- So you guys...
Okay, no.
Where am I looking again?
Hi guys, welcome back to Instagram versus reality.
I'm Rachel Torgerson, I'm a fashion editor at Cosmopilitan
and I basically review all the stuff you find
on Instagram ads and see if it matches up
to what they are showing you online.
Okay, what do I do now?
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If you haven't seen the first episode of our show,
the link is down here and you should do that first.
I'm watching you.
But after the last episode you guys were asking a ton
about this company, Fabletics,
which is an activewear line started by Kate Hudson.
So now we're gonna go through Instagram
and see if we find any ads about that
and then buy stuff and you know what goes on from there.
Okay, great.
So basically I'm scrolling through Instagram
and I follow a lot of celebrities and fashion brands
and definitely a lot of animals.
This is the content that I'm here for.
Let's go to the Fabletics Instagram account
and see what they have to show us.
Fabletics, there we go.
They're really into the workout wear
but it's also lifestyle, all about being comfy and cozy,
getting that fitness on.
I'm but all of that so, bring it on Fabletics.
Um, oh my gosh!
This is me when I'm pretending to work out.
Let's hit their website and see what we wanna buy.
I'm gonna shop from this dog post because it's important.
I've never done this before, what is this?
How do I get there?
Fabletics is a company
where it's almost like subscription based
so you pay a certain amount every month
or you can opt to not pay it that month
if you don't wanna get the leggings.
But if you forget to opt out
then you get a credit in the amount of one outfit
so then you can pick out your outfit the next month
or whenever you want.
So back in the day when I first moved to New York
I loved Fabletics and I would get
new workout clothes all the time
and it was actually a major problem for me
because I would forget to opt out
and I would have to call them all the time being like,
"I forgot to opt out and this is terrible."
So eventually I quit Fabletics.
So they're basically known for these celebrity collabs
that they do, they've done things with
Demi Lovato, Kate Hudson who's one of their co-founders,
Maddie Ziegler from "Dance Moms",
from those Sia music videos, that's what we all know.
- Oh, it was "Dance Moms".
- Look at me, knowing things.
The first thing I notice when I'm looking at this site is
that I'm really loving the inclusivity as far as sizes go.
As you scroll you see a ton of different bodies represented
and that's really great, I really like that
and look for that when I'm doing shopping galleries
and it makes me wanna shop there
'cause it makes me feel like they know how to tailor
and to fit clothing to everyone.
I landed on this red one
because I'm really into the color red right now.
It is just powerful and it is my vibe plus,
and the most important thing is, you can see,
she's got a phone pocket.
I get so frustrated when there's not a phone pocket.
And plus, this outfit comes with the sports bra on top
which is really great, I like a matching set.
It just makes it all seem
more thoughtful when you put it on.
The price of this two piece outfit
is honestly super confusing.
So we have new VIP price 34.97.
That seems like a very reasonable price,
especially to get two items but then underneath this
we have VIP crossed out for 69.95
and then retail 129.90.
I find that that's kind of really misleading.
I think. It's upsetting to me.
Add outfit to cart, here we go.
Wait, what am I doing?
Enter my email address to continue.
Uh.
They are making it hard for me.
They had me sign in, they took me back to just the main page
and I'm no longer a VIP.
My price is 129.90 so at least that took out
some of the confusion.
I'm gonna add this to the cart.
What is nice about being a member here is
that they save all your size information
so I don't have to enter all of that,
I just add the thing to cart and it already knows
my size preferences so that's kinda nice.
The second thing I wanted to get is
one of these fuzzy teddy fleece um, pullovers
'cause they're super cute.
I love a half zip.
This charcoal gray I think
would go really well with the red.
We're getting into winter here so I want something
that I can run outside in.
I will add to cart.
The last thing I am looking at here is this open back tank
for over the red sports bra.
Add item to cart.
We have three items here,
I'm gonna go to my cart and check out.
Now we've got some more price confusion.
If you're shopping from Fabletics maybe be careful
and read really thoroughly through
what you're buying and signing up for.
This had a random magazine subscription in there.
It was a recipe magazine and that's just not for me
and it automatically signed me up to be a VIP member again
and I'm not sure what that means.
All right guys, so I have ordered the outfit
of the red sports bra and the red leggings
with those great phone pockets,
the white tank top with the open back
and then the fleece half zip pullover.
