Workout wear goes to work - baltimoresun.com 2/3/10 9:43 AM Hello Visitor LOGIN OR REGISTER JOBS CARS HOMES RENTALS AUCTIONS CLASSIFIED ADVERTISE HOME DELIVERY SUN STORE CONTACT US FEB 33° F 3 NEWS MARYLAND SPORTS RAVENS BUSINESS GOOD LIFE HEALTH ENTERTAINMENT OPINION Search Go! HOME & GARDEN GREEN LIVING DIY PARENTING FASHION TRAVEL SKI GUIDE BAY & BEACH FAITH COMMUTING BOOKS PETS HOROSCOPES HOT TOPICS When should a kid quit lessons? Trees bulk up Medical marijuana in Maryland? Abstinence-only program Ask Amy Sudoku Home > Good Life > Fashion Local scene From workout to workplace Glimpsed! New styles let women transition to office without breaking a sweat Photos of fashion-forward locals and a 1 2 next | single page critique by society writer Sloane Brown. Scene and Heard: Parties and galas around Maryland Charm City Bride 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 www.beachbody.com Ads by Google January 31, 2010 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. 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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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