It has been so interesting to see different people's responses to this.
I'm glad to hear people have had some good experiences with the brand. From what I've read now online, it sounds like they used to make some items that were really good, but that they've had an increasing number of complaints about decreased quality of their goods over the last couple of years. They even had to recall 17% of all of their yoga bottoms because of sheerness and fabric quality earlier this year. Since then, they have received additional complaints about two other types of yoga pants for scratchiness and pilling (occurring in a "few wears"). I can't think of a single other brand, let alone an expensive one, that has had such repeated quality issues in their gear, and certainly not two major instances in less than 12 months.
I understand that they don't want overweight people wearing their stuff. They don't even make sizes over a 12. Whatever. That's not what we're talking about here. What we are talking about is clothing that is inferior in quality and the CEO getting on national television after having major product problems and blaming it on women's thighs touching. I can't imagine any clothing company really thinking that the wearer is going to need to have "thigh gap" for the pants to not be defective. And an athletic company?
I don't know what makes some people decide to not want to contribute to a company's bottom line. I would like to think that most consumers have certain values that they think are important and wouldn't want to support companies that don't align with those values. When I vote with my dollars it often isn't about me. It's about the bigger picture. Though I can stand in such a way to make my thighs touch, they usually don't. I have never had a pair of pants wear out in the thighs. My choice about supporting a company isn't just about whether or not the product works for me, it's also about the message the product carries. I would rather not support a company that promotes unrealistic expectations of women's bodies and furthers the culture of thinness above fitness. As an athlete, that's an incredibly important distinction to me. Luckily, I have dozens of good options that cost less, are higher quality and don't line the pockets of a man who reinforces body image issues.
I'm glad to hear people have had some good experiences with the brand. From what I've read now online, it sounds like they used to make some items that were really good, but that they've had an increasing number of complaints about decreased quality of their goods over the last couple of years. They even had to recall 17% of all of their yoga bottoms because of sheerness and fabric quality earlier this year. Since then, they have received additional complaints about two other types of yoga pants for scratchiness and pilling (occurring in a "few wears"). I can't think of a single other brand, let alone an expensive one, that has had such repeated quality issues in their gear, and certainly not two major instances in less than 12 months.
I understand that they don't want overweight people wearing their stuff. They don't even make sizes over a 12. Whatever. That's not what we're talking about here. What we are talking about is clothing that is inferior in quality and the CEO getting on national television after having major product problems and blaming it on women's thighs touching. I can't imagine any clothing company really thinking that the wearer is going to need to have "thigh gap" for the pants to not be defective. And an athletic company?
I don't know what makes some people decide to not want to contribute to a company's bottom line. I would like to think that most consumers have certain values that they think are important and wouldn't want to support companies that don't align with those values. When I vote with my dollars it often isn't about me. It's about the bigger picture. Though I can stand in such a way to make my thighs touch, they usually don't. I have never had a pair of pants wear out in the thighs. My choice about supporting a company isn't just about whether or not the product works for me, it's also about the message the product carries. I would rather not support a company that promotes unrealistic expectations of women's bodies and furthers the culture of thinness above fitness. As an athlete, that's an incredibly important distinction to me. Luckily, I have dozens of good options that cost less, are higher quality and don't line the pockets of a man who reinforces body image issues.