![]() So which one is it? Did Eclat make a bad batch of $100 yoga pants, or did Lululemon just design transparent $100 yoga pants and milk the market for as long as it could? It's really hard to say. "All the pants were manufactured according to the requirements set out in the contract with Lululemon." Ladies and gentlemen, we have a yoga pants scandal on our hands. "All shipments to Lululemon went through a certification process which Lululemon had approved," Eclat's chief executive Roger Lo told The Wall Street Journal. The Eclat Textile Company, whose clients include everyone from Gap to Under Armour, said Tuesday that Lululemon had signed off on the shipment, suggesting that Lululemon made the whole thing up. Said supplier now says the pants were no different than any other batch. ![]() Īfter customers complained that a batch of the company's signature yoga pants were too transparent, Lululemon tried to make a scapegoat out of the Taiwanese company that manufactures the pants. He adds: “It’s good to fish where the fish are.This article is from the archive of our partner. There’s neon everywhere, and it’s sheer.” But he doesn’t find it troubling. “Hot yoga classes look like a scene out of Spring Breakers, everyone is in short shorts and repeating suggestive poses. “When you leave hot yoga classes everyone’s clothing is see-through anyway because you sweat so much,” explained Meinhardt. “If you are going to yoga you are putting yourself in a situation where your clothes won’t hang in the usual way.” But Mickie Meinhardt, a writer in New York, feels that the current athletic fashions make provocative situations unavoidable: “Even if something isn’t see-through then it’s really, really tight, so when you’re stretching everyone is checking out your ass anyway.”īut the biggest culprit in the see-through yoga debacle might be “hot yoga” classes, where studio rooms are heated to 100 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. ![]() “You need to look in the mirror before you leave the house,” said New York City-based costume designer Caitlin McMullen. Some onlookers feel it’s the responsibility of yogis to thoroughly check out their pants’ opacity before leaving the house. It doesn’t affect me in any way, but as a practitioner it’s definitely something I’d want to avoid.” Ramey feels that the sheer spandex in yoga is “just kind of something you see all the time, but you see it and then you get over it and move on. I’m not going to say I hate it though, it makes more fun.”Īnother female yoga instructor who wished to remain anonymous told The Daily Beast: “I think it’s either that doesn’t realize what they’re wearing is inappropriate or they are just in a pinch and have nothing else to wear at that particular moment.” For sure it’s a turn-on, it’s hot, but no one really goes to class just for that. Jared Greene, a 26-year-old engineer in Washington D.C., agrees: “I see it in every class, it’s noticeable. “Ninety percent of women wear Lululemon and maybe I’d say half of those pants are see-through,” explained Josh Books, a 23-year-old marketing professional in New York City. His thoughts are echoed by other male yoga enthusiasts who spoke with The Daily Beast. “I never thought it was an issue, I thought it was a feature.” “I was confused about all of the hullabaloo about sheer,” a New York City-based consultant and avid yoga practictioner who wished to remain anonymous, told The Daily Beast. But while the company scrambled to stanch the blood, putting out an apology and setting up a website devoted to the issue, yogis around the world wondered aloud: Why all the fuss? Since when are yoga clothes NOT transparent? Almost immediately, Lululemon’s stock plunged.
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