Hanging at the lululemon lab

Take a breather from shopping to watch a designer at work!

Walk past a row of slinky, ready-for-yoga harem pants and head to the change room.
At Lululemon Lab — a design studio and retail space on Cambie and Broadway — trying things on is a must.
Because it's tough to choose from so many interesting, "that's cool" function-meets-fashion items: good for hipsters, good for fitsters.
(Think fashion-y cuts with technical fabrics and smart details like strategically placed mesh. Lots of stretch too.)

I swooned over with these deep-pocketed, oatmeal harem pants & a simple black top made from a stretchy, slippery fabric.

Design inspiration boards

Here's a few more fun facts about the Lab:

• You can watch things getting made thanks to its open design. We watched designer Jill busily working on a pattern for the men's line. 
• Things are "sketched, sampled & sold in the lab." 
• There's samples for sale. Woohoo!
• They have size 02s.
• Hungry for some lulu just for you? You can "build your own groove pants" on-site. Get crazy & mix your blues with your greens. Why not?
• Pants too long? Hemming is free on clean lululemon products.

(Pics: Just a few from a visit today, on the lab's one-year anniversary.)

Customize your yoga attire? Yep. They do it. Check out the groove pants!

Helpful & stylin' lulu labbers. . .