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The HAA Girl Who Knows Clothes Post: The Evolution of Activewear

Simone — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:39:04 +0000

The days of wearing old jogging pants and an oversized sweater you borrowed from your boyfriend or older brother is now long and gone. Active wear has definitely been reinvented and now going to the gym or going to the grocery store has become a fashion show. Many designers like Stella McCartney, Marc Jacobs and Michael Kors have stepped up to the plate to help demolish the dowdy woman.

It is important for a woman to feel great even when she sweats. Spring 2009 has shown many amazing, well-crafted garments for the fitness fashionista. Many different layering of fabrics and details like bows, zippers and color combinations have stepped up the game for the active individual.

Some of my favorites in this year’s collection

Adidas for Stella McCartney. If you ever get the opportunity to see this collection at the Adidas store DO IT! Stella really knows how to make a woman feel sexy….even when she sweats. From the cute tennis dresses, to the leggings, to the cute detailing of the jackets, this collection has upped the game onto looking fabulous in active wear.

Detailed accented with a bow tie to accentuate the bust as well have an empire silhouette for quick movements.

I love this two piece tennis outfit cause of the sweet ballerina skirt with the well constructed top that can be used for running and yoga as well.

The detailing of Stella McCartney is what makes her stand out as a designer then the rest. The gathering of the fabrics and the color choices she uses, the runner’s jackets can be used to go on a date and be confident and comfortable at the same time.

The leggings in this collection are not just your normal solid color lycra pant.

Stella produced chic and functional sportwear using mesh micorfibers for comfort with both indoor and outdoor use.

Lululemon

Yes, yoga took off, but the fashion is moving more so then the upward facing dog position. Founded in 1998, Vancouver, British Columbia, Lululemon changed the game of sportswear fashion for yoga, running and cycling. More importantly, Lululemon uses only the most comfortable fabrics so that you can be lounging and looking good at the same time.

The New Gym Bag

Instead of the backpack, the Safeway shopping bag or your oversized GUESS purse, Lululemon has designed some of the simplest yet sweet gym bags that can dub as an overnight bag or as a carry on your next carry flight. It’s the Goldilocks purse, not too big, not too small, JUST right.

The yoga pant

The Studio Pant

Well tailored, stylish and extremely comfortable. These pants you wear once and you wish every pant you owned felt like these. Found in various styles with a variety of color combinations, you can coordinate your active wear with your runners or your flip flops. Every single person should own a pair of Lululemon pants, trust me, you will thank me later.

Lululemon Jackets

Form fitting and flattering to every body type, these jackets come in many styles, colors and purposes. Instead of just wearing an oversized sweatshirt, these jackets are sleek and classic.

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HAA Etiquette Pt. 1: Don’t Be That Guy/That Girl

Corey — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:04:25 +0000

Seriously, someone let these people leave the house looking like this.

Bourgies, we need to huddle up for a sec and talk about a few things that are getting to be out of bounds within and without our community. There’s a real scourge and rising tide, a black tide (not like Black like the people, but black like bad, and bad meaning bad, not bad meaning good) that threatens to consume us all. Its not just the risk of abject bammadom or the threat of a coonami that could wash us all away, but the overall lack of cooth that seems to be permeating Bourgie society as a whole and could lead to the downfall of our culture.

And we can’t have that.

So we’re here now to give you a guide to avoid being part of the problem, and a few tips to help you in becoming part of the solution to the destruction of all that we hold dear. We’ve created a couple of Do’s and Don’ts and some rules for the road to keep you on the straight and narrow.

Don’t be That Guy or That Girl…

-Don’t Be That Guy on Facebook with a shirtless profile picture: There’s nothing more disturbing that seeing that you have a friend request only to open it to some bare chested negro flexing and saying “Remember me from Calculus?” If you’re over 21 and have a job that doesn’t pay by the hour, then there’s no reason why you should be shirtless in any photo unless you’re on the beach… And even then, you shouldn’t be flexing like the lost member of Full Force or Lou Ferigno. Here’s the new rule, if you’re shirtless, you can’t be our friend.

