough with active wear, like my gym gear is unavoidable with a small logo at the end of the shorts or shoulder or sleeve with a small logo.

Jerseys have always had the logo on them the moment they became available to fans. CCM, Bauer, Nike, Adidas, Reebok…..fanatics. If your gripe of wearing a sports branded item is the logo of the company that makes it, that’s a weird take mate. You’re quite literally a billboard for your favourite team and company’s that make the gear always have their logo visible, you’d be hard pressed to find one without it. It seems like you really have an axe to grind with Lululemon for some odd reason?

Also you buy your phone because you like a brand, you put a case on sure, but the design itself for the Iphone or Samsung is the logo, when you have items like that, the design itself is the representation of the brand, so a generic case, Apple and Samsung know you’re going to throw it on there, but you put both phones on a table upside down with the generic case, unless you live under a rock, you know.

Ford, Dodge, Chevy, Ferrari, Porsche, all make branded t-shirts that fans wear. You would hate going to an F1 event then, lol. I mean hell, I have a couple of vintage inspired Ford t-shirts that I wear around the house and the fit is comfortable (Pull&Bear, for some reason I only pick up a few items when I visit family back in the UK).

Nothing wrong with not wanting to be a walking billboard for a brand, but you seemed more offended by the mere fact anyone would wear branded items for the brand or sports merchandise with the clothing brand’s name (which is again, all sports clothing). So really, you have items that make you a walking billboard by blokes that shop at the same place, some things are distinguishable and other things brands throw their names on aggressively and I get the dislike for those, but I mean, Lululemon and Nike for example, you have to FIND their clothes with their branding wordmark, otherwise it’s just the swoosh or the little omega logo.

You seem more hyper offended about a brand that has most wondering why you have such negative reaction to a brand that manufactures the same way as every other place?

Like I said earlier, I’m all for the NHL doing this because honestly the options for NHL items are insanely limited. You want more crap from Fanatics and ‘47 with poor fits? Because Adidas is scaling back and the options get limited. Having different types of NHL fan gear from now Lululemon in addition to 47 and Fanatics (fantastic like I said is attached because of licensing rights they have) is good, some day it might be as good as the stuff offered to NFL fans. This is good for the sport, it needs as much exposure as it can to keep pushing it to compete with the other 3.

Because I’d like better Penguins fan gear that can be as nice as my Steelers and Pirates stuff by Nike. Fanatics made stuff is just awful, I know they used to manufacture for other brands but to spec and not what they make their own stuff with where the sizing is ridiculous.

Much appreciated! This is awesome!! It's too bad I had to move out to Kamloops a few years ago, but this is a great list for when I'm in town next month. Been considering MTM suits - where do you go bespoke? I'm sure they'd do MTM as well?

 

[Paulinbc]

Buying clothes is really personal, its about what the person style is like and how their body shape is. There are brands that have better fit on one person but not another. Also depends on their lifestyle, if they are adventurous or go to gym or if they need clothings to lounge around in at home. So basically you would need to go to different stores and see what style fits you and what you like. No one here can tell you to buy a certain brand because we dont know what style you like. Lululemon is great for people who are athletic or go to gym a lot or are in shape. If you are out of shape, then most lululemon clothings might not be the best fit for you because lululemon is marketed mainly as yoga wear or athletic wear so the fit would be best for slimmer guys.

Great points. I'm a dude. I have no style. I don't know what fits well, I don't know what I like. I'll need some workout gym hiking winter stuff as well as some suit and date/fancy stuff. I got back in shape this year by working hard in the kitchen and in the gym. Lulu I'm sure would be fine, I hear they make great casual pants. Oh, and I'm now in Kamloops and we literally have nothing. Will need to make a special trip to Van or the US at some point for clothes shopping. I'd feel really weird trying stuff on in a store. super self conscious, especially if I don't buy anything.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Much appreciated! This is awesome!! It's too bad I had to move out to Kamloops a few years ago, but this is a great list for when I'm in town next month. Been considering MTM suits - where do you go bespoke? I'm sure they'd do MTM as well?

For bespoke you can go to Harry Rosen, Zegna, Brunello Cucinelli, Holt Renfrew, Quorum Fashion, Surmesur, Tom James, Martin Fisher Tailors is not bad, and the prices for these will definitely vary based on your budget (like 10K+ to $1800). Those are the ones I can remember off the top of my head at the moment mate, I am sure there are others, but it always boils down to fabric for how much higher it can go and of course, brands and their tailors. I am sure there are ones that will do it for less like Indochino, but you get what you pay for, have had enough bad experiences with them. They couldn’t do a simple pair of trousers from the measurements they took which weren’t great, I had to fight them on how to measure correctly. But my experience aside, I know a lot have had success with them. I go to Brunello and Zegna for mine down here, personally. Being new, I asked around the office and then just wandered around the “Fashion District” downtown Vancouver when I was very new to the city, saw some that I bought from before that I was happy to see in the city and mostly stuck to them.

I tend to test them out if I am curious about a new place, usually a bespoke shirt or trousers and see how that goes.

