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who made lululemon

Lululemon was created by Canadian entrepreneur Chip Wilson, who founded the company in Vancouver in 1998 as a yoga-focused apparel brand that later helped popularize the global athleisure trend.

Who made Lululemon?

  • Lululemon was founded by Chip Wilson, a businessman born in California and raised in Canada.
  • He started the brand in 1998 in Vancouver, British Columbia, initially focusing on technical yoga wear for women before expanding into broader athletic and lifestyle apparel.

Quick scoop on the brand’s origins

  • Before Lululemon, Wilson founded and sold another apparel company, Westbeach, then used that experience to launch his new yoga-focused label.
  • The first Lululemon space functioned as a design studio by day and a yoga studio by night, helping test products directly with yoga instructors and early adopters.

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