I have never had the desire to buy high-end fitness apparel, and hadn’t even heard of brands like Athleta or Lululemon until I moved to Los Angeles. Where I grew up (just West of Cleveland, OH), that just wasn’t a thing. Then I moved to LA, and realized I am worth the more luxurious athletic wear! I heard of a brand new opening of Athleta at Fashion Square in Sherman Oaks, and after seeing their super cute clothes online, I decided to check out the store in person.
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I AM IN LOVE!!!
I was greeted by two of the most wonderful women, Tatiana and Kara. They were both energetic, positive, beautiful, and excited to help me find what I was looking for. Shortly after, I met the store manager, Samantha. She was wonderful, too! I was the only person in the store at the beginning, and I felt so special, because they really paid attention to me and what my needs/wants were. Various customers came and left while I was shopping, and I still received amazing customer service! That doesn’t seem to happen very often anywhere else.
My favorite fitness is yoga, but I don’t have a lot of great yoga clothes, and needed help picking out an outfit. Kara was AMAZING! She showed me her favorites, customer favorites, what would flatter me most, and so on. They even have super cute, quality swimwear! Kara set up a dressing room for me, and even put a few pieces in there that she thought I might like! I felt like royalty, as silly as that sounds. It feels good to be taken care of, even if it’s for a short period of time in a store!
When I was walking into Fashion Square to find Athleta, I actually saw a display of mannequins sporting Athleta wear. I realized as I was leaving that those were some of the pieces I had tried on!
I have a really hard time finding sports bras that fit well because I am pretty well-endowed (haha, but seriously). I tried on the exact sports bra in the picture above, and it fit me better than any other sports bra I’ve ever worn! I tried on the exact same shirt, too, and it was so incredibly comfortable! The shirt is more for sizes A-C cup though, so unfortunately it wouldn’t be able to hold me without wearing something else with it.
Another amazing thing about this specific location is that they host free workouts in the store! On Saturday mornings from 9-10 am, they have black dog yoga and/or pure barre. On Sunday mornings, they have zumba from 10-11 am! The schedule changes though, so you can check out May’s schedule here.
I was so pleased with my experience at this location, I even told my boyfriend I wanted to apply for a job there! The atmosphere was awesome, the store itself was super chic, and I could go on and on about the amazing clothes. I mean, what’s better than an outfit that you can wear to yoga or zumba, and then be able to wear out in public and still look amazing?!
By the way, this is me rocking my new Athleta Fast Track Half Zip:
I also have the Revelation Capri and Breathe Tee.
I highly recommend checking out Athleta’s new location in Sherman Oaks! It’s only a 20 minute drive from Culver City. You’ll get more than a shopping trip, you’ll get a luxury experience, at least in my opinion! A store that looks great (modern, chic, clean), has a great staff (happy, positive, helpful, energetic), and a great product (the most comfortable/cute active wear ever) is a store that I will definitely be spending a lot of time at! And again, free workouts?! Done deal.
You can check out Athleta at Fashion Square in Sherman Oaks at this address:
14006 Riverside Dr. Suite 227
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
818-285-0228
During these hours:
Mon: 10 am – 9 pm
Tue: 10 am – 9 pm
Wed: 10 am – 9 pm
Thu: 10 am – 9 pm
Fri: 10 am – 9 pm
Sat: 10 am – 9 pm
Sun: 11 am – 7 pm
Tell them Lyndsay from getfitwithlynds sent you! (If you want to, of course) 🙂
***I want to thank Samantha, Tatiana, and Kara for a wonderful experience, and for taking the time to help me find my worth through high-end active wear. THANK YOU! <3
Disclosure: I was invited by the general manager at Athleta Fashion Square to help promote this location by writing about it here on this blog. In exchange for writing this post, I received a $50 gift card toward Athleta active wear. No other compensation was received. All opinions are 100% my own.
lyndsinreallife
Wish I had an Athleta store near me, looks awesome!
Locations are popping up everywhere! Maybe someday 🙂 hehe. You can check them out online, too! Athleta was originally online/catalog only. Super cute and high quality!
We are getting one this summer at my mall I am so excited to check it out 🙂
That’s so awesome!!! I swear everything is cuter in person haha. You can feel the material and see the details. Love it! 🙂
Great post lady! Just a heads up – you will probably want to add a disclosure at the bottom about anything you received compensation-wise for this post (you can read more about this rule if you google “FTC blog sponsored post rules”, or something similar to that).
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You are THE BEST!!! Thank you so much for all your help 🙂
Of course – any time!! 🙂
Athleta is the most amazing active wear store ever. LOVE all of their clothing, much like you I never saw the point in getting high end active clothing, but I literally love Athleta, everything about them! Such a great place to be! My fitness is more of Zumba, running, strength training, and ab exercises though. BTW love tour blog! Fantastic job!
Athleta is amazing!!! I love all their clothing too! I’m really interested in the swimwear, too! I like strength training as well, and my goal for this year is to run a half marathon! I’ve never tried Zumba but it sounds super fun.
Thank you soo much!! I really appreciate it 🙂 Thanks for commenting girl!