The biggest issue you’d run into mate is the timing for it all, from the basted fitting, forward fitting and final fitting, you’ll need to come back for both unless they have something that they have that is close to your measurements on hand to get you to try so you can just come back for the forward fitting and final fittings, although I have noticed it depends greatly on where you go for these as some that have a quicker turnover will just do your measurement, have a basted fitting with something on hand that is close to the measurement to save time, then will utilize the forward fitting as just options for customization you can pick and then final fitting. Otherwise, good luck mate!

Sorry mods for the off topic reply!

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Great points. I'm a dude. I have no style. I don't know what fits well, I don't know what I like. I'll need some workout gym hiking winter stuff as well as some suit and date/fancy stuff. I got back in shape this year by working hard in the kitchen and in the gym. Lulu I'm sure would be fine, I hear they make great casual pants. Oh, and I'm now in Kamloops and we literally have nothing. Will need to make a special trip to Van or the US at some point for clothes shopping. I'd feel really weird trying stuff on in a store. super self conscious, especially if I don't buy anything.

I am going to PM you to not derail this further.

 

[HugginThePost]

Much appreciated! This is awesome!! It's too bad I had to move out to Kamloops a few years ago, but this is a great list for when I'm in town next month. Been considering MTM suits - where do you go bespoke? I'm sure they'd do MTM as well?

The places HOG mentions will likely give you massive sticker shock. A quick search of MTM suits gives an average price of about $550 / suit.

For the places mentioned, add another "0".

I'm from two camps on this topic. Much like HOG, I used to shop at all those places and spent up to $6k for a basic sport coat from Cucinelli. Don't get me wrong; it killed me to pay for that, but I have ones that I bought in 2008 that I still wear and are very fashionable.

But, and this is the big "but," I used to wear dress attire every day at work and probably three nights a week out. If you wear a suit a couple of times a year, do you need to spend $10k on it? No, absolutely not. You can buy a great suit that you can wear for a decade for under $1000 and look good in it. But if you have the money to blow on a decked-out wardrobe, go for it!

I've since moved to Saudi Arabia for work and no longer need to dress as I used to. I go to work in jeans most days. It's been a nice change. Now, I stare at my closet and wish I had that money wrapped up somewhere else!!!

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

And here I thought Lululemon was a brand for housewives/old ladies….

TIL.

 

[BB79]

Jerseys have always had the logo on them the moment they became available to fans. CCM, Bauer, Nike, Adidas, Reebok…..fanatics. If your gripe of wearing a sports branded item is the logo of the company that makes it, that’s a weird take mate. You’re quite literally a billboard for your favourite team and company’s that make the gear always have their logo visible, you’d be hard pressed to find one without it. It seems like you really have an axe to grind with Lululemon for some odd reason?

Say, that's great. I sold all of my jerseys years ago when they started making trash jerseys in 2008. My "gripe" was simply stating that I don't pay $60 for a sweater with a corporate logo on it and had nothing to do with jerseys but ok.

Also you buy your phone because you like a brand, you put a case on sure, but the design itself for the Iphone or Samsung is the logo, when you have items like that, the design itself is the representation of the brand, so a generic case, Apple and Samsung know you’re going to throw it on there, but you put both phones on a table upside down with the generic case, unless you live under a rock, you know.

Wrong. I bought my phone because we essentially have 2 choices, Apple or Android. I detest Apple, their $40 proprietary charging cables and dumbed-down OS, so I chose an Android phone. I bet you can't tell which model it is just by looking at it in its case.

Ford, Dodge, Chevy, Ferrari, Porsche, all make branded t-shirts that fans wear.

Say, that's great. I don't buy or wear them. But I kind of need a vehicle to get to work so I have to drive something. Your point?

You seem more hyper offended about a brand that has most wondering why you have such negative reaction to a brand that manufactures the same way as every other place?

Yet you're here writing a reply as long as War and Peace, most of which has nothing to do with my original comment, which was a simple reply to someone else. If you want to keep arguing with me that my personal preference to not wearing clothing (note I never said anything about SPORTS jerseys or the like) having huge corporate logos on them, have fun. If you enjoy walking around looking like a NASCAR stock car knock yourself out,mate.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Say, that's great. I sold all of my jerseys years ago when they started making trash jerseys in 2008. My "gripe" was simply stating that I don't pay $60 for a sweater with a corporate logo on it and had nothing to do with jerseys but ok.

Ok, so you just came into the thread to hate on the brand? I don’t get what you were aiming for with the posts you had in the thread, the Patagonia comment was like well sure, like every company and their production, then it was about $60 sweaters and branding and just this intense hatred for it.

No one is forcing anyone to buy that, it’s just another option in a market where the NHL has limited partnerships. To make it seem like fans are dumb for buying fan gear with branding, which all of it is, yeah you’re going to get a few push back and wonder why.

Personally, I wish NHL hats had better designs and there were better options for stretch fit hats.

Wrong. I bought my phone because we essentially have 2 choices, Apple or Android. I detest Apple, their $40 proprietary charging cables and dumbed-down OS, so I chose an Android phone. I bet you can't tell which model it is just by looking at it in its case.

