The party was rally just a drop in thing. She had all her stuff (a LOT of inventory) in a room in her small house, it was all nicely separated by size and style. She had refreshments and we could try everything on. I enjoyed it.
I spent about $220 or so and got 2 tops to wear over leggings or jeans (XXS), 2 dresses (one is a maxi) in fun stripes in XS, a polka dot skirt (sort of full) and some cute leggings in a geometric pattern that will go great with one of the dresses since mixing patterns is a thing right now. I like what I got and now I know the sizing and styles for when stuff comes up online. I can wear most of it to work.
My daughter is a priest and wears a clerical collar for work. She said Lula is very popular with young female clergy- especially ones who don’t wear collars- because it is a Mormon owned company and styled conservatively but still stylish and fun. It can be hard to find clothes that “work” for a female clergy person who doesn’t want to be frumpy or look like they work on Wall Street.
I was going to comment yesterday (and this is not a negative, just something noted by me) that the people I know who love/buy/sell it are quite conservative dressers - and actually, many of them are “church people”. Meaning, I know that their faith is an exceptionally big part of their life. So I wonder if the buzz has grown over these tightly knit groups of people who feel very comfortable with this clothing lines conservative style of dressing - no plunging necklines, etc.
Which also means that in the right workplace, the some of the clothing styles could be absolutely appropriate!
Sounds like the host was probably VERY GLAD she invited you MOWC! Some fun new things for you to wear this season.
After seeing the items in person, I feel that it is the sort of stuff that can be very stylish or very forgiving for someone who wants to try something like leggings but might not feel that their body shape works well for them. There are options for coverage and varying degrees of looseness or more fitted attire.
abasket- that’s a good point. It definitely passes the workplace or church group test and any edginess comes from the prints or layering.
Curious so I googled (images) the LLR products
First to come up were the white LDS temple skirt and dress. Next - maxi skirts that any Duggar daughter would probably love to wear. Also read a blog post from a woman who was going to become an LLR sales consultant - the minimum buy-in of $6k inventory that included no leggings, no free incentive pieces, and no choice of prints, along with poor corporate communication, and improperly charged sales tax led her to describe it as the single most negative experience in her life.
There is a home interior do-it-yourselfer type person I follow on a blog who has just started selling Lularoe. She is in her early 40’s. Her blog post about the Lularoe styles, sizing, pricing etc. is very informative and the pics of her wearing the items are very appealing - to me. She looks great! Let’s see if this will fly here: http://theletteredcottage.net/my-lularoe-inventory-is-here/
OK I bit. Bought a pair of leggings and a Julia dress through my friend’s FB page, she has a google docs order form so you don’t have to go to a party…we shall see. I will wear it for Thanksgiving and see what the fam says. I have a pair of short “booties” so the leggings will be more like tights and I own a longer cardigan sweater that I can wear over the short sleeves now that it is cold in the upper midwest. The dress pattern is really nice for fall. The Julia dress seems more tailored and less voluminous. My husband can be brutally honest by lack of words and has great taste so if he doesn’t say “you look nice”, I’ll have my answer.
The dresses are really quite fitted. I’m anxious to hear how you like what you got. My understanding is that most of the stylists sell mainly online with the googledocs order forms. The at home displays are occasional and mainly for new customers to see the stuff and try things on for an idea of sizing.
Several acquaintances have started selling this line, viewing it as a viable work at home strategy. I am concerned about one woman because she really can’t afford a big financial risk now. She said the company will buy back her unsold merchandise, so perhaps this is not a classic pyramid scheme like the knives and herbal supplements. If you search “LulaRoe pyramid” you can find a thread in Reddit (can’t link it because it is another discussion board) that starts with a post by a husband questioning the financial details of the brand. The first to reply to his post was someone who claims to know the family who started LLR and suggests that many of the original success stories are part of a large extended Mormon family. The comments are quite cynical, but interesting.
The others who know for sure will correct I’m sure @Niquii77 but no, the customer will know what pattern they will get - the SELLER doesn’t know what patterns they will get for their stock - is that correct people? And patterns maybe come and go quickly?
Yes- you buy the color or print that you want and you are competing with others to grab it first! It’s the seller who doesn’t know what is going to come in from LulaRoe in their shipment. The seller has to quickly photograph everything and get it sorted by size and put it up on their page. Then they have certain hours where their “albums” are available for viewing and then for buyers to click and claim an item. I am very technical, and my first attempts at buying baffled me a little bit. I actually tried to buy the size chart!
As Thumper said earlier, the facebook groups can get annoying with the constant posts and little contests where people get the “right to buy” limited items. I don’t have time for all that.
I was out with my 25yo D last night and we got to talking about my sister and her odd wardrobe. Anyway, I mentioned the brand and the patterned leggings and it turns out one of the patients in her clinic gave her a pair on Thursday as a gift. Halloween theme - black with pumpkins. She said they are very soft. (D is very, very slim and tends to dress casual and on trend. Novelty patterns are not her usual style.) all she needs is a pumpkin jacket and she can be David S. Pumpkins! Seriously, she is looking forward to wearing them around the house.
