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Long torso 5’9 athletic / slim lady here. With the recent trend of young young children (I saw a 9 year old - talking about 4th grade having her mom help her with buying 2’s in align leggings), I just hate the fit of the women’s clothing these days.

A coworker told me that her 75 lb child wanted only Lulu for her birthday. 😡

I’ve moved over to the men’s section for jackets, joggers, and now contemplating shorts.

I don’t like color (neutrals girlie or jewel tones only) so I love the men’s section. Men’s S generally works for me - size women’s 6 - 8 for loose fitting bottoms - former 4 in tops but they’re too short now due to the cropping and catering to actual children.

Anyone able to give me deets on the fit of various men’s shorts? Small waist thicker hip /booty so unclear how it will work for me

As a tall person with a long torso, men's shirts have been my go to for ages! Especially with the Team Canada line. I find the love shirts are too short on my torso, and the sleeves aren't that long. The men's line is a better fit length wise, and it's a little looser, so it's more comfortable to wear. Men's shorts are hit or miss for me.

I wear a men's down puffer as well. The women's one barely hit my hips in the regular fit, but the men's one covers my butt and the sleeves are long enough for me to cover my hands without gloves.

I buy men's coats/jackets regularly, since a lot of stores don't carry tall women's sizes. I'm average height for a male where I am, so the most I have to size for is my hips. Shirts/stretchy pants I'm a medium, but for coats I'm usually a large.

The men’s stuff is all longer too. Everything is so cropped in the women’s section..

For trail running, I wanted loose fitting, lightweight shorts, with a long inseam. I could never find these types of shorts for women so I got the men's Pace Breaker Linerless Short 7" and they are a dream.

Yessss for joggers and sweats especially! I’m 5’10” and all legs. Literally the only ones that don’t look like floods. Also lounge sweatshirts are way cozier.

As a tall person with a long torso, men's shirts have been my go to for ages! Especially with the Team Canada line. I find the love shirts are too short on my torso, and the sleeves aren't that long. The men's line is a better fit length wise, and it's a little looser, so it's more comfortable to wear. Men's shorts are hit or miss for me.

I wear a men's down puffer as well. The women's one barely hit my hips in the regular fit, but the men's one covers my butt and the sleeves are long enough for me to cover my hands without gloves.

I buy men's coats/jackets regularly, since a lot of stores don't carry tall women's sizes. I'm average height for a male where I am, so the most I have to size for is my hips. Shirts/stretchy pants I'm a medium, but for coats I'm usually a large.

100% i just did this for the rain jacket. The level of form fitting for the coats don't make a lot of sense to me, I like to layer under my coats. Even sizing up with the women's sizing looks weird I think... because it's supposed to be form fitting, then they just look too big!

Yessss for joggers and sweats especially! I’m 5’10” and all legs. Literally the only ones that don’t look like floods. Also lounge sweatshirts are way cozier.

I'm sized out on a lot of women's items unfortunately so it has crossed my mind...like a vest for example. I would love to own a LLL vest and I'm not a fan of the seasonal colors that came out in women's size 20 (lilac and light aqua). I'm not sure how men's sizes would work with my wide hips though (48.5") so that's the only reason I haven't tried anything yet. That and, I don't have a store nearby to try, so I'd have to order/return which I hate doing.

I did order a men's size XL vest in another brand, because they didn't have a plus size option in women's styles and it does fit albeit, it does become a little tighter than I'd like at the hips when zipped.

Curious to hear what others have to say and their experiences in wearing mens LL!

I have big titties and the men’s sweatshirts are my favorite. All the cropped shit doesn’t sit right on me, plus call me old but as an Elder Millennial I actually prefer to buy a whole shirt.

As a tall person with a long torso, men's shirts have been my go to for ages! Especially with the Team Canada line. I find the love shirts are too short on my torso, and the sleeves aren't that long. The men's line is a better fit length wise, and it's a little looser, so it's more comfortable to wear. Men's shorts are hit or miss for me.

I wear a men's down puffer as well. The women's one barely hit my hips in the regular fit, but the men's one covers my butt and the sleeves are long enough for me to cover my hands without gloves.

I buy men's coats/jackets regularly, since a lot of stores don't carry tall women's sizes. I'm average height for a male where I am, so the most I have to size for is my hips. Shirts/stretchy pants I'm a medium, but for coats I'm usually a large.

A while back a guy friend actually recommended I try the men’s joggers as I felt the women’s would be too form fitting and I’ve been reaching for men’s items since. Especially with every women’s item being so cropped right now. I love the men’s metal vent tech short and long sleeve, metal vent tech half zip, and surge warm half zip. I want to check out some of their shorts. Some women have posted try ons in this sub and they look fab!

Interesting conversation going on here. I think that for the most part, most of LLL stuff can be and should be simply labeled as unisex. Obvious exceptions would be articles like bras.

it’s also interesting that a lot of the commentary is about looser clothes, hence the draw towards the men’s line. For me, it’s the opposite (guy by the way). Besides the fact that I generally find the women’s line superior, I prefer the closer fitting articles for my yoga, Pilates, and running. Because of that, I’ve got a lot of and wear the women’s leggings and tanks (aligns). For the tops, it’s annoying when the men’s tops flow all over the place - especially with downward facing poses. The align tanks solved all of that for me.

Great read through all the comments!

As a fat person, having access to men’s clothing is very nice. Unfortunately not all of us have a snatched waist and the women’s cuts tend to have narrower waists. I got a men’s cross chill jacket because it didn’t suffocate me in the middle, the women’s one did

Long torso 5’9 athletic / slim lady here. With the recent trend of young young children (I saw a 9 year old - talking about 4th grade having her mom help her with buying 2’s in align leggings), I just hate the fit of the women’s clothing these days.

A coworker told me that her 75 lb child wanted only Lulu for her birthday. 😡

I’ve moved over to the men’s section for jackets, joggers, and now contemplating shorts.

I don’t like color (neutrals girlie or jewel tones only) so I love the men’s section. Men’s S generally works for me - size women’s 6 - 8 for loose fitting bottoms - former 4 in tops but they’re too short now due to the cropping and catering to actual children.

Anyone able to give me deets on the fit of various men’s shorts? Small waist thicker hip /booty so unclear how it will work for me

I can only buy the men’s shorts! I find all of the ladies shorts to be unflattering on me, in my opinion. The Pace Breaker 5” are my absolute favourites!

I can't make men's stuff work. Tops end up too tight around my butt, and arms are too long. Pants have way too much excess space in the crotch. I guess it really depends on your individual body shape. I'm 5'2 and pear shaped, so it makes sense that things wouldn't fit me well.

one of my favourite pairs of lulu joggers are the men’s City Sweats, they just seem to fit better than some of the women’s more form fitting joggers (I’m thinking of ready to rulu). not super baggy but not skin tight :)

A while back a guy friend actually recommended I try the men’s joggers as I felt the women’s would be too form fitting and I’ve been reaching for men’s items since. Especially with every women’s item being so cropped right now. I love the men’s metal vent tech short and long sleeve, metal vent tech half zip, and surge warm half zip. I want to check out some of their shorts. Some women have posted try ons in this sub and they look fab!