So your phone case isn’t made by a company with their logo on it somewhere? Or just a mass produced case from china from Amazon I guess. I am not a fan of big logo’s either, the Spigen case I use has their logo on the side that’s pressed into the case itself.

I mean I used to work in software sales, I would definitely know but I’ll leave it at that.

Say, that's great. I don't buy or wear them. But I kind of need a vehicle to get to work so I have to drive something. Your point?

That was more in jest towards your affinity towards branded items of clothing, which begs the question, what do you wear if you despise branding so much? I mean there’s a lot of options out there but again you made your choice, kind of obtuse to come in guns slinging to hate on blokes here remotely curious about a new option for NHL licensed products.

Yet you're here writing a reply as long as War and Peace, most of which has nothing to do with my original comment, which was a simple reply to someone else. If you want to keep arguing with me that my personal preference to not wearing clothing (note I never said anything about SPORTS jerseys or the like) having huge corporate logos on them, have fun. If you enjoy walking around looking like a NASCAR stock car knock yourself out,mate.

Mate you came into the thread super angry and then went off about branding with a clear disdain for it, which is fine. But had you actually looked at the links, you seemed to have focused on 1 design style they had that said Lululemon across the chest, the rest didn’t. It was about the same as Nike’s fan wear for MLB and NFL etc.

You’re in a forum about Hockey in a thread about a new option for NHL fans and got really animated about branding, which is everywhere, seemed like an odd thing to really go off about. It’s like some bloke in some Calvin Klein gear stole your girl and you now hold a vendetta for anyone that wears any branded clothing, lol.

 

[PeE eL DuBoiS]

Lululemon is a global brand. Just because it started in Vancouver, it doesnt mean its only a local brand. It has more stores in US then it does in Canada.

Thank you for Lululeducating me. I am now ready for the world.

 

[jackjohnson]

I can just imagine this bloke losing his marbles anytime he turns his TV on and the branding pops up, then he looks down at his remote and it has the tv branding, he looks over to his can of beer and its branded to death, then he looks over at his gaming consoles and decides to play a game, becomes enraged when the PlayStation/Nintendo/Xbox logo pops up and then looks down and sees the PS and XB logo on the controller, so he goes outside to take a breather and looks at his car that has the logo on the front and back of the car, on the steering wheel, rims, his key fob…

Yep, he thinks logos on objects makes them look like billboards. If there was no logo on it then how would we differentiate between products and how would we know what brand to buy if we saw something we liked? People these days are just oversensitive when it comes to things that dont matter much.

 

[jackjohnson]

Great points. I'm a dude. I have no style. I don't know what fits well, I don't know what I like. I'll need some workout gym hiking winter stuff as well as some suit and date/fancy stuff. I got back in shape this year by working hard in the kitchen and in the gym. Lulu I'm sure would be fine, I hear they make great casual pants. Oh, and I'm now in Kamloops and we literally have nothing. Will need to make a special trip to Van or the US at some point for clothes shopping. I'd feel really weird trying stuff on in a store. super self conscious, especially if I don't buy anything.

I think the best thing is to try it in store just to see how you like the fit and quality. I usually tend to buy my clothes in store and rarely online because sizes could be different across different brands and even there are size variations within the same brand too. It there is a fitting room, then you should be fine even if you are self conscious.

 

[jackjohnson]

Say, that's great. I sold all of my jerseys years ago when they started making trash jerseys in 2008. My "gripe" was simply stating that I don't pay $60 for a sweater with a corporate logo on it and had nothing to do with jerseys but ok.

Wrong. I bought my phone because we essentially have 2 choices, Apple or Android. I detest Apple, their $40 proprietary charging cables and dumbed-down OS, so I chose an Android phone. I bet you can't tell which model it is just by looking at it in its case.

Say, that's great. I don't buy or wear them. But I kind of need a vehicle to get to work so I have to drive something. Your point?


Yet you're here writing a reply as long as War and Peace, most of which has nothing to do with my original comment, which was a simple reply to someone else. If you want to keep arguing with me that my personal preference to not wearing clothing (note I never said anything about SPORTS jerseys or the like) having huge corporate logos on them, have fun. If you enjoy walking around looking like a NASCAR stock car knock yourself out,mate.

Seems like you still dont get the concept of a logo. This isnt a new thing either, it has existed for centuries. 99.9% of people buy things because of its brand or logo, so maybe you would be part of that 0.01% of people that dislikes brands and logos.
So if you hate companies that use cheap labour, maybe you can make your own clothing with no corporate logo. And since you dont like cheap labour, you can ask someone to sew you some new custom clothing with fabrics you picked out. But expect to pay hundreds of dollars for it or maybe close to a thousand depending on who is making the clothes for you. For cars and electronics, well i guess you cant make those on your own so maybe walking would be your best bet and using public phone booths if they still exist.

 

[VaporTrail]

As usual JT way ahead of the curve on this one

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Looks like a member of Phish lol