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If you Google exercise dress, the brands Instagram-famous exercise dress shows up just about everywhere.
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Its also available in new colorful huesperfect for the spring and summertime.
We can appreciate an apparel company that listens to its customers and adjusts accordingly.
And many reviewers are raving about its updated functional style and comfort.
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One recent reviewer wrote, My friends and I all bought the dress to match for Coachella.
We were comfortable and adorable.
Im not sure how it gets much better than that.
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We walked over 10 miles a day and the dress was perfect for it.
Ladies, this is the best festival outfithands down!
We tested the exercise dress during the month of April doing different activities.
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After wearing it a few times this month, here are our honest thoughts.
That being said…I really liked it!
I imagine that [material] feel will come in handy on super hot days.
You just need to set expectations before you run an Ironman in it, I think.
I found the dress to be comfortable before, but this is certainly betterespecially for functional movement.
I sized down for a more secure fit, because I have a larger chest and need more compression.
My original evergreen-hued Exercise Dress has a thinner lining, and sweat shows up within 20 minutes.
Allison Tsai, Associate Health Director
I love this little dress!
I think it fits great, its generous, and also flattering.
So if you were to fluctuate in weight, it would still fit and look nice.
I also love that the shorts have a phone pocket.
That is essential for a busy mom running after a toddler!
I think it lives up to the hype.
I would recommend it to pretty much anyone.
I wore the dress a couple of times for both leisure and working out.
I spent a day in it working from a coffee shop and walking in the downtown Jersey City area.
Another weekend I took it on a four-mile run in the rain.
While I loved wearing it casually around town, I wouldnt necessarily recommend it for running.
The one thing I did love about this dress was the moisture-wicking material.
I can see myself reaching for thisdress for an easy hikeor casual Sunday brunch.
This is, in fairness, a major upgrade from the first iteration of OVs exercise dress.
The built-in bike shorts provide additional coverage that should make actually exercising in this thing more comfortable.
The pockets are big enough to hold a phone, credit card, and/or keys.
These are real improvements, but theyre nevertheless just parts of an underwhelming whole.
