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Yoga devotee Sara Walther wears a pair of Lululemon yoga pants with a Athleta convertible top to practice yoga at Moksha Yoga Center in Chicago. (Tribune photo by Heather Charles / January 15, 2010)

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E-mail Print Share Text Size More fashion coverage In Sara Walther's closet, only one pair of jeans comes anywhere Topics close to getting as much wear as her yoga pants from Lululemon Best and worst of Olympic and Athleta. Forests fashion Cycling "I have suits, and I look at them, and I wish I could get my money Yoga back for them," said Walther, 35, who converts much of her early See more topics » morning yoga attire to daylong office wear. "My black Lulus, I wear At the Grammys, it's the them at least two times a week," sometimes with a yoga tank to wild bunch

Ads by Google class and then to work with a J.Crew cardigan and scarf, or a piece of jewelry and Brazilian leather riding boots. Athleta Official Site ® From workout to workplace Shop the leader in women's activewear & get $7 flat shipping. Fitness brands are acknowledging the delicate workout/life balance. athleta.gap.com More than ever, yoga attire, in particular, is cross-training with fashion to gain flexibility. It's the next step in the evolution of http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/fashion/sc-fash-0125-workout-wear-20100129,0,4677197.story?page=1 Page 1 of 4 Workout wear goes to work - baltimoresun.com 2/3/10 9:43 AM

Workout Wear that Fits fashion to gain flexibility. It's the next step in the evolution of Great selection of workout clothes Made workout-apparel-as-weekend-wear — it's also becoming weekday Winter beauty tips by a woman to fit a woman worthy and night-out ready. www.FitCouture.com

J.Crew - Official Site It helps if you don't sweat profusely. Shop the Official Site for quality clothes for her, him, and kids. "There are some people who are dripping after class, and they www.jcrew.com Paris Fashion Week have to — I hope to God they do — take a shower," said Walther, Spring/Summer 2010 who has been practicing yoga for 15 years. "Unless it's Bikram yoga, where they have it up to 108 degrees, I'm OK with myself after my workout. There's no way I could go home from the studio, Paris Fashion Week: Dunhill shower and change. I have a very demanding job." menswear Fall 2010

Walther serves as financial controller for the Carbon War Room, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit working to raise awareness Paris Fashion Week: Lanvin about industrial carbon and climate change. "I'm in a very menswear Fall 2010 entrepreneurial setting," an office culture where Walther feels comfortable dressing less formally most days. If she still worked for a private equity firm, her suits would be in business. "This is the Paris Fashion Week: setting" — and the clothing — "I prefer," she said. Comme Des Garcons Homme Fall 2010 A step beyond Celebrity style profiles: This season Lululemon Athletica's popular Wunder Under workout leggings are available with limited-edition Famous faces on fashion embellishments like ruching, ruffles or nonchafing zip-up sides, which pair equally well with ballet flats and yoga mats.

These aren't the flare- leg pants traditionally associated with yoga. The tighter legs make them easier to layer The manly art of shoe with street clothes. For yoga, the closer fit prevents toes from catching in hems, Walther notes. shopping

Liz Miersch, Self magazine's fitness editor, calls these hybrid leggings "apres-gym leggings."

"Right now I'm wearing my Zobha yoga workout leggings with a dress I wore to work today," she said from New York during a recent weekday phone interview. "On Saturdays, I'll put on leggings, a sports bra and top, and I'll be doing errands, and when I can sneak out to the gym I'm ready. The boot/legging thing, thank God that's in style. That's an easy way to disguise your workout wear."

Zobha yoga and fitness apparel released a survey last year in which about two-thirds of the 1,000 women surveyed had scaled back financially in their workout routines (exercising at home or outside instead of at a gym, for example). But nearly all who currently exercised said they would continue. Seventy-five percent of women surveyed said they are more likely to work out if they are already wearing fitness clothes; 32 percent choose fitness apparel as their primary casual day outfit.

Conversion costs

Prices for premium yoga apparel might take your breath away at first glance.

