Yoga pants have migrated from the yoga studio to the high street from the early 2010s, they have increasingly been used as everyday casual wear. Many members of this yoga class are wearing yoga pants others wear shorts or tracksuit bottoms. They may be made from blends of cotton, Lycra spandex, nylon, polyester, wool, or similar light and stretchy synthetic material giving the pants a soft, smooth finish. They provide flexibility and comfort, wicking moisture away from the body and helping to keep the wearer cool and comfortable. Basic yoga pants are black, tight-fitted, boot-cut, flared, and reversible they are made of a four-way stretch fabric, with a flat elastic waistband at the top. ![]() Styles include the traditional boot-cut and flared yoga pants with a flat waistband. By 2018, there were over 11,000 types, according to Bloomberg, with a style by Lucas High on sale for as much as $230. Many styles and brands of yoga pants are available at a wide range of prices, determined primarily by brand: in 2015, a high-end pair from the specialist retailer Lululemon cost $98, whereas a less well-known brand sold by the general retailer Target cost $20. Numerous competitors entered the market, some of them such as Nike, Adidas, and Target also offering specialised fabrics. Yoga pants took some years to spread around the world the first Lululemon store in Europe opened in 2014, in London, England's Covent Garden. Yoga pants increased in popularity, to the point where by 2014 American teenagers preferred them to jeans the jeans manufacturer Levi Strauss, threatened with "an existential crisis", was obliged to make some of its jeans stretchy. In 2005 Lululemon introduced a stretch fabric (Luon) with more nylon microfibre and less polyester, followed by several more specialised fabrics: a four-way stretch moisture-wicking fabric (Luxtreme), a compression fabric (Nulux), and an odour-reducing fabric containing silver as an antibacterial (Silverescent). Lululemon's founder, Chip Wilson, is said to have attended a yoga class in 1997 where the instructor was wearing "slinky dance attire" that fitted like a second skin, reportedly inspiring him to found his yoga fashion business. Yoga pants made of nylon and Lycra appeared on the market in 1998, sold by Lululemon in its first store in Vancouver, Canada as suitable attire for the yoga studio. īy the 1990s, this had become a popular form of exercise across the Western world, especially for women. In India in the early 20th century, the postures of medieval haṭha yoga were combined with movements from gymnastics, creating a new tradition of postural yoga. Yoga originated in India as a spiritual practice. Global sales of yoga clothing have all the same grown rapidly, reaching some $31 billion by 2018. In the United States, the wearing of yoga pants other than for exercise has aroused controversy, both for school use and when worn by women. This is part of a long-term " athleisure" trend of increasing informality in dress, threatening sales of traditional jeans. ![]() The market has increased both through the popularity of yoga and because many women wear yoga pants as casual everyday dress. They were initially made of a mix of nylon and Lycra more specialised fabrics have been introduced to provide moisture-wicking, compression, and odour reduction. Yoga pants are high- denier hosiery reaching from ankle to waist, originally designed for yoga as exercise and first sold in 1998 by Lululemon, a company founded for that purpose. Non-binding stretch pants originally worn as athletic or leisurewear Yoga pants
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