Spandex Leggings

I have been thinking about starting a site to sell spandex leggings. I've wanted a pair for a while and there are not many good options. They would have cool patterns on them. Is this a terrible idea or would people actually buy them? Can you see yourself wearing a pair and if so how much would you be willing to pay?

runningfunky.com/

I have seen them before but in my opinion their prices are quite high, the website's hard to use, and I didn't see a pattern I particularly wanted.

so-solid.at/

Those look really nice... I am a little surprised that people are willing to pay 80 euros for spandex leggings though. They would be over 100 euros with shipping in the US.

Time warp!

I don't actually recommend all these stores, but in the States you can find them at: Lululemon, Old Navy, Forever 21, H&M, Urban Outfitters, REI and many thrift shops...

cardern wrote:Those look really nice... I am a little surprised that people are willing to pay 80 euros for spandex leggings though. They would be over 100 euros with shipping in the US.

If it had a dead bird on it people would pay triple. Have you seen what lulu lemon gear goes for?

Beean wrote: If it had a dead bird on it people would pay triple. Have you seen what lulu lemon gear goes for?

Nope I've never looked before, I just did now. Those prices are insane.

JoMer wrote:I don't actually recommend all these stores, but in the States you can find them at: Lululemon, Old Navy, Forever 21, H&M, Urban Outfitters, REI and many thrift shops...

I know that you can find spandex leggings at these stores, but it seems to me like they are all targeted exclusively at women and they are pretty plain. Do you think I am off base in that assessment? I was thinking like awesome 80's retro patterns, similar to the ones at the links above.

cardern wrote:I have seen them before but in my opinion their prices are quite high, the website's hard to use, and I didn't see a pattern I particularly wanted.

They make a great product. I'd recommend the pink lighting. They make you run twice as fast guaranteed. Having said this, I do wish they could make a tight with a reinforced knee and butt. The rough rock a J tree gives them a beating

matt c. wrote:http://www.runningfunky.com/

Have ordered from running funky and they are great. I run and climb in them and I always get a great reaction from people, plus they're breathable and seem to do a good job at temperature regulating. I got the blue lighting. I can't really say if it was worth the price but it's nice to know I'm supporting a small business in the US and getting something I use.

EthanC wrote: Have ordered from running funky and they are great. I run and climb in them and I always get a great reaction from people, plus they're breathable and seem to do a good job at temperature regulating. I got the blue lighting. I can't really say if it was worth the price but it's nice to know I'm supporting a small business in the US and getting something I use.

matt c. wrote: They make a great product. I'd recommend the pink lighting. They make you run twice as fast guaranteed. Having said this, I do wish they could make a tight with a reinforced knee and butt. The rough rock a J tree gives them a beating

It seems like they have a pretty solid presence based on your comments. Thanks for posting, I appreciate it. I still don't think I would get a pair of their leggings personally - some of their patterns are cool but none really stand out to me and the price point's a bit high. So-solid.at posted by Beean looks like they offer knee reinforcement but the price is substantially higher. I am still thinking about trying to create some that I would want to buy.

cardern wrote: It seems like they have a pretty solid presence based on your comments. Thanks for posting, I appreciate it. I still don't think I would get a pair of their leggings personally - some of their patterns are cool but none really stand out to me and the price point's a bit high. So-solid.at posted by Beean looks like they offer knee reinforcement but the price is substantially higher. I am still thinking about trying to create some that I would want to buy.

Yeah, the price is pretty high. They were a gift, otherwise I would have been unlikely purchase them myself. I think I would have paid about $20 dollars, especially if the there was climbing specific reinforcement. Let me know if you come up with anything.

You can find cheaper versions of every absurdly-patterned pair of spandex leggings you could ever want on Amazon, Ali-express, or eBay. Robot versus unicorn? Cats in space? T-rex? Yip yips? Night sky scenery? Sunflowers? Paisley prints? Peacock feathers? Basically anything you want can be found for under $10 if you are willing to wait for shipping from China.

I've bought (WAY TOO MANY) leggings from here and the absurdity/price ratio is high enough to make it seem worth it: aliexpress.com/store/904851

Unfortunately...the workmanship is pretty poor. Cheap knockoff leggings work best if you are small-ish woman who won't stress the badly-sewn seams too badly. My male climbing partners have bravely borrowed my leggings before, but they usually rip them in embarrassing locations. The expensive ones probably don't rip so frequently.

dinosaur leggings. good for off-width.

Cat. wrote:You can find cheaper versions of every absurdly-patterned pair of spandex leggings you could ever want on Amazon, Ali-express, or eBay. Robot versus unicorn? Cats in space? T-rex? Yip yips? Night sky scenery? Sunflowers? Paisley prints? Peacock feathers? Basically anything you want can be found for under $10 if you are willing to wait for shipping from China. I've bought (WAY TOO MANY) leggings from here and the absurdity/price ratio is high enough to make it seem worth it: aliexpress.com/store/904851 Unfortunately...the workmanship is pretty poor. Cheap knockoff leggings work best if you are small-ish woman who won't stress the badly-sewn seams too badly. My male climbing partners have bravely borrowed my leggings before, but they usually rip them in embarrassing locations. The expensive ones probably don't rip so frequently.

Hah dang those are awesome and there's no way to beat the price. I wonder why they don't have any for men?

rocknice2 wrote:Time warp!

Back to the 80s! I have a few at the back of a bottom drawer; lovely garish colors and wild patterns which were de rigeur in the day.

They were a tight fit back then but seem to have shrunk considerably in the intervening decades....

If you're going to market tights to climbers you will soon find that the price of the tech material, the time consuming crotch gussets and knee reinforcements, the marketing, warehousing, etc, will all add up and you will fall into the $45-$70 price bracket which, obviously from previous posts, is already filled with other brands that beat you to the punch.

The only way you can get a leg up (pun!) on the competition is by also selling matching oversize loose knit sweaters.

Ridiculous tights and loose scrunchy sweaters are like peas and carrots.
Each is amazing in its own right but together they lift the user into true throwback sublimity.

It will be difficult but 3 weeks in while you are spending 70 hours/week shipping orders and counting money from the success of your new brand you should then start looking into manufacturing retro-look hightops with modern rand and rubber tech.

CORNER the market on weird 80's retro with these tips and you will become legend.

A return to the 80s sounds good to me. I climbed several grades harder back then :). Was it the spandex ya think?

Something like the so-solid ones with more retro options and a lot less expensive would do really well I think.

Cat. wrote:You can find cheaper versions of every absurdly-patterned pair of spandex leggings you could ever want on Amazon, Ali-express, or eBay. Robot versus unicorn? Cats in space? T-rex? Yip yips? Night sky scenery? Sunflowers? Paisley prints? Peacock feathers? Basically anything you want can be found for under $10 if you are willing to wait for shipping from China. I've bought (WAY TOO MANY) leggings from here and the absurdity/price ratio is high enough to make it seem worth it: aliexpress.com/store/904851 Unfortunately...the workmanship is pretty poor. Cheap knockoff leggings work best if you are small-ish woman who won't stress the badly-sewn seams too badly. My male climbing partners have bravely borrowed my leggings before, but they usually rip them in embarrassing locations. The expensive ones probably don't rip so frequently.

I'm lookcing for spandex leggings. thank you for share.

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