"You walk into a Lululemon store, and you're like, 'Maybe not,'" Walther said. "But my Lulus, I bet they're at least 4 years old. And the nice thing is they have free hemming. One pair I had used to be long, and I took them in and had them made into capris and wore them for another year and a half. Once you get sick of them, you can change them."

One of her yoga tops from Athleta converts to a strapless tube top.

"I've gone to a wine bar after yoga, and I threw on this skirt and took the straps off the top, and you could not tell that it was yoga attire," Walther said. "And it's amazing for yoga. You can actually do a backbend — it stayed up without the straps."

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The bottom line

75% of the 1,000 women surveyed by Zobha yoga and fitness apparel said they are more likely to work out if they are already wearing fitness clothes.

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Yoga devotee Sara Walther wears a pair of Lululemon yoga pants with a Athleta convertible top to practice yoga at Moksha Yoga Center in Chicago. (Tribune photo by Heather Charles / January 15, 2010)

By Wendy Donahue, Tribune Newspapers January 31, 2010

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Ads by Google fabrics, just introduced several of its most popular pant styles in its maximum-compression Powermax fabric. It will launch its Perfect Athleta Official Site ® Shop the leader in women's activewear Core Pants at the end of February, featuring mesh paneling through From workout to workplace & get $7 flat shipping. the midsection to support core muscles. lucy.com athleta.gap.com Though known for its flattering yoga wear in its Luon fabric, http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/fashion/sc-fash-0125-workout-wear-20100129,0,4677197.story?page=2 Page 1 of 4 Workout wear goes to work - baltimoresun.com 2/3/10 9:43 AM

Workout Wear that Fits Though known for its flattering yoga wear in its Luon fabric, Great selection of workout clothes Made Lululemon Athletica is spreading the word about its running line, Winter beauty tips by a woman to fit a woman complete with the brand's usual functional details such as "zipper www.FitCouture.com garages" that keep zippers from scratching the chin, "cuffins" with Pendleton Tall Clothing thumbholes to warm hands, mp3 pockets in tops and bottoms, and Classic Apparel for Women Over 5'10 ponytail holes in hoods. lululemon.com Huge Savings at Pendleton. Buy Now! Pendleton-usa.com Paris Fashion Week Adidas by Stella McCartney is adding triathlon and cycling apparel Spring/Summer 2010 to its lineup this spring, including a Tri Performance Swimsuit ($150) for women and a zebra-print graphic Cycling Performance Zip Tee ($95) at shopadidas.com. Paris Fashion Week: Dunhill menswear Fall 2010 Fila has launched a looser-fitting capri yoga pant with subtle knee padding. $55 at fila.com Paris Fashion Week: Lanvin New yoga looks menswear Fall 2010

If you're on track with your 2010 fitness resolutions, consider rewarding yourself with fashion-conscious gear to go the distance. Paris Fashion Week: Comme Des Garcons Lululemon Athletica's best-selling women's pants are the Groove (a reversible flare leg), Wunder Under (a tight Homme Fall 2010 leg) and Still pants (a wide leg popular for travel and pregnancy). For men, the wide-leg Kung Fu is the hottest seller. Wunder Under ruffled pants, $92 at Lululemon stores and at lululemon.com Celebrity style profiles: In February, Zobha is introducing a trendy harem pant style and is launching loungewear. Harem pants, $70 at Famous faces on fashion zobha.com

New for spring, Athleta's convertible Rain Forest top has a shirred empire waist and removable halter straps for The manly art of shoe different looks. An internal double-layer shelf bra offers low-impact support for A-C cups. $59 at athleta.com shopping

The brand Beyond Yoga is true to its name with versatile styles such as the organic cotton scarf jacket — with scarf built in so you never leave it behind. $176 at iambeyond.com

Bebe has launched PH8 — pronounced "fate" — its active-inspired sportswear collection with a hint of Bebe's sexiness. Designed to extend beyond the gym, the clothing, bags, shoes and jewelry range from $19 to $139. A cowl neck jacket with shirred mesh is $89; leather leggings are $69; a stripe top is $36. See ph8stores.com. previous 1 2 | single page

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