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Okay.
I don't know why I need to start with the word okay.
- Cut. - I'm going there.
Okay. Okay.
Hi. This is the Fabletics package
I got from the mail room.
Let's open it up and see what's inside.
Why do I feel like I'm gonna get lost things.
Here's the sports bra.
Have the matching leggings, there's that phone pocket.
Here is the white tank top.
Fleece guy.
Let's see what their return stuff says.
Lada talk about, Australia on this for some reason.
You can get store credit, you can exchange for another item
or you can pay 5.95 and get your money back minus that 5.95.
The fact that you don't get your full refund
if you choose to do something not
for an exchange or store credit,
I don't like that very much.
Maybe we won't have to return
and then we'll be looking fly on the gram
which is always the hope.
Okay so let's start by opening up
this really cozy looking pullover.
Though as you know, it's got the polar fleece outer lining
this feels super soft.
Got pockets here.
I'm always pleasantly surprised when I find a pocket
that I didn't know was there.
A+ for pockets.
At this half zip zipper.
- [Producer] What zipper is that?
- Seems like a standard plastic zipper.
I can't say that I'm a zipper expert.
I like when they have the little plastic thing here.
Machine wash cold with light colors, inside out.
I am a lazy person and what ends up happening
is that it stays in some corner of my room after I wear it.
Maybe I'll spray it with like a fabric freshener,
do a sniff test and then if it's really bad
I'll send it to a dry cleaner.
This is not professional advice.
So here is the muscle T that we got, the plain white T.
It is super stretchy which I really appreciate
in workout wear.
I love this open back detailing.
We do have this little snag here.
It kind of indicates that it could
snag easily in the future too.
I love knots.
Somewhat see through.
I can kinda see you.
Putting it in the wash can stretch it out
or make it all kinda like crinkly like you sometimes see,
so laying flat to dry is always actually the better option
for pretty much any style of clothes
but particularly for active clothing.
Inside we've got like one pocket on the outer part
and then another pocket on the inner portion.
We've got these cool modo detailing, some mesh as well.
With this kind of activewear plus mesh situation
you wanna look for really tough mesh.
This looks like it would really hold up.
Does not appear to have see through issues
which is excellent.
Here we have the sports bra.
First of all I think it's really cute.
Mesh details throughout here on the back and in the front
I think make it kinda sexy but edgy.
Ribbed details we saw on the legging are present here too.
As far as padding goes there are removable pads inside here
that you can pull out.
I wanna keep them in because I'm trying this on on camera.
Okay, I am gonna go try these on for real
and let you know what I think of them on my body.
We're going.
We're going to the closet reign.
I am the least flexible person on the planet.
Take 4.
Uh, oh, okay. This all looks really cute,
I think, in my opinion.
It's super stretchy, you can really get
some physical fitness going on.
The sizing was spot on. I'm a medium in Fabletics
and everything seems to fit to my body.
I feel like every sports bra has the problem
where you can bulge out on the side
but it is nice that the muscle tank
kind of hides that area of life.
The band on the waist is staying put
no matter where I'm going, I can literally stretch around
and it's not going anywhere, it's really...
These are super comfortable.
- [Producer] And with the phone in there?
- And with the phone in there, oh yeah.
Bam. In there.
I can't really see how this looks on me
because there's no mirror right in front of me
but I feel like it looks pretty good, right?
I am so cozy right now guys I just wanna fall asleep.
This is a medium as well and it feels
like it hits at a really good spot,
it's got this kinda dropped shoulder for that oversized look
but not too bulky of a overall feel.
I do feel like these fleecy things are shedding a little bit
'cause I've been finding them around.
My big gripe with Fabletics is their return policy
and the whole VIP thing
really isn't a great consumer experience.
I can't fault them for their marketing strategy
or their strategy overall but I do think
it is a little bit deceptive and I don't like that
if you're just trying to buy a one-off item
that they automatically sign you up
and you have to opt out of the checkbox.
We shouldn't be tricking people into something
because they're not reading the fine print.
$50 a month is a lot of dollars.
Fabletics has a slightly a-okay approval seal from me.
Oh, now I have to say the Subscribe stuff, okay.
Hi! Okay.
Forget about the hi.
Thank you for watching Instagram versus reality.
Leave comments down below to let me know
if there is any other brands that you wanna see me try on.
I'll see you back here next time.
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