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Lululemon Founder Blames Yoga Pants Problems On Women's Bodies
A Lululemon store recently moved from Evanston to Westfield Old Orchard Mall in Skokie.
Written by Pam DeFiglio.
History has shown us no shortage of people eager to criticize women's bodies--including women.
But for a man to blame women's bodies for his own product's flawed performance? In a TV interview?
That even brought an "I can't believe you said that" expression to the face of his own wife, who quickly interjected, according to the Huffington Post. Click here to see a photo.
Chip Wilson, the co-founder of Lululemon, which recently closed its Evanston store and moved to Westfield Old Orchard Mall in Skokie, told a TV interviewer that the much-publicized problems with Lululemon's yoga pants were due to women's bodies, according to Huffington Post.
Some women complained last spring that the pants became see-through when worn, and when the company re-tooled them, customers complained about the fabric quality.
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