How to Spot Fake lululemon Leggings

Counterfeit lululemon leggings usually fail on three things: the inside tag, the fabric and the hardware. Here is how to check each, with style-specific tells for Align Leggings, Wunder Train Leggings, Wunder Under Leggings.

Check the inside tag first

Genuine lululemon uses crisp, heat-pressed inside tags (older pieces have sewn tags) with a fabric name that matches the style. Blurry printing, misspellings or a fabric name that does not belong to that style are immediate red flags.

Feel the fabric

Leggings from lululemon use specific fabrics: Align Leggings is Nulu; Wunder Train Leggings is Everlux; Wunder Under Leggings is Luxtreme or Luon; Fast and Free Leggings is Nulux. A counterfeit in the wrong fabric feels slippery, thin or stiff compared with the real thing.

Style-specific tells

Align Leggings: Genuine Align has a soft heat-pressed inside tag with a size dot, no sewn-in care label at the waist, and a flat waistband seam with no front seam line.

Wunder Train Leggings: Look for the 'Everlux' fabric wording on the inside tag and the reflective logo at the back waistband.

Wunder Under Leggings: Check the inside tag fabric name; Wunder Under appears in both Luxtreme and Luon and buyers care which.

Fast and Free Leggings: Count the pockets: genuine Fast and Free has side drop-in pockets and a zipped back pocket; fakes often skip the zip.

How ThriftUp authenticates every piece

We check every pair for holes, waistband stretch, pilling on the inner thigh, and fading on the seat.

Any piece that fails a check is removed before grading. Buyers who find a non-authentic piece are covered by our claims policy.

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