-Don’t Be That Girl on Facebook with the profile picture that you took of yourself in the bathroom mirror trying to perfect your “sexy pose”: There’s only two types of guys who get turned on by those self portraits; high schoolers and the dudes that Chris Hansen confronts on To Catch A Predator. Its 2009 and if you don’t have the common decency and self respect to find someone to hold the camera for you, then maybe you shouldn’t be taking cupcake photos for strangers on the net. There’s a thin line between narcissism and a cry for help, your profile pic should show more of the former than the latter.

-Don’t Be That Guy who thinks that wearing skinny jeans actually makes you look cool: There’s something unbelievably disturbing about seeing a grown man stuffed into pair of jeans that could double as a denim leotard. We shouldn’t wonder if that bulge in your pocket is spare change or your nuts. In fact, we’re not sure who started this horrible trend, but we’re convinced that the birth rate is going to be adversely affected by it. Gentlemen, leave the skinny jeans to the skinny girls. Grown men shouldn’t have muffin tops.

-Don’t Be That Girl walking around in the dead heat of the summer wearing loose cowboy boots: There’s nothing remotely sexy about having to wait all winter to see women walking around and looking great in sandals and opened toed heels only to be stabbed in the heart when you see ladies wearing a beautiful sundress accented by a pair of disgusting brown loose cowboy boots. If its a nice toasty and humid summer day and you’re strolling down the promenade in your short skirt and loose boots and see all the men staring at you, its not because they think you’re cute, they’re just trying to figure out how bad your feet probably smell. Leave the boots for ranchers and mariachi bands, please.

-Don’t Be That Guy who shows up at the house party/barbecue with four other dudes and empty handed: If you’ve got a good job and some sense of hospitality you know that you tithe something to the festivities. Even if you show up with a sixer of Lowenbrau and a bag of puffy Cheetoes, you brought SOMETHING. Oh, and all the thirsty homeys you got in tow, we see them too and its a bad look all aroud. You’re not getting any numbers and you’re not getting invited back. That’s what sports bars and strip clubs are for.

-Don’t Be That Girl who at 30 thinks she’s the same size she was at 21: We are all getting older, we’re all getting wiser, and we’re all falling victim to the same metabolistic assault. So when you show up at the spot trying to pry yourself into a size 2 when physics and structural engineering says you should be in a 6, the only thing you’re doing is hurting our vision and your own feelings. Besides, the men are putting on weight too so they’ll forgive you for getting a few more of yours too.

-Don’t Be That Guy Or That Girl who doesn’t know when they’ve taken a fad just a little too far (see photo above): We’ve reached a point in life when you should be comfortable with who you are, what you are, and where you are and a massive hipster overhaul of your wardrobe isn’t going to make you look like Kanye or MIA, you’re just going to look like an ass. Here’s a simple rule to follow when looking for a fad to follow; if it hurts, you don’t need to do it. If you weren’t cool at 25, you won’t be cool at 32 and it doesn’t matter what you wear or what you drive, you’re still a herb looking for validation from people who abandoned you long ago. Not trying to be mean, just trying to help.

Thanks and please pass along to others.

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The HAA Presents: You Might Be A Bamma If Pt. 1

Corey — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:31:58 +0000

You’re wearing this:

Mushroom belt!

In our countinuing quest to debammafy Black America, it has come to the attention of the Hillman Alumni Association that AC Green has launched a new line of men’s suits and that his suits are unacceptable (check out the whole shitty collection here: www.acgreencollection.com). First of all, the fact that you would want to dress like a man that admittedly didn’t get laid for damn near forty years is suspect. Secondly, the haberdashery that he’s offering is only appropriate of you’re doing one of the following things:

-Pastoring a church that used to be a Family Dollar and has a congregation of less than 100.

-Have been selected as a lottery pick in the NBA draft.

-Are going over to the West Side to check your corners and shake down some women for your money.

We can’t tell you how much we disagree with these suits.

If you look at any of these travestys of fashion and decide that you would like to wear one, you’re probably a bamma and you’ve come to the wrong website.

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